"I Saw A Yellow Leaf"

I have a buddy named Jeff who loves to snap spoons in front of fish. One day while talking with him I asked, "How do you decide when to start spooning for fish?"  His reply was, as soon as I see a yellow leaf. I have been paying attention to this for some years and it corresponds to a pretty dandy bite. I always went with its August, time to start checking if the fish will respond with vigor.  My way to decide is now the same as his.  I saw a yellow leaf. 

This is the true beginning of fall fishing for me, when everything that swims responds well to spoons. I have challenged myself for years to fish with spoons instead of plastics in all situations.  Some work out better than others, but it is possible to produce fish for fish with folks using plastics if you will challenge yourself to try.

There is a reason I sell PK spoons, I believe in them and how they fish.  On a recent trip the Kokanee's loved the PK Panics with me switching out the hooks to Trokar Trebles once again produced so well I had no need to test against other products.  We had doubles, triples and just a blast vertically jigging these fish.

The walleyes will respond to the spoons and blade baits as soon as we have our first real cold front. Start small, the younger bait fish stress before the others. 

   

If you live in an area with or without Shad as a bait fish, the late afternoon bite on sandy shore lines facing south is a great bet to check for predators of all types as the bait of the year will converge in the last of the warm water of the year.

On a personal note, I have a quote for my kids as they were growing up, "We Can DO Hard Things,"  mainly as a way to say I know it is hard you can do it.  I would like to share as of this reading I will have been off of tobacco for 12 weeks.  I am tired of hearing myself tell myself  " We Can DO Hard Things."  Thanks to God and  those who have supported and prayed for my success with this.  It is getting better, now to just get past the craziness the Wellbutrin has caused and determine what I have left of a brain after 40 years of pumping it up with a neural stimulant. Nothing like a little self induced brain damage.