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Once this happens, fish become much harder to catch and sometimes almost impossible, of course
you will still catch a few if you are out early in the morning or late in the evening. Many of us though are not at the lake
at these times and would still like a few good fish for our trouble. I for one have always felt a bad day of fishing was still
worth the effort, you never know when that next bass will strike.
To improve our chances we
need to change the way we fish. First we will need to fish much deeper than maybe we are used to, as bass tend to go
to cooler water at this time of the season. Even with fish finding equipment they still can be stubborn to catch. The one
thing that will up your chances will be to cover more water. Once you find a place you like, you will need to put on a little
more weight to get your fishing lure or bait down to where the bass are, say 20 feet or more. Now you will want to try
several lures and keep changing until something works. Crawfish lures work good in this type
of fishing. Try moving the lure slowly over the bottom and be sure you give each lure you choose at least 20 minutes or more
and change your retrieve speed a little every few minutes. Be sure to fish the deep drop offs and any channels you might know
of. You might picture yourself down in the deep cool water and feeling a little lazy, you probably would not want to put out
a lot of effort , so keep the lure moving and work along the deep drop offs until you wake them up. The hard part is waiting
for the bass to strike. Bass are the hardest to catch at this time of year, but they will respond if you keep changing
lures and locations. It only takes one good fish to keep us out there. Another thing you can try is carolina rigging; you
will want a deep running lure for this, maybe a deep running minnow, these work great most of the time. Be sure to change
colors from time to time as well, darker colors for sunny days and brighter colors for gray days, with maybe a spinner on
the lure. This will help the bass find your lure once you wake them up.
Always take plenty of
sun screen, and plenty of refreshments with you, these two things will make a hard day of fishing much more enjoyable. After
the water cools down in a few weeks we can all return to our top water fishing lures, where it seems sometimes the fish almost
jump into the boat. Enjoy!
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