Fall Patterns

[T Hood]

I wish I could be more specific with my question, but, I'll be honest: I'm not catching a thing!! Bass, bluegill, crappie....nothing.

So, what's everyone catching these days? On what and where?

I know the water has been very low in the STL area. What are some techniques you've used for low water?

Thanks in advance for the help.

[podum]

My favorite fall pattern is shallow white bass. Really shallow. Once the water temp hits the mid 60s and until it drops out of the 50s, the whites get right up on the wind blown points and banks - following the wind blow shad schools. With the cool nights, the pattern is already starting. Its easy if you have a boat, but there are places to bank fish too. I bank fished for 90 minutes at Smithville this weekend and caught 15 whites. The patter will last through November most years. Good luck.

[ozark trout fisher]

I wish I could be more specific with my question, but, I'll be honest: I'm not catching a thing!! Bass, bluegill, crappie....nothing.

So, what's everyone catching these days? On what and where?

I know the water has been very low in the STL area. What are some techniques you've used for low water?

Thanks in advance for the help.

What are ya' fishing? Lakes, streams?

I'm doing well for both smallmouth and largemouth bass on the creeks out here in central MO with mostly soft plastics. 5" Zoom green pumpkin plastic worms have been hot. Rebel craws, spinnerbaits, and other fast moving stuff was good until this weekend, but finally seems to be slowing down. The water is very low pretty much everywhere as you mentioned, so on the smaller creeks it's really important to find the deeper water...Even if it some cases that means fishing where there is very little current. For the larger streams I would imagine the fish would still be holding in their summer places, the lower ends of the riffles, short, rocky pools, rootwads with good current. Don't know for sure though as I've been doing the small stream thing for the last month or so pretty much exclusively.

I haven't really been doing any lake fishing either so I couldn't help out there.