Prior to this year, I haven't done much Fall fishing. I was excited to get after it this Fall, but wasn't able to get on the water as much as I would like in October, and I think I may have missed the Fall frenzy.
I know in year's past when I was younger, fishing was good right when the weather started to turn cooler. Down in South AL, we had a couple of days last week when the temps dipped down into the low 30's, even upper 20's.
Fished hard for 3 days once the temps started to warm up, but almost nothing. Late one afternoon, I caught 3 on a shallow jerkbait. Only 3 fish I caught in 3 days. There was a lot of activity on the banks from the little guys, but couldn't get hardly anything to even show interest anything I threw shallow.
Yesterday, I had plenty of time and decided to stay away from the bank and fish nothing but deep water. Just threw a worm, let it sink, bump it slow along the bottom and I caught 11.
Do you think it was that couple/few days where the temps got really winter-like and the bigger bass have migrated deeper until Spring? Or can I expect to still have some days where they are aggressive and shallow?
Would love to hear from folks who have Fall fished way more than me.
