During the fall, I love getting out on the water in the early morning.
Especially during the late fall, the early morning, just as the sun is coming up, is an amazing time to catch bass.
Not to mention, these calm mornings give you very calm and beautiful scenery.
Morning fishing in autumn isn’t much different, but I do change up my lure selection a bit to optimize my bass fishing.
This comes down to what stage fall you are fishing in.
The morning and evenings are the best times to fish buzzbaits, and really all top water lures. Buzzbaits are my favorite early morning fall lure to throw.
During the fall, bass feed on lots of shad. In the early mornings, bass will sit very high in the water column and bust on shad that are on the surface.
Buzzbaits imitate these surface shad with a loud, annoying presentation that drives bass crazy.
I almost always use a white or white/grey colored buzzbait when fishing early fall mornings.
Spinnerbaits just flat out work. They have a very similar profile and flash as a buzzbait.
The advantage of spinnerbaits is that you can fish them under the water and very your depths.
Spinnerbaits also have a variety of blade shapes and colors to match whatever water depth and clarity you are fishing.
Fall mornings are the perfect situation to tie on a spinnerbait and catch aggressive bass.
Again, I will stick to white colors most of the time. This is pretty consistent with all skirted lures I throw during the fall.
Glide baits give bass a big breakfast to start their morning. I love throwing big glide baits around shallow rocks, weed lines, and drop offs.
Fall bass are very hungry and are looking for a big meal. As they say, breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Bass want a big meal early in the morning to give them energy throughout the day.
The big, slow moving glide bait has caught be GIANT bass on early fall mornings.
I have caught 3 double digit sized bass on a glide bait, and I caught 2 of them on a fall morning.
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Topwater walking baits offer some of the most exciting bites you can possible get.
These baits such as the Heddon Zara Spook look just like a shad darting across the surface.
They also present a V pattern that makes it very easy for bass to track it down.
During the early morning hours, I will usually use white or silver colors, and as the day goes on, I will transition to darker colors to contrast the sky better.
I like fishing walking baits as soon as the sun starts peeking over the horizon.
If I had to pick one lure to fish in the fall, it would be a Lipless crankbait. The tight wobble and flutter as it falls catches me so many bass.
Especially if bass are feeding on shad, the lipless crankbait is just an incredible lure to use.
I will usually start the morning with a top water and switch the a lipless crankbait 1-2 hours after the sun has come up when the bass begin to drop back down in the water column.
In the early and mid fall I will fish this bait very fast and aggressive.
But in the late fall, I will slow down the presentation and switch to more of a Yo-Yo technique.
In the fall months, I usually stick to shad patterns for most part. If I am fishing a pond that doesn’t have any shad, I will use baby bass patterns.
Bluegill colors also work great in these ponds, but baby bass colors are a bit more visible and flashy in the water.
Fall bass are aggressive and making it easy for them to find your lure will catch you more bass.
In the early mornings, I will either use a bright shad or baby bass color.
If I am using a top water, I will use a black color because it contrasts the morning sky very well and gives the bass an easy target.
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The peaceful fall mornings are one of the most enjoyable times to fish.
The beautiful sunrise lights up the autumn leaves and paints a wonderful picture on the water.
But early morning fall bass fishing is not just for the views. It is also an amazing time to catch lots of big bass.
I have found that morning fishing really shines in the fall and spring seasons.
So this fall, get up early and get out on the water.
