by Fisherman’s ® Warehouse
FALL
BEST BAITS
Fall 2025
Presented
Rig It: Rig Texas-style with a 3/0 or 4/0 flipping hook and a pegged 3/8– to 1/2-ounce tungsten weight for penetration into heavy cover. Pair with 15– to 20-pound fluorocarbon or 50– to 65-pound braid depending on vegetation density and cover type.
Color Tip: In clear water, go with natural tones like Green Pumpkin variations or Guida’s Sexy Shad. In stained or muddy water, darker choices like Black N’ Blue or Craw to help bass locate it by silhouette.
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DIXIE FLIP - G-RATT BAITS
Why: The Dixie Flip is a compact, craw-style creature bait engineered to stand up on the bottom with vertically extended appendages—perfect for mimicking fall-foraging crawfish. Its subtle action and ribbed body excel in colder water when bass aren’t chasing fast baits and are keying in on bottom-hugging forage.
Where: Flip it into isolated cover or dense mats where bass hunker down during cold fronts and late-season transitions. Key targets include laydowns, submerged brush, inside grass lines, dock pilings, and edges of shallow-to-mid- depth rock piles. Ideal for shallow to mid-depth zones where coverage is substantial but not too deep to limit presentation.
How: Texas-rig with flip weights or punch weight for targeting heavy cover such as lily mats, submerged vegetation, or thick laydowns. Use a “flip and soak” approach—short pitches followed by long pauses, letting the bait sit upright with natural craw posture. A few slight hops or rod shakes activate the appendages just enough to trigger neutral bass. Other approaches include stand-up heads / Nead heads that optimizes its appendage design to maintain a natural, lifelike posture, and as a jig tailer on traditional or vibing jig for enticing craw movement and water disturbance.
CCRANK MR 60F - HARDCORE
Why: As water temperatures drop into the mid-50s to low-60s, bass tend to stage in the 5–8 foot depth range, exactly where the Crank MR 60F runs. This bait perfectly aligns with fall bass positioning on main and secondary points, especially in highland reservoirs and large river systems where fish feed up before winter. Its mid-range dive depth means you can burn it across shallower shelves and keep it in the strike zone or crawl it over deeper contour changes as fish push down.
Where: Target late-season migration routes such as secondary points, chunk rock banks, bluff ends, and outside edges of grass lines. Ideal for bass suspended off breaks or chasing bait along sloping ledges. It also excels on long tapering points, submerged roadbeds, and the base of riprap