4Reel Fishing: Tips for Fall bass fishing ...Middle East

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Greetings my fellow anglers.   It’s another wonderful day in Mendocino County.

Constantly changing weather conditions and the lake turnover contribute to sporadic fishing in the fall transition, but you can score consistently during this time by locating creek bass. Here are 15 fishing tips for locating and catching transition bass migrating along creek channels in the fall on highland and lowland reservoirs.

1.       When the water temperature drops below 70 degrees, bass start following baitfish from the mouth of the creek to larger rock banks or any wood cover on secondary points where the fish suspend over depths of 25 to 35 feet.

2.       The pattern will change from day to day with bass either on rocks or wood. Try points with standing timber or brush piles and if that fails to produce switch to rock ledges or boulders on points close to the creek channel break.

3.       As the water temperature drops into the lower 60s, bass make a move out of the creek channel to the 8- to 10-foot depth range either on the secondary points or in the back of the creek. When the bait moves up to the shallows, the bass will also move up with the forage.

4.       Drawdown on lakes and reservoirs causes shallow areas to shrink in the backs of creeks during the fall, so try to key on whatever wood cover is left in the water.

5.       If the water cools down rapidly in the fall, highland lakes bass never make the venture to the backs of the creeks. These fish will congregate near channel swings where the banks are mixed with chunk rock and pea gravel.

6.       Channel swings become primary staging areas when bass start moving back to the main lake in late fall. Target any transition spot where the shoreline changes from ledges to smaller rock or mixed chunk-pea gravel banks for late fall bass.

7.       Bass move into shallower water for a longer time on lowland reservoirs in the fall transition. Early in the fall bass will be along the creek channel but there will also be bass up in thin water because shad are in the shallows. Bass can be taken from any structure in the shallow creeks from depths of 5 feet or less throughout most of the fall.

8.       As the weather cools and the water temperature drops, bass holding in standing timber along the creek channel move up shallow onto secondary points and flats. The large expanses of shallows in lowland reservoir creeks allow bass to move back and forth from deep to skinny water throughout a fall day.

9.       Weather affects the movement of fall transition bass as wind and clouds tend to lure baitfish and bass to the shallows, while calm sunny conditions drive the fish back to standing timber along the channel drops. Start fishing shallow and if you are not catching bass there work your way out to deeper water and fish for suspended bass then.

10.    Flats on lowland reservoir creeks can stretch for hundreds of yards, so finding bass in these vast areas requires some scouting. Dissect the flat for subtle little places that are going to hold fish such as a tree row coming out along a flat.

11.    Subtle features to search for bass along flats include adjacent channel swings, fence rows, ditches or small creeks flowing into the flat.

12.    Prime locations for finding bass on vast flats are any areas of the flat that forms into a point or any hump near the creek channel.

13.    Scattered bass can be found in the shallows of the flats in early fall, but by the middle of autumn large concentrations of bass move into these areas to gorge on baitfish. You can catch these marauding bass in water 3 feet deep or less.

14.    The cooler water in mid-autumn to fall transition and the start of the lake’s turnover attract bass to the backs of the creeks. Target shallow wood cover for bass in this situation because the bigger fish are going to relate to key pieces of cover such as laydown logs.

15.    By late fall the majority of bass have pulled out of the back end or off the flats and start relating to channel structure such as bluff points, channel swings or the main lake points at the mouth of the creek. ref. Sept. 13, 2021 – Karls Bait and Tackle

Clear Lake- Clear Lake still has a couple more large bass tournaments to host for the fall season.   The thing about Clear Lake’s  bass fishery is that it is so big  that you can get away from most of the tournament folks.  And, believe me, there are more than enough big bass to go around.  As I have said many times,,,, “I do not know everything about bass fishing.”  Every time I am out on the water I try to learn something new.  When we are on Clear Lake with all the tournament anglers, I watch where they go at different times of the day. When you see a boat after boat go to the same spot. Ahh,, maybe that is a good spot you should take a look at..  Watch and learn. A day that you didn’t learn something is kind of a waste.

Here is my Clear Lake bass fishin’ tip.  Don’t waste your time fishing the brown water !  Seek out the green water. Go past the Narrows towards Buckingham.

Lake Mendocino- No fishin’ pressure on Lake Mendocino.  The bass anglers that are fishing from shore have been hooking into some nice bass.  The small mouth bass are especially aggressive right now.  Spinnerbaits, jerkbaits and crankbaits have been doing the trick.  When fishin’ for smallies, concentrate on areas with rocks along the shore line.  Both the large mouth and small mouth are also feeding  on shad on the surface.  During the early morning hours, try a top water lure (my favorite, a Bill Dance Spittin’ Image) thrown at them while they are feeding will produce blow-ups.  If you still aren’t getting bit, try drop shottin’ the points in Crappie Cove.  The bigger fish are in the deeper water.

The clock is ticking…There are only so many good fishing days left.  Don’t let them slip away, go get on the water.  When the rain comes, the fishin’ is much tougher.-  What are you waiting for? Tick, tick tick –  Go get ‘em.

Thanks for reading and remember to keep it reel.  Don =  4REEL Fishin’

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