Fall Fishing?????

brushhog · 10-19-07, 09:53 AM

Left my 6th graders with a substitute teacher and took Dad fishing yesterday... The bite has not picked up the way I would expect this time of year.

My older, wiser Dad says it's because it's "Calendar Fall" but not weather fall

, meaning that it hasn't gotten cool yet here, there are still a lot of bugs, and the water hasn't cooled significantly. It sounds good to me. Anybody else experiencing this? Or am I just a lousy fisherman who can't catch the fall bass

.

We caught to small (2lb) bass and I caught another nice Northern Pike.

pig n jig · 10-19-07, 06:35 PM

The bass seem to be tight to cover and lazy right now in my area.I went for 2 hours after work and boated 7 largemouth on a 3/8 oz. jig and a shortened Gene Larew craw trailer.The key is a good set of glasses to see anything different in the bare bank section. I found that the contour breaks off sharply for about a foot , or so then goes back to the normal gradual slope grade.I pulled 3 nice fish off from a short peice of wood laying on the breakoff.I had to saturate the breakoff area with real slow multiple pitch presentations before the fish would finally take it.The jig would sit for 20-30 seconds sometimes before the fish would grab it and swim off.I am not sure where in NY your at, I am in western NY are on the fingerlakes. I hope this helps.

Riverrat · 10-19-07, 07:25 PM

Just got home from champlain. About a twenty fish day and a 12lb pike. 6 or 7 largmouth over 4lb. Water is still 62 fish have not moved up yet still catching them on late summer patterns. 8-10' Jigs and senko's. If this keeps up we could fish into December!!!

BigBassin144 · 10-19-07, 09:17 PM

The water has cooled a little more than that. I've been catching the majority of my bass on a floating Rat-L-Trap. My dad has also caught a few on a bluegill colored Bandit 100 Series crank. We haven't been out ot any of the reserviors we normally fish, but our pond and a couple other small ponds.

brushhog · 10-19-07, 10:44 PM

Thanks fellas, PNJ I'm in Central New York near Utica/Syracuse

pig n jig · 10-20-07, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brushhog

Thanks fellas, PNJ I'm in Central New York near Utica/Syracuse

Your 3 1/2 hours from me,about a 140 mile drive to whitesboro. P N J

brushhog · 10-20-07, 08:43 AM

Yeah, i went to school in Buffalo and my sister lives out that way, so I know where you are....

3dkicker · 10-22-07, 06:58 PM

We've still got 68-70 degree water temps. Fished a local pond this weekend and caught 8-10 small bass on creature baits in 8-12'. Only one was over 12" and broke off another. Plenty of fish but no size in this pond. Out of the 40 total caught that morning, two other boats fished, only 5 were over 12".
I'll be on the Potomac this weekend and will post if we do anything worth talking about.

10-19-07, 09:53 AM	#1
brushhog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Whitesboro, NY Posts: 1,222	Fall Fishing????? Left my 6th graders with a substitute teacher and took Dad fishing yesterday... The bite has not picked up the way I would expect this time of year. My older, wiser Dad says it's because it's "Calendar Fall" but not weather fall , meaning that it hasn't gotten cool yet here, there are still a lot of bugs, and the water hasn't cooled significantly. It sounds good to me. Anybody else experiencing this? Or am I just a lousy fisherman who can't catch the fall bass. We caught to small (2lb) bass and I caught another nice Northern Pike. __________________ 3/4 of the Earth's surface is water and 1/4 is land. Clearly god wants me to fish, not mow the lawn. Last edited by brushhog; 10-19-07 at 01:26 PM.

10-19-07, 07:25 PM	#3
Riverrat BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: VT Posts: 7	Just got home from champlain. About a twenty fish day and a 12lb pike. 6 or 7 largmouth over 4lb. Water is still 62 fish have not moved up yet still catching them on late summer patterns. 8-10' Jigs and senko's. If this keeps up we could fish into December!!! __________________ PLEASE THANK A VET!

10-19-07, 09:17 PM	#4
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	The water has cooled a little more than that. I've been catching the majority of my bass on a floating Rat-L-Trap. My dad has also caught a few on a bluegill colored Bandit 100 Series crank. We haven't been out ot any of the reserviors we normally fish, but our pond and a couple other small ponds. __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

10-19-07, 10:44 PM	#5
brushhog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Whitesboro, NY Posts: 1,222	Thanks fellas, PNJ I'm in Central New York near Utica/Syracuse __________________ 3/4 of the Earth's surface is water and 1/4 is land. Clearly god wants me to fish, not mow the lawn.

10-20-07, 08:43 AM	#7
brushhog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Whitesboro, NY Posts: 1,222	Yeah, i went to school in Buffalo and my sister lives out that way, so I know where you are.... __________________ 3/4 of the Earth's surface is water and 1/4 is land. Clearly god wants me to fish, not mow the lawn.

10-19-07, 06:35 PM	#2
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	The bass seem to be tight to cover and lazy right now in my area.I went for 2 hours after work and boated 7 largemouth on a 3/8 oz. jig and a shortened Gene Larew craw trailer.The key is a good set of glasses to see anything different in the bare bank section. I found that the contour breaks off sharply for about a foot , or so then goes back to the normal gradual slope grade.I pulled 3 nice fish off from a short peice of wood laying on the breakoff.I had to saturate the breakoff area with real slow multiple pitch presentations before the fish would finally take it.The jig would sit for 20-30 seconds sometimes before the fish would grab it and swim off.I am not sure where in NY your at, I am in western NY are on the fingerlakes. I hope this helps.

10-22-07, 06:58 PM	#8
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	We've still got 68-70 degree water temps. Fished a local pond this weekend and caught 8-10 small bass on creature baits in 8-12'. Only one was over 12" and broke off another. Plenty of fish but no size in this pond. Out of the 40 total caught that morning, two other boats fished, only 5 were over 12". I'll be on the Potomac this weekend and will post if we do anything worth talking about. __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

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