October 31, 2015 - Fall  is upon us and the big green fish are starting to feed up for the winter. All types of patterns are working but the shallow water bite is dealing us a gob of small fish. The spawn this year was excellent and there is a billion six inch bass on Fork right now. You can throw a crankbait in a creek, have one hit it, and ten more will be following it to the boat. Kinda cool actually! After catching about fifty of those, I will head clients back out to the main lake and work the deep fish for a giant, especially during the afternoon. Same locations apply, humps, ridges, structure but now add road beds into the mix. October is a month where bass will congregate on these locations feeding on barfish. The Alabama Rig, 10XD and flutter spoon are the go to baits when you are after the green monster. Shallow brush becomes a target at this time of the year also as crappie and bream gather up to feed on passing shad that are on the move in the fall.

The other lakes are still in play in the fall and one of them dealt two of my clients the dream fishing day of life. They landed 80 bass in one day using the drop shot and seven of them were over seven pounds. The largest tipped the scales at 9.08. I stayed busy all day netting bass and giggled away the entire day. On one trip to Athens, my client caught 55 bass on that Friday and thirty on Saturday. No giants, most all fish between two and four pounds, but a ton of fun. October is a great month for numbers as bass want to get fat for the winter.