Autumn typically sees declining water levels in most bass lakes, but that’s no reason to let your optimism fall. If anything, now is a time of increasing opportunity. Whether it’s manmade reservoirs being drawn down for winter or the natural recession of lake levels during the dryer months, you’re going to see a lot more bare banks this time of year. And while that certainly does limit us in terms of shallow targets, falling water tends to concentrate fish around the remaining cover.

Bassmaster Elite Series pro Keith Combs lays it out like this: “Look for something different. If the whole lake …read more