Did I put away my boat too early?

[Slyster]

man.. did I pack up the boat too early? Supposed to be nice tomorrow and people are saying the bass bite is INCREASING the last few weeks?

I remember the Halloween blizzard 15 years ago.. and that would have been almost a week ago.. so you never know.. seems with the climate warming... the fishing season is lengthening... certainly is a good side to "global warming"...

How many of you are actaully still going out for bass?

[Captain B.R.K]

I went out for a few hours on Mink/Sommer's Lake and didn't get a bite. I never fished the lake so I didn't know where to go. PLUS all the docks I'm accustom to fishing were pulled out.

Water temps were 48 degree's; I'm wondering if that had anything to do with tight lips today?

Anyone else been out and catching fish!?!?

[TB Basser]

I was out with a buddy on Saturday but the bass bite was

almost non-existant compared to last week. Eyes were biting.

[bassn1]

Went to a small lake south of Underwood on Saturday. Water temp was 47. I tried jigs, spinnerbaits and a few cranks on the weedline and got only a few snot rockets. I switched to a black stickbait and caught 15 bass off shoreline wood. 2 over 4 pounds and 3 over 3. the biggest being a 4.10. The bite was super light. But today I put the boat to bed for the year. I wanted to end the season on a winning note. Time to start making baits and stockin' up for next year!!

[Duffman]

Went and chucked a spinnerbait on a metro lake during the Vikes game. Ended up with 11 pike and 5 largemouths, biggest pike went about 4 lbs and the biggest bass was approaching 3 lbs. I also missed a quite a few strikes, but the action was pretty consistent. I thought to myself that it was a great way to end the open water season, but if these temps hold up, I might give it another go.

[oldguide]

You sure did! The smallmouth and largemouth are going nuts. Catching them in shallow water yet. I can't believe this. I just came back from Kansas and never expected to be fishing this late in the year. Green Lake has been good for at least 20-30 brown fish a day and some of the smaller lakes, Kings (North of Freeport), Spunk (By Avon), Big Birch (By Grey Eagle) are good for at least that many largemouth. Most of the fish are running over a 3# average with lots of them in the 4# range to. It's a happy day when you can catch them on spinner baits and jerk baits. They are really crushing the baits to. Loads of fun. My boat will probably get buried in the first snowstorm because I just can't put it away.

I to remember the Halloween Blizzard. Went bow hunting with snowshoes the day after.

Good fishing.

[Maximum12]

Bass on my favorite lake/s finally petered out in the last week or so, we were catching numbers of 2-3lb. fish with the odd bigger one, last two outings this week & last just two bass & lots of northern. On the other hand, I know they're still there, & if I could bring myself to go to jig & pigs, I bet they'd still be hitting (I know there's something wrong with me, but I love catching the slimers too & they're hitting all the time right now on fast-moving baits!).