Orlando Fall Bass Fishing Report October 6, 2018

Fall Bass are Schooled Up and Biting!

Chris and his two son's booked a 4 hour Bass fishing trip while in Orlando on vacation from Australia. I picked them up from the Hard Rock Hotel, boat in tow and ready to hit the water for an afternoon trip! 

Cooling Florida Temperatures 

We started out fishing a large grass flat looking for schooling Bass. Chris hooked up to a nice 2 pound Bass within the first 30 seconds of arriving at the spot. We then changed spots in search of more schooling Bass. ​As we enter into Fall, cooling water temperatures will help make the Bass very active. We have seen a drop in water temperature from 89 degrees down to the low 80's which is perfect for catching schooling Bass this time of year.  I told the guys that at any second we could have hundreds of Bass busting the surface around the boat once we got them fired up using a jerkbait. We pulled into the back of a cove and that's exactly what happened. Ethan, the oldest boy, makes a perfect cast and we can see multiple 2-3 pound Bass chasing after his lure and hooks up! Chris cast in and has two Bass blow up on his topwater lure. Then the entire cove if full of Bass blowing up bait fish on the surface, and it became almost impossible not to catch a fish. Chris hooks a 3 and a 4 pounder at the same time on his topwater lure. We fished this cove for about an hour with non-stop action, having multiple double ups and catching multiple fish at a time on one lure, and enjoying the show the Bass were putting on for us. We finished our day with the 2 boys having another double up as we watched the sunset over the Butler Chain of Lakes. We could not have asked for a better day of fishing!
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Lures, Techniques and Equipment 

• Rapala Jerkbait around docks and coves where lot's of bait is present
• Rapala topwater Spook, Bluegill (blue, green, orange, purple) and Shad colors (white and blue)
• Gambler EZ swimbait, Watermelon green with red and purple flake
• Line 10-15 pound test P-Line fluorocarbon
• When targeting schooling bass, the most important technique is to match the size of the bait the bass are eating
• I like to use a variety of rods when bass fishing. Each situation will determine the setup I will use. Rods should should range from a 7 foot Medium light all the way to a 8 foot heavy rod. Most of the time I will use a baitcaster, but when using very light line (8-10 Pound test) with small lures I will use my spinning rod for a more subtle presentation. This is especially important on clear water lakes like the Butler Chain of Lakes and Conway Chain of Lakes. ​
• On this particular trip we really utilized my 7 foot medium light  G Loomis E6x  spinning rod on the schooling fish, rigged with 10 pound braid with a 12 pound fluorocarbon leader on my 2500 Shimano Stratic FK spinning reel. We also used my 7 foot 6 inch spinning Star Rods, rigged with 15 pound line and a 14 pound fluorocarbon leader on my 3000 Penn Battle spinning reel, to help make longer casts to fish we could see busting the surface.  

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