Fishing for Early Fall Bass with Chatterbaits

The days are getting shorter…

Air and water temps are getting cooler…

Baitfish are schooling and migrating between available types of cover and the bass have put the feed-bag on prepping for winter…

What a great time to tie on a chatterbait and catch some of the biggest bass of the season!

Bassmaster Elite Series pro Stephen Browning explains why a chatterbait is one of his favorite baits when chasing early fall bass in this short video…

Time to tie one a chatterbait on for your next fall bass fishing trip?

I’ll have one rigged when I go out for sure 😈

KVD On Catching Late Fall Largemouths

What does Elite Bass Pro Kevin VanDam do to catch late fall bass in the north country?

A few points come to mind…

• Focus on small natural lakes with lots of good weed-lines
• Look for irregular weed-line features like inside bends
• Use small baits with slower fall rates and compact profiles mimicking baitfish and crawdads

but just don’t take our word for it, watch the following short video where KVD explains the details!

I am not sure about you but I love fishing in the fall and am sure these tips will come in handy when I do!

Should You Use A Shaky Head in Stained Water?

Check out what Bassmaster Elite Pro, Mike Iaconelli has to say about using a Berkley Havoc Bottom Hopper and shaky head combo in dirty water situations...

Pretty good advice don't you think?

Getting the Texas Rig Right

Many new bass anglers struggle with the myriad of different methods for rigging and using soft plastics baits, especially the Texas Rig...

The following image provides an overview of setting up the Texas Rig...

Source: Fix.com Blog

Here are a set of images from an article on Fix.com covering all the ins and outs of using Texas rigged plastic baits...

Source: Fix.com Blog 

 If you want more detailed information, click the link about to access the original article!

Lipless Crankbaits for Fall Bass

Fall bass fishing usually means finding how bass are relating to baitfish.

Since bait is often schooled in the fall, a lipless crank can be a great tool to connect with bass keying on shad, herring or alewives as Terry Bolton describes in this video…

Keeping those rattle-traps, red-eye shads or whatever your personal lipless crank choice is ready for fall action maybe just what the "doctor ordered"...

Agreed?

What Is a Power-Shot Rig?

Every so often I run across an article or video that cause me to pause and reflect on how I learned certain techniques over the years…

The video provided below cause me to think back to an ABA Weekend Series tournament over 15 years ago I was fishing as a non-boater. During the event, I was trying to fish a conventional Texas-rigged 7″ worm that kept getting fouled by the slimy algae covering the bottom. On the other hand, the boater was able to keep fishing and catching, while I was constantly clearing my rig of “bottom snot”.

When I asked how the heck he was avoiding the snot issue, he said he was fishing a power version of a traditional drop shot rig. It didn’t take me long to figure it out and add the drop/power shot rig to my bassin’ tool kit as well!

Take a moment and listen to pro bass angler John Murray’s insight into when and how to fish the power shot rig!

Interesting!