10-31-2003, 07:22 PM
Hey tubeN2...
Well, to me, fall time means to start fishing some reaction baits. As the temps begin dropping from the hot summer days, the bass key in on this and realize that winter is getting closer! So they start feeding heavily...primarily on shad but like tube dude said, crawdads too. So since the fish are now running around looking to stock up for winter, that means I can start fishing with baits a little faster. My favorite fall time bait is a suspending jerkbait. Fish around submerged weeds, rocks, and points. In the mornings, if it's not TOO cold, which it may be now since that sudden huge drop in the temps...I dunno about down south there, but the temps dropped like a rock up here...but ya, if it's not too cold, you can even threw a floating jerkbait just to have some fun with some more topwater action. I lost a HOG the other morning throwing a large floating ripbait early in the morning...but that was when it was still hot. LOL. Anywho, Rat-L-Traps can also be great for covering a lot of water and picking off the active fish...particularly various shad colors, but the red craw colors work well too.
Now while jerkbaits and rat-l-traps work great for picking up a quick limit, when it comes time to put a bigger fish on the line, like Tube Dude said, it's time to bust out with the jig-n-pig. I personally prefer to throw Bass Stalker Jigs. Very high quality jigs that I have personally found to outfish other brands of jigs that I've fished in the past. They feauture a very unique head design. It's got a flat head, but it's also concaved to catch water and act like a parachute slowing down the fall of the jig even more, thus keeping it in the strike zone longer. Not only that, but the flat head design allows for the jig to stand straight up nearly everytime just like a crawdad with his claws waving around in the air in a defensive position. As opposed to other jigs that have a tendency to roll onto their side while sitting on the bottom. ([url "http://www.bassstalker.com"]www.bassstalker.com[/url]) ANYWHO, tube dude already gave ya some good ideas with the jig-n-pig, so I'll just leave it at that...
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Well, to me, fall time means to start fishing some reaction baits. As the temps begin dropping from the hot summer days, the bass key in on this and realize that winter is getting closer! So they start feeding heavily...primarily on shad but like tube dude said, crawdads too. So since the fish are now running around looking to stock up for winter, that means I can start fishing with baits a little faster. My favorite fall time bait is a suspending jerkbait. Fish around submerged weeds, rocks, and points. In the mornings, if it's not TOO cold, which it may be now since that sudden huge drop in the temps...I dunno about down south there, but the temps dropped like a rock up here...but ya, if it's not too cold, you can even threw a floating jerkbait just to have some fun with some more topwater action. I lost a HOG the other morning throwing a large floating ripbait early in the morning...but that was when it was still hot. LOL. Anywho, Rat-L-Traps can also be great for covering a lot of water and picking off the active fish...particularly various shad colors, but the red craw colors work well too.
Now while jerkbaits and rat-l-traps work great for picking up a quick limit, when it comes time to put a bigger fish on the line, like Tube Dude said, it's time to bust out with the jig-n-pig. I personally prefer to throw Bass Stalker Jigs. Very high quality jigs that I have personally found to outfish other brands of jigs that I've fished in the past. They feauture a very unique head design. It's got a flat head, but it's also concaved to catch water and act like a parachute slowing down the fall of the jig even more, thus keeping it in the strike zone longer. Not only that, but the flat head design allows for the jig to stand straight up nearly everytime just like a crawdad with his claws waving around in the air in a defensive position. As opposed to other jigs that have a tendency to roll onto their side while sitting on the bottom. ([url "http://www.bassstalker.com"]www.bassstalker.com[/url]) ANYWHO, tube dude already gave ya some good ideas with the jig-n-pig, so I'll just leave it at that...
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