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Fall fishing tips

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Nov. 10th Full Moon

5 fish day, with the full moon and fall weather. Good For Fishing and Hunting.

Topics: Full Moon, Hunt and Fish
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Fall Fishing is here

Fall is here, it is getting cold, and its a good time to fish. The ice is already starting to build on the ponds and shorelines. A lot of people already have brought there boats out of the water. But if you have a small boat I recommend trolling along the shoreline for muskies, jigging for walleyes, top lures through the weeds for Northern/Bass. The walleyes are in the cold shallow waters. Fall is my favorite time to fish, and usually one of the only times I fish off shore. Since the walleyes are in shallower waters, you can just cast off shore for the lunkers.......

Topics: Walleye, Muskies, Pike, Fall weather
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Get Bit Tip of the Day

Fishing during the Fall can be amazing. With the bait run in full swing along most coasts fish are feeding heavy and often not being picky. If you find yourself on the fish but unable to convince them to eat, try downsizing your leader and hook for a more natural presentation.
Get Outdoors & Get Bit!!

Topics: Fishing, Outdoors
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Cast and Blast

Fall is here and with the rain, snow, and wind it's hard to think fishing and time to start thinking hunting. But why not both? In Idaho, you should keep your shotguns handy when fishing the mountain streams and inlets to lakes. You never know when you might jump a cubby of quail or spook some chukar!

Topics: Fishing, and, hunting
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Fall Trout

One of my favorite fishing tips techniques for fall trout fishing is to use live worms rigged on a gang hook rig. A gang hook rig is simply a set of pre-tied hooks in line one after the other and is attached to your line using a small barrel swivel.

This is how it's done: Start by taking the end of your line and tying on a small barrel swivel. Now, tie a set of pre-tied gang hooks or use 9-18 inches or so of leader and tie on one hook. Next, tie on another hook directly to the bend of your first hook and shorten it up so they are only about 1inch or apart from each other. Or if you have the skill, go ahead and just tie a Snelled knot. At this point add a couple of split shot sinkers above the barrel swivel (the number and size of split shot will vary with current flow) for weight. Now rig a live worm onto your gang hooks (if the worms are really large, simply pinch them in ½).

The idea behind this is that you can drift or bottom bounce a worm and have a larger presentation as the worm is laid out over both hooks.

Topics: Fall, Trout
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Fall Bass

It's that time of year when the nights and days are getting cooler. You have to think that when we can feel it, the fish can feel it. It almost puts our bodies and thoughts in a different mindset gearing up for winter. So why shouldn't it be the same for our favorite fish?

The bass are gonna be piling up soon following the little guys around the banks and in streams and the mouths of rivers and I'm gonna meet them there and hopefully have a few look my way.

Topics: Fall, Fishing
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FALL FISHING

Fishing opener is the best time to fish. Fish forgot about all them hooks they have had....the waters warming up, spawning's just getting done, fish are multiplying, and hungry!! Then as the summer progresses.......the mayflies come out for a little bit......and the fishing really starts to slow down!! Then FALL FISHING picks up!!! The weather cools down its not painfully hot any more....and it seems to me the bigger fish start to bite more! I love fishing in the boat, but one thing I love about Fall is that you can fish off of shore!! Have a fire, with a big crowd! I like shore fishing because of the maneuverability! And I think Fall is really the only and best time to fish of shore!!!!!

Topics: FallShore, Fishing
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Muskies

Here in Minnesota a good time to fish for Muskies is late Fall/early Winter. When the ice is building up on the shoreline. Most people on the lake have there boats out by then. The ice is a thin layer about 20 feet from shore. I like to take the paddle boat around the edge and troll for Pike and Muskies, even walleye.

Topics: Late, Fall, Fishing, for, Musky, and, Pike
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Walleye Tactics

Since walleyes have excellent visual acuity under low light levels, they tend to feed more at dawn and dusk, on cloudy or overcast days and under choppy conditions. Similarly, in darkly stained or turbid waters, walleye tend to feed throughout the day. In the spring and fall walleye are located near the shallower areas due to the spawning grounds; and they are most often in shallower water at around six feet deep. On calm spring days the walleye are more often located at the deep side of the shoreline drop-off and around shore slopes around or deeper than ten feet.

"Walleye chop" is a term used for rough water typically with winds of 6 to 16 mph, and is one of the indicators for good walleye fishing due to the walleye's increased feeding activity during such conditions. In addition to fishing the "Walleye chop", night fishing with live bait can be very effective.

"Walleye Jig" is another very effective approach for catching the fish. Simply tie on a 3/8 ounce jig and attach a minnow. Lower the jig to the bottom of a sandy bottom stream and slowly move the jig up and off the bottom. When you feel a tug – wait a moment, as walleye are cautious fish and it may just be nibbling at the bait, then hook the fish. Calm water in an anchored boat is ideal for this approach.

Here is a good site with more detailed tactics for different times of year, colors to use, and how to find the big females.
http://www.garden-island.com/how-to-catch-walleye.htm

Topics: Walleye
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Water Conditions

From my experiences fishing for salmon in the rivers this fall, it seems that water quality makes a big difference as to how well the fish bite. From what I've heard, Coho get spooked when water levels are low, water is is clear, and the skiers are sunny. Also, people say if the water is too warm, they are slow to bite. All these things seem to be true. My best fishing days have been after a good rain, giving the river more flow, cooler water, and less clarity.
Try fishing a couple days after a good rain, while the water is still somewhat high and a little on the murky side.

Topics: Water, River Fishing, best time to fish
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Using marker bouys on points

Bass, and probably other gamefish, congregate along points, and especially cover and secondary structure along the points. The system is simple, takes a couple of minutes to set up, and you can spend a few hours fishing one point a nd catching serious amounts of bass.

First, determine the points. In early spring and late fall, find steep sloping points, while long, slow-sloping points are generally better from late-spring to early fall. A good topo or bathymetric map, or GPS map will show these. Once you've chosen the point, begin to go over it with your depth finder. Look for tell-tale fish arches, or baitfish schools, to determine where you should start. Whatever your target depth, toss a marker bouy a few feet shallower on the main point. Work along the point until you come to the first big drop off into deep water, then toss a marker bouy a few feet deeper on the main point. These two markers should be the same color. While you're scouting the point, when you see a key piece of cover, something different in the bottom structure, or something interesting, throw a different colored marker bouy near it.

Begin by lining up along the point, starting shallow, and fan casting the entire point. Work deeper, then shallower. Use repeated casts from different angles at all key pieces of cover and secondary structure. Crankbaits are good to use for scouting lures, and once you find the bass, pick the area apart with a variety of presentations.

It could literally take you 4 hours to fish a decent point, and I've pulled as many as two dozen keepers off one point from all different depths. Remember to use the proper color, based on conditions, forage and activity level, and the proper depth for your crankbaits. If the point drops from, say, 7 feet down to 13 feet, cast the shallow end with a crankbait that dives to 9 or 10 feet, and then work the deeper end with a crankbait that'll dive to 15 feet. Stay with it, and you'll find the bass.

Topics: Points, marker, bouy