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Hi everyone,
I'll be fishing for largemouth this weekend near Rockland and I was hoping to get a few pointers since I'm from up north and new to this lmb stuff. I notice no one is talking about fishing the slop anymore, too late in the season? Are the fish starting to slow down a bit? Should I even bother with topwater or stick with Senkos and jigs in deeper water, maybe spinnerbaits if the sun's out? Any advice would be great. Thanks and tight lines!

Yannick

Hey Fisherguy,

The slop pattern is hit and miss at this time of year - if the sun is out, and the slop is over deeper water and on top of some sort of structure, it can hold fish.

As you can see in my report, spinnerbaits and topwaters were working well. Best advice I can give is to experiment - try both slow (Senkos, Jig and Pig, etc.) and fast (topwaters, cranks, spinnerbaits) and see what produces.

Fall time is renowned for fish fattening up - they can get very aggressive and active for sure...

Good Fishing,

Justin

Heres some NON professional advice , throw out spinner baits along the edge of that long stretch of tall grass on the north side of the Ottawa River from Rockland too Plantagnet



Hang on tight

Around rockland there are some great bays that hold some monster smallmouth. I have been working a 4inch worm wacky rig, (pumpkin with chartruse tale), or stikbaits from wave worm. Largemouth for me have been going for the 5inch worm texas rig, (Black, green with gold or copper flake.) have been my best producers. The males are the most agressive right, if you manage to find a school, look alittle deeper and usualy you will find a big female. The cold water temps have got them back to there spring pattern. All my bass in the past couple weeks, both on the Ottawa river and in Mclaren Bay have been cought in 5ft or deeper, the big girls have been caught in 10 feet and deeper. One other point if you see big schools of bait fish on your fish finder, try drop shotn and put your weight atleast 1 ft from your lure, even look at two feet. When the bait schools are around the big bass are two and they are usually look up for that easy meal.

Flippen wrote:. When the bait schools are around the big bass are two and they are usually look up for that easy meal.

It was truly amazing to witness the bass chasing baitfish around the shoreline lastnight

My best advice right now around Rockland and in the back bays of the Ottawa.

Duck Season is now open.

Hunters and Anglers don't mix very well. Stay deeper ... away from the shotguns.

Hey Fisher,

In my experiences with fall bass, the shallows are always worth a shot. Especially if the sun is out, or if the frog migration is underway.

Last weekend the bass were still up quite shallow and were quite willing to chase down spinnerbaits and shallow crankbaits. That being said, the forecast for the weekend is pretty blech - so Im going to guess that this cold front is going to start pushing them out deeper and taking some of the edge off the aggressiveness.

Either way - dont let the weather stop you from getting out on the water. Soon enough it will be all over and it will be time for those rods to sit in the basement again for another 7 months

Fox

fisherguy33 wrote:Should I even bother with topwater

Yannick

dont be afraid to step out of your comfort zone. you will be pleasantly surprised what you find on the other side.

stick a giant! monster can be caught from late sept and on.



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