Fall Fishing on Cedar Creek Lake

Cooler weather means easy fishing and fish can will be caught on many different methods. I will discuss a few.

Sandies will stack up on the humps anywhere from 15-22 ft. and will be aggressively feeding on shad to fatten up for the colder months ahead. Slabs are always good this time of year, Moe's Triple S in the 1 oz. size will work as well as the chartreuse casting spoon from T.N.T. Lures .com, also his silver 180 is deadly, just mark fish on your sonar and raise your rod up.

Another method is something I've recently learned and that is anchoring your boat on a hump, drop anchor upwind of where the fish are and use a No. 2 Mepps inline spinner, use a 1/4 oz. pinch weight about a foot above the lure and make a lone cast to where the fish are stacked let it fall to the bottom take up the slack and use a steady retrieve back to the boat, this method is a finesse way of fishing but it works.

The famed hell/pet rig still works and will continue until water drops into mid 60's.

Also the Sassy Shad bite on Hybrids will improve as we get cool/cloudy fall days, watch for diving Loons and or circling Gulls to lead you to the fish . Moe's Tackle Shop has a large variety of Swim Baits to choose from.

Crappie will also be on a bite, vertically fished jigs in many patterns over brushpiles will work. Find some of these piles in sheltered coves and leeward banks anywhere from 8 to 20 ft. of water, if your not sure what they look like on your graph, drop a slab over the boat that you don't mind losing and if it hangs up then what you saw is brush.

Also shaded boathouses and bridge pillars will hold lots of fish, but with the boathouses you will just have to learn which ones hold fish, again look for shaded ones that are somewhat deeper and if they have wood supports that is even better.

For those who enjoy the serenity of night fishing this can be the time of year when on any given night you might catch Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Yellow Bass, and Hybrid Stripers in short order. Fish main lake lit docks and piers with small swimbaits, make sure boat is away from dock and make cast past the lit area, then retrieve it slow to medium.