Wanted to hit Beaverdam today but circumstances worked against me. So I got to Huntsman at dawn and spent four fishless hours wondering what I was doing wrong. Then I finally found my fall fishing groove and got six bass in the next 2.5hrs. Three of those went over 3lbs with the biggest a fat 3lb 7oz fish on a jig. Most of the others were caught on a Rapala Flat Rap (I love that bait!).  Water was very stained -- more so than usual.

Fish in the pics are 3lbs 7oz and 3lbs 2oz.

Nice work, two quality fish.

I finally got out of work at a decent hour yesterday and because it get's dark so early I went to Burke.... figured the cooler water temps would make the fish there at least a little more active then the hibernation they seemingly were in all summer. 

Fished from like 5pm to 9pm..... threw a wide variety...from topwaters to super slow jigs and shakey's.... and not a nibble. 

Was thinking huntsman first, but figured I would like to be out some after dark, hence Burke.  Think only an hour or two a light as Huntsman would beat 4 or 5 hours at Burke.   

nice work

Went back again today. Had four fish in 25-mins in a very small area, then nothing the rest of the day. Biggest was 2lbs 15oz... which sadly breaks my run of at least one 3lb+ fish every week for 7 straight weeks. I guess it had to happen eventually!

Water in Huntsman is ridiculously stained right now. Less that 12" visibility.  Makes for some tough fishing.

I bet....

You going very bright colors or max vibration stuff or a little of both? 

I am sooooo inexperienced with stained water..... my home water in NY were crystal clear and same in florida. 

With huntsman I have had my most luck with lipless cranks and double Colorado spinner baits.  I tend to stick to those.  Would love to know what other throw, just for stained in general, no need to reveal huntsman secrets..

Actually, I used no bright colors at all. Three of my fish yesterday were on a silver rapala flat rap -- a bait that does not have a rattle, and has caught me a lot of bass at Huntsman, even in very stained water. The other was a blue/black jig worked fairly slowly. Missed a couple of bites on the jig too. Chatterbaits work well there at the right time of year -- spring, mainly. But cranks and (since this year) jigs get nearly all my fish at Huntsman, though shaky-heads work well at the height of summer.

I don't mind sharing my Huntsman bait secrets (where/how to use them... that's a different story )