September to October fall transition at the honey hole

It's now the middle of October in 2022.  The air is nice and crisp and the sun still warms the skin in the afternoon.  Temperatures are now dipping into the 40s and even 30s at night, but we are still seeing temps into the 70s during the day.  

I have not written in a awhile, but we've been hitting the pond on a regular basis.  It is amazing just how much the fish behaviors or activity change with the temperature of the water.  In September, the bigger bass in this specific pond were "triggered" to bite.  Some of the notable baits that worked well in September:

• Jigs Black and Blue...other colors and trailers worked, companies
• Zoom Brush Hog Mid-Size Black and Blue
• Zoom plastic worms various, Texas Rigged and shaky head
• Crankbaits, couple I had in the tackle box

Fast forward to mid October of 2022 and it is a much different story.  We are still catching them as you can see in this pic.  The challenge on this day was to fish for 1 hour and see if we can get 5 bass to the bank.  This is a common challenge for us.  A little bassmasters classic tournament style excursion to the pond! We accomplished our team goal.  We caught 6 bass in an hour.  Lil' Shaka was the overall winner with four fish caught to my two!  He caught one fish on a chatterbait, and the rest he found them stacked up and ready to bite a jig.  He was using a little Strike King Bitsy Flip Jig with a Strike King Rage Craw for the trailer.

Now, in October since it has slowed down...what rig have I gone to?  In the pic above, the trusty Mojo Rig that I learned to use a bit last winter into the spring.  This rig seems to work year around in this specific pond.  It is nothing special.  Literally, I use a split shot about a foot above the hook in order to get my fluke to the bottom.  Once my bait hits the pond bottom, I just drag it and jerk it.  Nothing special...really more like a Carolina rig.  In this pond it triggers the fish!

I hope you are all enjoying your fishing adventures and excursions this year.  Get out there and go fishing!  Stay Committed, Stay Driven.