Jigfishn10

Welcome to BR!

Just before the water turns to ice... ;D September & October

Good for you, helms83! Sounds like you had a good day out there!

I had a tough mid-summer catching fish. I still manged to catch some of the smaller ones, but it seems to have pick up. How about you guys, how did your summer go?

Welcome to BR!

Welcome to BR!

Welcome to BR!

Welcome to BR!

Good for you. Every time out on the water is a learning experience in my opinion.

"Look at that HAWG"... Great pic and congrats on your PB!

Very nice fish, Red. WTG!

It has been a welcome relief. Nice video and good luck this fall!

That's awesome. It's great to know that you stuck with it and now the work you put into it is really paying off for you. NICE FISH!

Sounds like you have a very good starting point. Just don't be afraid to adjust once you start to figure the pond out. Good luck!

X2 The wind really stirs up the water which brings the fishery alive as many have stated above.

Great question, because everyone has a different opinion or perception of "stained" water. For me in MA, stained water is about 5'-6'. I go to a "visible" color which is a white or white/chartreuse skirt, a gold blade and no trailer hook and maybe a curl tail grub. The blade I use depends on the clarity of the water. Like I said, stained here is 5-6' in water I fish in and I still use a willow leaf blade, but sometimes after a heavy rain that will be reduced to maybe 3-4' which is Colorado blade time for me. This is what I start with. I personally don't think that there is any "rules" to fishing a spinnerbait. I'll fish them anytime, anywhere. I fished just (within a week) before the water turned to ice and at high noon during a heat wave with bluebird skies and have managed a spinnerbait bite. Keep chunk'n and wind'n, you'll get'em!

I feel the same way! Here the fish are still lethargic and a slow rolled spinnerbait with a stop-n-go retrieve has been fooling them. Not your typical spinnerbait bite, just a lot of weight on the end of your line when you start the retrieve back up has been working. Good luck to you, I can't wait until it picks ups again, myself!

I use the fly tying meathod for my jigs as well, the skirts will stay in place and don't twist on you.

I know you said "besides spinerbaits", but I fell into the bluebird sky and hot water rut while bank fishing this year as well, but a white spinnerbait with a white willow leaf blade burned as fast as you can burn it near structure and weedlines saved a few would be fishless days for me.

Personally, I use a single blade spinnerbait all the time. I take off the split ring from the blade & ball bearing swivel and add a snap to the swivel so I can switch blades quickly (willows to colorados, blade finish and sizes). My spinnerbait skirt is usually a watermelon over white or pearl.

Yeah...I casted a spinnerbait into the wind and had a nasty birdsnest. When I got untangled I reeled in a clam with nothing but the skirt at the end of it.

Def a great technique for me as well. I usually use a single blade (just my preference) for going thru weeds. I don't usually rip as much as I reel thru it.

The one's I caught usually (85-90 percent anyway) had the belly hook in their mouth and the rear hook would be fouled either in the gill or back. The only thing I could think of is they went after the lure at the belly, swiped and missed and caught the rear hook on the side of the mouth. Which hook did they fould on?

Last year I was catching bass on a single spin spinnerbait with no trailer just letting it helicopter down. Then I started to fish the single spin as a jig, hopping it along the bottom. This year I caught my 2010 pb best (my avatar) on a jig with no trailer. It's been pretty effective so far this year.