Got out for a few hours last night. I tried the shallower end of the lake first with no results. We have a wooded island about 1/2 the way down the lake and I caught a few near the north end of it . Like it usually does,the bite was slow on the west side of the island but I picked off a couple fish.Up to this point,all the fish had been cuaght on the small zoom fluke in watermelon seed.

That bite just quit and after 20 minutes or so with nothing I decided to switch to a small tequila sunrise culprit.Good decision.I began catching fish immediately. By then, I was nearly to the south end of the island and decided to keep going along the western shoreline. I had caught several and the 2 worms I had were torn up So I switched to the 7 1/2 inch culprit in grape shad and caught a few more.Tried the frog near sunset for awhile but no takers.

Overall, the bite was nearly like the average fall trip. It wasnt overly hot, with a nice 5-10 mph breeze. Ended up with 12-13 .Nothing over 2 pounds, but the majority of the fish were healthy and well fed. i caught more than half of the fish on my finesse rig,which has 8 pound test and a light spinning combo.Getting excited about the fall.My sons and me are planning our first inshore trip for tomorrow.Hope to have some pics soon!!

Glad you got your fall pattern already. This morning I went out fishing for a few hours at 6:00AM the temp was at 85 degree here. I only brought a bag of mix Fluke and one rod-reel, caught only 3 dinks.