Late Fall Techniques

It's time to start slowing down your presentations now that water temps are staying cold. You may still be able to get some reaction strikes by quick-retrieving your crankbaits and buzzbaits, but for the most part you will have more luck on a slowly presented bait. Try these:

• *Slow rolling a spinner bait
• Zoom flukes (especially in clearer water conditions)
• Dropshots
  
• Large skirted jigs
• Medium bodied crainkbaits-med. to deep running
  

Focus on using more natural colors right now such as watermelon for soft plastics and black/ blue for jigs.

*Slow rolling a spinner bait is accomplished by letting it fall to the bottom or near bottom and retrieving slow enough to allow it to bounce and roll over stumps, rocks, and other bottom debris. Many times you will get the strike right after it begins it's fall over the front side of a log or rock.