FOLLOW THE LEADERS
If you were an alien trying to catch a human being at mealtime, you might cast your bait near a pizza shop. If you’re a bass fisherman, you should do the same thing when targeting fall bass.
No, don’t fish near pizza shops—not exactly. What you should be doing, though, is something similar. The best bass anglers follow the forage for their fall bass, and there’s no better time to key on bass food sources and emulate that prey than the fall. It’ll get you more bites, and it might just be the most enjoyable bass fishing action you have all year.
TAKE ’EM ON TOP
Major League Fishing pro Josh Bertrand calls Arizona home and loves fall’s top-water action in Western reservoirs.
“The bass are super shallow in the fall,” he says. “Definitely less than five feet deep. In fact, there’s almost no minimum depth for them. They can be in just inches of
