3 Fall Bass Fishing Tips Study your map. What I am looking for this time of year is deep water in the mouth to at least halfway to the back where it could shallow up. Docks or other cover close by is always a plus but isn’t always a must have. Chase the river channel. I always look for creeks that have the main river channel close to the mouth a confluence of both the creek and river channel is a bonus.

Quickly and Safely Peg A Weight: I have been using these rubber bobber stoppers for a while now, and I’m finding that not a lot of people have used these great little tools. The bobber stoppers attach to the line very easily. There is a loop on the stopper with the rubber piece above it, slide your line thru the hole, the pull the plastic circular disk away from you while holding both the stopper and the rubber stopper.

Fishing into the wind does a lot of things for the angler, but I think the most important is the minimization of the bow in the fishing line created by the wind. Fishing with the wind can create as much bow in the line as fishing perpendicular to the wind, only problem is that it is far less noticeable to the angler and much harder to detect. It may be overcome with going with a heavier weighted bait, but this has its own inherent problems.

The Alabama Rig This has been the rage for the last few months and has won a lion’s share of the biggest tournaments on the FLW trail. AKA: Umbrella Rig All sorts of shapes and sizes of this combination are coming into play. Saltwater guys will recognize this as a traditional umbrella rig that has been downsized for the black bass species. Multiple baits create a small school of prey that appear to be wounded or 1 big easy meal!

Early Spring / Fall Love a Jerkbait: Late fall is upon here like a big wet blanket. Snows are starting to fall. Cool rains are filling those lakes and ponds that almost gave their lives this year. Kansas has been in a bad drought for a while and most of the lakes in KS have really taken it hard, so every little bit of rain is a graciously appreciated. As those cold fall rains make it to the lakes, I think about the cooling waters and the fall jerkbait fishing that I find so fun.

Bass Fishing on Windy Lake Stockton Windy-fishing Well this year’s tournament schedule is done and we’re still waiting for the final tallies to be displayed on the website. My best guess is we ended up in 9th place for the season. Stockton Lakewas the final tournament and last chance for us to move up in the standings and claim some of the dough. Too bad it didn’t happen. Did you know that in order for a lake to support three marinas dedicated to sailboats, said lake should experience frequent and sustained winds?

Sonar Units Truly are Becoming Fish Finders! I thought a Lowrance sonar video set would be appropriate for the blog this week. Headed to Stockton Lake, Mo for this years championship. This is a 2 day event on a lake I have never been to before but know it’s been off limits for the past 30 days so no one else should have been either. A lake this size and only 20 boats that made the championship, and the bumper boat session of last months small pond fiasco isn’t gonna happen!

Perry Lake: Right Spot, Wrong Time: That’s right. Good riddance to that POS!!! This was a lake I just didn’t want to fish. The little bit of practice we got a few weeks ago didn’t go to well and I didn’t have the normal confidence that I rely on come game day. “Oh Perry Lake, I am so glad to be done with you.” Perry Lake Kansas Dam My fishing buddy and I caught a lot of fish in practice - some largemouth bass, a few hybrid striped bass and whites, and a ton of drum.