Docks in the fall

[Gordie]

Do you guys still hit the docks as hard in the fall time?

I know that its not the typical weather but I have been hitting a few docks and still pullin them from under. I never really targeted bass in the fall so I'm just curious>

[Prairiefire]

Any dock that's left this time of year is a good one. Flip your jig under an just leave it sit and shake it; they move a little slower as the water temps drop below 60.

[bassfshin24]

It's one of my favorite approaches in the fall. Throwing a spinnerbait next to it or pitching a jig under it. Fun times!

[Deitz Dittrich]

YUP, What they said.

[bryguy247]

The docks that remain on my local lake have been awesome to hit this fall. So far some of the best fish I have got this year have been dock fishing this fall. I run a crank bait along it first, than I work the rest of the dock real slow with a texas rigged creature bait. It's been a lot of fun this fall. To bad it won't last long.

[fishn]

Does this pattern only work when its sunny out?

[Deitz Dittrich]

Not always, cover is cover, but the sun will often make their location on the dock more predictable.

[RK]

Does this pattern only work when its sunny out?

I don't think it's a sunny day only deal at all. When the shallow junk weeds start to die back, shallow fish will sometimes gravitate to the nearest hard cover. Might be rocks, docks or wood, depending on the lake and location. I actually fish docks in fall more than I do any other time of year. When it's dock after dock during the summer, I get bored with it. But when it's a dock every 100 yards, it's like a sign saying "fish here." Cast a shallow crankbait, swim jig or spinnerbait out over the flat between docks, and you can cover some water in a hurry.

Cheers,

Rob Kimm

[TonkaBass]

Docks have 2 times a year when they really shine IMHO, in the early post spawn and in the early fall. Hit the right stretch and you can pull up 20 pounds easy! I have also noticed that it is well worth your time to hit those good docks many times throughout the day during those two times.

[Nick Kuhn]

Hit the right stretch and you can pull up 20 pounds easy!

I'd have had to have caught 100 of them to make 20lbs fishing FROM my dock yesterday. There was a huge cloud of YotY fish out front. However the only thing out there were bass under 10" long. I figured the bigger fish were out deeper where there was larger forage. I even had a quintuple follow there were so many small bass in eating the YotY fish.

[Aaron Carrell]

I was on Tonka for the first time this year on Saturday. We hit a whole bunch of docks on the west end (Smithtown & Phelps area) as well as some of the shallow weeds (less than 4') and found plenty of interested largemouth there. There were definitely loads of fish on the docks though. I couldn't believe how many hits I was getting (and losing... ugh), but it was a good time for someone that just started pitching jigs to docks this summer! I wouldn't have thought to try that on Saturday had it not been for this thread, so in essence... Thanks!