I love fall when bass start busting shad on the surface. For about 10 minutes the area is alive with jumping bass and the action is non stop.

Then it goes still. Nothing. I have heard the bass are still there, they just go down deeper. If this is true, what do you throw to get more bites? Usually nothing works until they come back up, if they come back up at all.

Are they really still in the area? and has anyone figured out how to get them?

A fluke on a c-rig dragged under where they were schooling or the nearest structure to that area.

You could also try a fluke on a dropshot..

Tie on a Hopkin's Spoon or a Silver Buddy, and work the water column under where the bass were rising.  These do a good job of mimicking a dying baitfish, and a bass could think that they simply missed a last chance at an easy meal.  You don't have to do this by vertical jigging, just toss it at the location, and vary the depth of your retrieves.  A jerking motion helps most times.

If the waters clear use a wake bait. A slender wake bait will bring back up again no problem. A white buzz bait also works.

If the waters clear use a wake bait.

That's my call, too.

In a similar scenario this past weekend, we got bites on Keitech Swing Impacts swam at various depths and silver lip-less cranks with a yo-yo retrieve.

me too, sliver lipless seems to be working, just fished it a few times tho

Fluke on a weighted hook.

I like to drag a Mattlures Mattshad along the bottom in the area where the bass were surfacing. Often, the bigger fish will be sitting on bottom waiting to pick up the dying shad that the schooling bass missed. Be sure to remove the treble hook to keep from snagging the bottom.