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Where and how to catch large bass on Sam Rayburn in October
Based on the video context, one of the best techniques for catching large bass on Sam Rayburn in October is using a crankbait. In October, bass are feeding on bluegill and crappie, and they tend to gather around brush piles in the middle of creeks. To effectively fish these brush piles, you'll need a crankbait that matches the depth of the brush pile. For example, if the brush pile tops out at 20 feet of water, you'll need a 10XD crankbait. If it tops out at 17 feet, an 8XD would be more appropriate. The idea is to have the crankbait run at the same depth as the brush pile to entice the bass.
Another option mentioned in the video is fishing a swim jig over the brush piles. The swim jig mentioned is the Megabass Rose Swimmer Swim Jig in three-quarter ounce or half ounce sizes. This swim jig has an underspin and can be effective in triggering bites from big bass.
It's important to note that while using a crankbait or swim jig can be effective in October on Sam Rayburn, you may not get a lot of bites. However, the bites you do get are likely to be from larger bass, ranging from five to eight pounds.
If you don't want to carry multiple crankbaits, using a swim jig can be a great alternative. It's always important to match your bait to the conditions and the behavior of the bass. If you have any specific questions or need further clarification, please let me know.
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Want To Catch Big Bass In The Fall? This Is How! by Bass Fishing Declassified → top of that brush and anytime that bait deflects
off that brush you have a chance to trigger one of those really big baths that are there to feed
on the bluegill and the crappie I've had some really good days in October on Sam Rayburn with
this technique you're not going to get a ton of bites doing it you're just going to get maybe one
to three bites a day but the bites you do get are going to be really big five to eight Pounders now
the thing about a crankbait that's a little bit tricky with this pattern is you have to have the
perfect running depth crank bait to match how deep those brush piles are this means if a brush pile
tops out in 20 feet of water you need the 10xd if it tops out in 17 feet of water you might need an
8xd 15 feet of water a 6xd so on and so forth if you don't want to have that many crankbaits in
the deck of the boat another great option is to actually fish a swim jig over these brush piles
there there we go got that thing untangled there and my go-to swim jig for this technique is going
to be the megabass rose swimmer swim jig and the three quarter ounce and half ounce size the swim
jig's really interesting and I've talked about on this channel before but it basically has
a little under spin on it it also has a very
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The BEST Bass Fishing Baits for OCTOBER!!! by Mike Iaconelli Fishing → Texas and you're fishing to Big Texas impoundments if you're watching this and you live in the Carolinas and you're fishing man-made reservoirs if you're in Alabama on the Tennessee River dude the crankbait will start to do work in the month of October cover a lot of water hit the bottom and you're going to catch some fish number three in October crankbait last but not least this is the month where I start transitioning back to other forage types lures that imitate other forage types you heard me talk a lot on these first three about it imitating Bait fish sometime in October November they start to eat other stuff again and my number four lore for the month of October especially in the south is a jig but not any jig guys a football head jig um I I traditionally like a half to a one ounce to half into three quarter are really phenomenal um this is the missile head banger jig I love this one and on trailer all summer long you remember the water's hot so I wanted to lowered a lot of action a double tailed grub a crawl with big arms but in October as that water starts to cool guys I'm going back to the chunk style trailers uh if I can open this up I'm going to show you I start going back to the chunk style trailers and this is one of the one of the best
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Why Bass Are Harder To Catch In October by Intuitive Angling With Randy Blaukat → water and suspend and roam around like I said this time of year it's all it's it's next to impossible to beat anybody that's live scoping in October simply because they can key on those roamers that are out there so here's a couple things I would suggest with that for catching this time of year you have to focus like I said it obviously depends on the lake because you have to focus on your strength as an angler if you want to Target shallow fish which I like to do a lot a lot in October the one of the best ways you can do it is just run to the extremities of all the major Creek arms or the River Arms try to find the most off-colored water that you can fish whatever covers available it could be docks it could be shallow grass it could be lay downs it could be rocks Rock transitions whatever like that but look for that dirtier water because there's going to be a population of bass in that area there the next thing you can do is you can also duplicate that shallow water pattern in the clear parts of the lake like the lower to Mid end of the lake this is a great time of year to put like on a buzzbait or walking top water and just burn the bank covering water they will buy there will be a population of shallow fish even on bright sunny
