Tag: Fall fishing

Top Four Baits for November! Cold Water, Big Bites!

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Top Four Baits for November! Cold Water, Big Bites!

It’s November and I’m breaking down my top four baits! You know the deal, every month we give you two baits for the anglers up north and two baits for the anglers down south. So, draw a line across the country around Virginia, north of that line, you’re in the cold zone; south of it, you’re still in that classic fall pattern. Here we go! The North: Late Fall into Early Winter If you live up north–New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin–you know what November feels like. The leaves are gone, the air is cold, and the water’s dropping fast. Bass […]

Top Four Baits for October 

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Top Four Baits for October 

It’s October, and that means fall fishing is kicking in all over the country. The leaves are changing, pumpkins are out, Halloween is around the corner, and those bass are making big moves. Now listen, fall doesn’t look the same everywhere. If you live north of Virginia, you’re already in full fall mode. If you’re south of Virginia, you’re just easing into it. But no matter where you live, the number one thing in October is baitfish. Shad, herring, alewife, cisco, shiners, minnows are what the bass are chasing. I’m giving you my top four baits for the month, broken […]

Understanding Fall Bass Movements

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Understanding Fall Bass Movements

This blog is going to be mostly theoretical. Instead of talking about lures and tackle we’re going to look at how bass move as the fall season comes and goes. The reason for that is that we can catch a ton of them at this time of the year if we can find them. No matter all of what I say today, however, it’s important to keep one thing in mind: The fall is about BAITFISH!!! MATCH THE HATCH!!! I want to start with a brief definition of fall. The air temperature is dropping. The water temperature is dropping. The […]

Fall & Early Winter Bait Choices, Part 3: Spinnerbaits

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Fall & Early Winter Bait Choices, Part 3: Spinnerbaits

The thing about spinnerbaits is that they are versatile. I know that you’ve heard and read things that say they’ve been replaced by other lures. Nothing could be farther from the truth. They’ve caught bass for decades and they’ll be catching them for decades into the future. One of the best things about a spinnerbait is that it can be fished on the fall or horizontal. I’m partial to the horizontal presentation and it works best in the fall and early winter, so I’ll talk about it. Lots of times you’ll see baitfish on top in the early morning before […]