Pro Tips to Catching Bass in the Fall + WBE Champions Preview

Talk a little bit, mid-October, Tennessee, you know, obviously in the heart of it all.

Is this the hardest month, do you think, of the year to fish? In regards to the bite?

Yeah, generally in my opinion, the month of October tends to be the toughest thing.

You got a lot of, especially here on Chickamauga, you got a lot of different things going on.

We're starting to get the winter draw down.

fish are naturally transitioning anyway so when that happens it kind of moves them even more and you know they get keyed in on bait that's so small it just kind of fish everywhere you know you don't generally find a lot of fish in one one there you can but it's just it's just it's just hard like yeah fall turnovers happening in places it's just

it's just

hard that's the only way to put it really you can get into scientific reasons for why it's tough but it's just generally the toughest time of year

I know the reservoir thing, a lot of people can relate to that when they're starting to draw down.

Cause a lot of people, obviously in the same situation, as things get colder, their reservoirs get drawn down.

I even know some in New York, they do the same thing.

Um, what is your move like when you start seeing them pull the water down because I know a lot of bank anglers typically draw downs aren't usually the most fun on the bank you know and whereas obviously rising is much more fun but what's your first move when they're drawn down like that?

Yeah like you're saying I mean you can kind of catch fish everywhere it doesn't really seem like you get a big concentration in one place but More times than not, it's just your high percentage areas.

It's your creek mouths and things like that that fish are naturally migrating to.

And as the month goes on, more and more fish start to show up.

And that's kind of the best way I've found to consistently get bites is to just fish the high percentage places, whether it be a steeper bank that's got wood or anything with a little bit of water where they're comfortable with the dropping water.

You know, like you hear a lot of times in the fall, go to the backs of the pockets.

That's where all the bait is.

Well, that's not necessarily the case around here.

There's no water.

Because there's no water.

The water's falling.

So the bait, just like bass, they want to go to where they're comfortable and not feeling like their water's dropping out of their head.

Right.

But it's all depending on where you go.