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DON'T Go To The Lake In October WITHOUT These 5 Baits! by Bass Fishing Declassified → want I recommend and having at least a six eight
to one if not faster bottom line is when you when you start to fight a fish if it makes a run at you
it's nice to take in that slack but having that real parabolic two power three power Rod will
help keep from pulling those treble hooks out my favorite October bait by far is a deep diving
crankbait you guys know I love fishing offshore whether you're in Texas Arkansas the Tennessee
River or over in the Carolinas you can catch fish deep cranking in October what happens in October
is that bass are going to start making their way into the backs of creeks on Highland and lowland
reservoirs and they're going to stop off on key pieces of cover halfway back in these Creeks these
could be brush piles Rock piles or standing Timber basically if there's Bait fish around a piece of
cover in the middle of a creek you're going to be able to find Bass a deep diving crankbait is a
great tool to cover a lot of these pieces of cover quickly the Deep diving crankbait can Target
offshore pieces of cover in five feet of water down to 25 feet of water depending on which bait
you throw and the bass can be feeding up heavily on Shad so the crankbait imitates Shad really
well the three crankbaits I choose to cover all the depth ranges you need basically we are first
up the spro little John DD the reason I choose
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DON'T Go To The Lake In October WITHOUT These 5 Baits! by Bass Fishing Declassified → can cast it a lot further than these traditional
small crankbaits you'd find on the market if you pair that up with a seven foot to medium heavy
power Denali covert crankbait rod that's seven foot two length allows you to cast this bait even
further and the further the cast the deeper these crankbaits are going to get down honestly if you
want to get it deeper you could put it with eight or ten pound fluorocarbon line on your bait caster
or even pair with a spinning rod if you want to to really get it down to its maximum depth but
I find that it works great for me in that like 6 to 12 foot range just with this set up here
and just a black max 50 reel I'll throw this in some sort of Shad pattern if I'm around Shad but
also as I get into the fall I plan to throw the Crawfish patterns more as the fish start feeding
up in the rocks on crawfish and things like that and finally if I need to fish deeper than 18
feet of water let's say 18 to 25 feet I go for the Strike King 10xd crankbait this is a big
bait that gets big bites I fish a lot in Texas on like Sam Rayburn lake or Toledo Bend Reservoir in
October fish will get in ditches around Rock piles suspended timber in you know 15 to 25 feet also
works well in Table Rock Lake for the suspended
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DON'T Go To The Lake In October WITHOUT These 5 Baits! by Bass Fishing Declassified → Timber bass and it is a really big bait requires
some special equipment this is a seven foot ten extra heavy power moderate action crankbait rod
in the lithium Pro Series from Denali has a long handle on it lets me cast this heavy bait a long
distance I'll pair it with 14 pound sunlined FC sniper fluorocarbon five four to one gear ratio
Max Z winch reel that uh again got at Walmart and honestly if you need to get deep in the fall
and you can find fish in that depth Zone if you get bit on this crank bit you're gonna catch your
biggest fish in the fall and you're gonna get some giant it's a fish caught a lost six sevens and
Eights on the speed in October over the years so not a super uh common bait that is going to work
all the time it's going to be very situational you're probably going to find yourself reaching
for the spro little John DD or this Mega bass Z3 more often than not but those are the three deep
diving crankbaits I throw in October now let's go to the next angler what's up y'all I'm going
to talk about my top lower that I'm gonna throw in lakes in central Southern Arkansas over into
East Oklahoma and even down into East Texas so reservoirs that could be Highland or lowland
reservoirs my top lure that I'm going to be throwing is a lipless crankbait y'all the lipless
crankbait is a very versatile lure first off the
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