Survey says! Most people believe there is something there. When I read the comments, I do not find much agreement on exactly what it is. Water conditions, weaher conditions, food chain, fewer competing fishermen, an internal clock in the bass, and so on pop up. All agree that it is a good time to fish. Pick your theory.
BTW my favorite is something the Lindners came up with-the fall frog migration. They said that as the weather cools frogs migrate out of the woods, marshes, and wetlands to open water where they will bury themselves in the mud to hibernate for the winter. To hear Al describe it bass line up at the edge of the water like dolphins do when they see a trainer with a bucket of fish. Is this far fetched? Long ago I caught a 24" Largemouth Bass on a Plummer Frog on October 12. One of my biggest