The essentials for living your best life.
The essentials for living your best life.
As the weather cools, fall fishing opens the door to more active fish, less crowding, and some of the season’s best action for steelhead, bass, trout, crappie, and more. With the right destination and techniques, your autumn trip could be the most rewarding one of the year.
Fall fishing varies by region, but the pattern is clear: bass key on shad, crawfish, and smaller forage as water cools. Downsized crankbaits, spinnerbaits, tube jigs, and topwater walkers often draw the best strikes when matched to water temperature, depth, and retrieve speed.
Essential Concepts
Smaller lures.
Match forage.
Adjust retrieve.
Fall is one of the best times to target rainbow trout, with active fish moving between deeper pools and shallow feeding areas as the water cools. Use colorful lures or natural baits, fish early or late in the day, and stay ready to adjust with changing weather for your best shot at success.
Fall walleye fishing can be highly productive because cooling water concentrates baitfish and often pulls walleyes into tighter, more predictable patterns. Focus on where the forage moves, then adjust depth, lure choice, and retrieve as the season shifts.
Essential Concepts
Cooling water concentrates bait and fish
Shallow early, deeper later
Match lure to depth and light