Little Seneca Lake today

[Turtle135]

They are definitely feeding up for fall but I can not understand why they were on breakline 25 feet down. 3/8th ounce black&blue jig with a beaver trailer.

[perchy]

Nice catches Dave! How long does it take for a 3/8 oz jig to sink down?

[mweber02]

They have definitely been eating well lately.

I don't think I have ever targeted LMB that deep before.

[Turtle135]

Nice catches Dave! How long does it take for a 3/8 oz jig to sink down?

I was using a fairly bulky trailer and was counting to about 15-17 before it landed. No hits on the drop, everything was mid-retrieve.

[Big Mike]

Nice report and way to think outside of the box by going deep. Those are nice fat fish.

[Turtle135]

Nice report and way to think outside of the box by going deep. Those are nice fat fish.

Thanks! I actually encountered this same pattern late last fall, so I decided to document the pattern for my fishing log for future reference. I expected the bass to be at number 1 in the diagram (chasing bait in and around the weedbeds), when I could not get anything going there but dinks I next tried the deep edge of the weed line (number 2) but no luck there. When I was moving from spot to spot I was seeing "marks" on my fish finder on those deeper breaks (number 3) 25 feet down.

[Berto]

Nice Job Dave!

[tomas]

I never would have guessed the fish were that deep in the fall. Thank you for the insight!

[justacanoe]

way to go! good time catching quality fish on jigs deep. nice use of sonar. your Bassinator TM score was therefore *raised* from 7.2 (strong) to 7.6 (borderline exceptional).

[Turtle135]

way to go! good time catching quality fish on jigs deep. nice use of sonar. your Bassinator TM score was therefore *raised* from 7.2 (strong) to 7.6 (borderline exceptional).

.... I may have to get back out there again this weekend and see if I can raise my Bassinator score

[perchy]

Should put these pics up in our bass fishing group album... haha always good for the memories

[acg_osprey]

They were on a break line 25 feet down because they were trying, to no avail, to hide from Turtle the Bass Slayer.

[Turtle135]

They were on a break line 25 feet down because they were trying, to no avail, to hide from Turtle the Bass Slayer.

During the spring and summer I never look for bass with my fish finder. I just look for conditions that ought to hold bass. Come later fall and winter however I find more and more that I depend on my electronic eyes to find concentrations of fish.