| Fall is a great time for fishing in East Texas. As | | | | usually very aggressive bass, so catching them |
| the nights get longer and the days get cooler the | | | | does not require a lot of finesse. Another tactic |
| water temperature in the lakes starts to drop. | | | | for finding bass on the move is to find some |
| When this happens, the bass start to move up | | | | deep water grass in about 15-20 feet and swim a |
| into shallower waters so they can fatten up for | | | | soft plastic worm with a light weight sinker or |
| the winter. This fall feeding frenzy makes for | | | | slow roll a spinnerbait. |
| some excellent bass fishing and a great | | | | If you're fishing for some of the larger bass, |
| opportunity for you and your family to catch a lot | | | | move up into the brush and start fishing with soft |
| of fish. | | | | plastics in about 3 to 10 feet of water. You also |
| A lot of the younger bass will start schooling and | | | | can catch these fish using a spinner bait. Here's a |
| feeding on shad just out from the brush lines in | | | | little tip I learned a long time ago. If the sky is |
| some of the creek channels on Lake Livingston in | | | | clear then use a spinner bait with a silver blade |
| Polk County. These creeks will typically range in | | | | and a white skirt, but if it's an overcast day then |
| depths of about 10 to 20 foot of water. Schooling | | | | use a gold or copper colored blade on your |
| bass are fun to catch using a silver spoon or a | | | | spinner bait with a chartreuse skirt. I know this |
| chrome rattletrap. Just throw out into the middle | | | | sounds simple, but it really works. |
| of the school and hang on. These are not going to | | | | Fall fishing can be a great time to catch some |
| be big bass but because of the numbers they will | | | | good quality bass. So don't waste the opportunity, |
| be fun. | | | | take your son or your daughter with you, take |
| If you are fishing on Lake Sam Rayburn in Jasper | | | | the whole family, and get on the lake and see |
| County you will find these schooling bass just | | | | how much fun it is to catch bass in the fall, |
| outside of grass beds off of underwater points | | | | because fall fishing can be some of the best |
| also in about 10-20 foot of water. These are | | | | fishing of the entire year in our East Texas lakes. |