When summer turns to fall, many men and women who live an outdoor lifestyle put away their fishing rods in favor of guns and bows. I try to continue to do both, but the month of October is only 31 days long, and no amount of wishing on my part will change that. Hard choices, indeed.
In the 4-minute Angling Buzz video below, Jim Lindner and Dave Csanda are in Ontario, Canada, and although the lakeside camp is full, all of the other visitors are hunting. So Jim and Dave don’t have to worry about other anglers competing for the prime spots.
During fall, walleyes and smallmouths will move to the edges of deep structures, especially those adjacent to the lake’s main basin. In general, walleyes will usually be a little deeper, smallmouth bass a bit shallower. That said, it’s not uncommon to catch both species in one spot, as you’ll see here.
In the video, Jim positions his boat over a large underwater hump; notice the surface temperature of the water: 50 degrees. His boat is in 50-plus feet, but he’s pulling up on the edge of a hump that tops out at 23 feet. He uses the trolling motor to control the boat’s drifting speed; slower is better. Some fish will position themselves on the edge of the hump, and some will roam its top.
