Man-Made Lakes Man-made reservoirs like Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri offer a more dramatic fall bass fishing transition
Unless you get a hot tip on a specific hue or paint job, keep it simple
Im rough on tackle, particularly when frogging I boat-flip bass, I poke around to determine lake bottom composition, and I slap rod tips against the water to remove vegetation
Then take some extra pieces of fishing line and use them to tie the running line to the fishing pole at 2 or 3 different points (including the tip)
While I have caught just about no fish in the daytime in the last week, I have been steadily picking up fish after dark so they are still around in good numbers
Think of some of the baits that catch big ones, like topwaters, glidebaits, wakebaits, spinnerbaits, and vibrating jigs