I don't mean to be redundant because I am sure this has been posted elsewhere on the site, but I am really struggling to catch bass right now. For the last two weeks or so the average lows have been in the high thirties or low fourties, with the water temp in the mid to low 60's. I would assume this is the onset of fall and have begun to look shallow for bass. I have targeted grass but have not had much luck, one or two small dinks. I have tried everything, with no luck, but have gotten a few out deep 12-15 feet on a dropshot. Those came near grass, but I assumed that fall meant they went shallower with the baitfish, but those fish make me question that. What should I be throwing right now, but what I really want to know is where should I concentrate my efforts? Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Lipless in 12-15 ft of water.

Last year, our last day out was late november. Freezing cold and water was around 42 degrees. We had to fizz em because we were pulling them out of 40 feet of water. So I don't buy into the "look for them coming shallow in the fall" thing. I have found that I find them in the same areas and depths as usual to be honest with you. What i do do though is change baits and speeds. As the water cools, I turn to a red trap and a suspending jerkbait. I also have good luck with jigs this time of year.

I like to fish deeper isolated structure in the fall. An isolated sunken tree in 15 ft of water or an isolated rockpile in 25-40 feet. Isolated and deeper seem to do the trick for me especially for bigger fish.

There's a good chance your local waters may be in the process of "Turning Over"

 

Bite is usually off for a while during this process.

 

Here's more info:

 

http://fishing.about.com/cs/fishfactsinfo/a/aa100703a.htm

 

A-Jay

I'm in Northern Wisconsin right now and the largemouth are biting like crazy (have been for several days) IF you have an orange craw color Red Eye Shad. I'm fishing large weedy flats in 4 to 7 feet of water on a natural lake and the water temps are in the mid to low 50's. I've tried several different rattle baits, swim jigs, and spinner baits but the Red Eye shad has out fished them all by a wide margin.

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Spinner bait and Crome and blue rattle trap been working good for me .

Lipless cranks and dropshots in around 7- 10 feet of water above vegetation, a good pattern for both smallmouth and largemouth