| Fall is by far one of the best times to fish any | | | | are spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and hard jerkbaits |
| smallmouth lake. This is a great time to catch | | | | fished quickly. These allow you to cover a lot of |
| your limit of big fish.Smallies like to stock up ahead | | | | water fast. Keep the lure just under the |
| for winter, a time when they are not as likely to | | | | surface.When you do nail one and suspect there |
| get a belly full of shad or whatever baitfish is | | | | are more to be had, but they have refused your |
| available in that lake.So, the key is to locate | | | | original offer, try using a slower moving bait like a |
| baitfish. That's where you will find the smallies.Your | | | | soft plastic tube.Work the area slowly and |
| focus in the fall will not be much different than in | | | | completely. Follow-up is extremely important to |
| the spring. Set your sites on shallow shelves | | | | catching the maximum amount of fish from an |
| adjacent to deeper water (flats that drop | | | | area.Once you have found them, you don't want |
| sharply), also rocky humps and shoals with | | | | to leave any of them behind.---- |
| patches of grass mixed in.Fish can be at any | | | | By Bobby IvieBobby Ivie is an avid fishman and |
| depth, but you will mostly want to look in 8 to 12 | | | | owner of He makes the biggest part of his living |
| feet of water in the fall.This is going to be a bit hit | | | | on the Internet, NetBizWorkshop.netThis article |
| and miss because smallmouths gather in big | | | | may be reprinted as long as this source box is |
| schools of up to 50 fish. So if you don't find them | | | | added and the source box hyperlinks are kept |
| quickly, move on.The best baits for this method | | | | intact. |