What water temp does buzzbait turn in in fall?

[buckcreekmike]

I was wondering if anybody has had any buzzbait luck yet, and what traditionally is the temp that bite really kicks in. 

[fishinwrench]

Yeah!   Sorry you missed it.  

I don't think it's a water temperature thing as much as it is a shad movement thing, or a scattered bass running the banks thing.  I keep one rigged from September until mid-November....or whenever they stop biting it. 

Sometimes we get a really good Spook bite in December, lasts about a week.  

[buckcreekmike]

58 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Yeah!   Sorry you missed it.  

I don't think it's a water temperature thing as much as it is a shad movement thing, or a scattered bass running the banks thing.  I keep one rigged from September until mid-November....or whenever they stop biting it. 

Sometimes we get a really good Spook bite in December, lasts about a week.  

Missed it already. I never many people talking about it too much this year. 

[96 CHAMP]

What is the water temp wrench if you would , I am going to come Down Wednesday, 

[WeekendWarrior]

Water temp 57-58, you can still catch some on buzzbait covering lots of water or if really windy switch to a spinnerbait

[96 CHAMP]

Thanks for the info, We will see what Happens

[MOsmallies]

From my experience and from what I've seen and read, the buzzbait will still produce fish down to 50 degree water. Below 50 you're better off throwing a spinnerbait, crankbait, jerkbait, or A-Rig. I caught a nice one last Fall in 53 degree water on the buzzbait but at those temps they just kind of suck it under as opposed to slamming it. I know Sykora won a tournament a week or two after I caught that fish and the majority of his fish came on a buzzbait. Just have to cover a lot of water and find those big black rocks. As long as the big 6-8 inch gizzard shad are on the rocks, they should bite a buzzbait. Upper 50's and low 60's is what I consider the prime buzzbait range. I fished the first two weekends of November this year and only caught a couple dinks on it. Water temps were in the low 60's. I just couldn't find a good buzzbait bite this fall... But I'll give it another go this upcoming weekend. I'm kinda hard headed and guilty of trying to make them bite a lure that I want them to bite

[MOsmallies]

On 11/23/2015, 11:14:17, fishinwrench said:

Yeah!   Sorry you missed it.  

I don't think it's a water temperature thing as much as it is a shad movement thing, or a scattered bass running the banks thing.  I keep one rigged from September until mid-November....or whenever they stop biting it. 

Sometimes we get a really good Spook bite in December, lasts about a week.  

What's the water temp when you've experienced the December spook bite? Or is there a certain baitfish movement, lake level, or weather pattern that triggers this?

[fishinwrench]

Somewhere in the 40's. 

Doesn't happen every year, and I have no idea what triggers it but I've taken part in it several times when there was a lakewide Super Spook bite.  You can't buy a bite on anything....but they'll crush a Spook just about anywhere.  

[WeekendWarrior]

Went out yesterday to dirty water on main lake with a stain in coves and water temps down to 54-55 around Linn Creek area. Could not find a topwater bite with just a few small Ks and one hybrid on a secondary sea wall about 2 lb. tried waking a spinnerbait when wind picked up with no takers. Most consistent bite was on the Eakins jig in coves. Threw whopper plopper, spook, spinnerbait, squarebill and jig.