9 August - Favorite Late Summer/early Fall technique or lure

[BoilermakerFan]

What's the subject matter? 

[CouchTater]

No contest?  I guess that means I can go to bed LOL... 
Try again tomorrow.

Tater

P.S.  Do these posts count? 

[OHbassaholic]

I'm sure that Mike had another super subject in mind for this weeks contest but something must have come up that is preventing him from posting it.
So as to give our nightowls their normal timeframe to make their posts on the Tuesday contest thread, I'll get this kicked off.

The topic this week is; WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LATE SUMMER/EARLY FALL TECHNIQUES AND LURES, AND WHAT CONDITIONS DO YOU FISH THEM IN, AND AT WHAT BODY OF WATER?

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[Mike Cork]

Everyone... sorry for being very late but we had an emergency to deal with.

OHbassaholic, thank you for posting a topic for tonight  Looks like A winner to me, so lets run with it

The topic this week is;
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LATE SUMMER/EARLY FALL TECHNIQUES AND LURES, AND WHAT CONDITIONS DO YOU FISH THEM IN, AND AT WHAT BODY OF WATER?

Good Luck everyone

[Pferox]

Hope everything turns out ok there Mike.

1/2 oz Silver Johnson Sprite Spoon. Cast out and allowed to flutter in the current, retrieved SLOWLY. On Incoming tide, just at Sunup and Just before Sundown.
South Pier, Skyway, St Petersburg, Tampa Bay.
OH yea thats in Florida.

[TheBassMachine]

Here goes.

Fishing a grass hump in ten foot of water using a 3/4 oz spinnerbait with a #3 colorado blade and #5 willow leaf blade. I cast out ten to fifteen feet beyond the hump and pull the spinnerbait where it just touches the top of the submerged grass. This has been absoultly killer on my favorite home lake Patoka Reservoir "which is located in southern Indiana". Seems to work best with overcast skies, or a light rain just after sun up. I have caught more than 100 3lb plus bass with this technique from August 1st to September 31st.

[TheBassMachine]

Here is another that I has probably caught me more keeper fish than any other technique in the late summer / early fall. I take a seven inch worm carolina rigged with a 3/8 oz weight with a two foot leader. I fish it near any laydown or dock I can find. I actually like to pitch the bait in the laydowns and under the docks. This is a good technique in mid-day with some wind or cloud cover. Works on every lake or river I have tried it in. My go to bait on the Ohio River seems like the only way I can catch a fish there

[avid]

I like to use a 5" senko along the outside edges of weedbeds. this is especially good when the lake is dropping due to dryer weather.  I use it in lake charles florida, my home lake

[cable guy]

i will drag a carolina rigged baby brush hog off main lake points on coffeen lake,on a cloudy late summer day, coffeen is in illinois.

[cable guy]

i throw cavitron buzzbaits on crab orchard lake in illinois, in the early moring and overcast days on maoin lake points with grass

[cable guy]

early fall on otter lake in illinois i will be throwing a chartruse and white 1/4 oz spinnerbit, at laydowns, working the bait all the way to the baot.

[Lipripper]

Mike I hope everything is Ok down there .

[mgd0702]

I like to throw crankbaits on wind beaten points in the evening at Milford Lake when the shad are big and fat and the smallmouth are chasing them. 

[mgd0702]

Late summer I like to find the first cool 1-2 days of the year and go out and fish all day long.  Lures like a spinnerbait seem to work well along lay downs and docks. 

[mgd0702]

If I can catch the wipers in late summer early fall bustin shad on the surface I like to throw my cavitron buzzbait past the school then work it at different speeds over the surface for some awesome strikes.  Caught a 4 lb smallmouth doing this once.  What a great surprise.

[clubber]

Fishing Crab Orchard in Illinois, find feeding bass using surface activity. Cast a Rattle Trap type bait for schooling fish!

[mgd0702]

I like to carolina rig a 6" green and white senko off channel edges that come within 30 yards of the bank.  Fish seem to stack up on these areas and this is a good presentation to take bigger fish in early fall.

[mgd0702]

Theres a flat at Big Hill in Kansas with scattered stumps that you cant see.  I like to take a lipped crannkbait and bounce the bait off these stumps for a reactionary strike.  This is a good way to cover lots of water to find scattered fish works well all year but is deadly in early fall. 

[mgd0702]

Late summer is a great time to stay at work or at home and catch up on work and then head to the lake at dusk and fish the night bite.  This can be awesome on lakes like Table Rock where the water is clear.  I like to use hair style jigs on bluffs for schooling spotted bass. 

[clubber]

I fish mid-lake creeks around stumps and logs, using spinnerbaits and shad colored crankbaits in 4 to 10 feet deep water. On Mark Twain Lake in Missouri!

[mgd0702]

In the fall period in thayer lake I like to burn Rat L Traps around weebbeds to get fish to chase and strike.

[mgd0702]

In the fall at Milford Lake I like to throw a large white tube weightless and work it in the 1-4 foot of the water column and work it erratically.  This is a different type of presentation that can reward some nice fish. 

[mgd0702]

In late summer or fall I like to find the biggest jig and pig I can get and hit either the points or main lake drop offs at Table Rock.   

[mgd0702]

When fishing Milford lake in Kansas I like to hit the rock piles in late summer/fall when the fish are moving up to feed and throw either a 5" senko weightless or a crankbait to scout for fish in these areas.  Late fall fish seem to stack up on these rocks and make for some great fishing. 

[TheMark]

Late summer - lipless cranks on 8 to 12' flats