As the cool weather heads south over Lake Toho, the bait around the lake has woken up. This causes a feeding frenzy of bass, schooling up on large numbers of shad. We’re averaging catching 20-30 bass on just our 4-hour trips and as always, when bass are feeding heavily on shad, the topwater bite is on also. One ramp in particular, Big Toho Marina, is holding large schools of shad with bass chasing them right inside the marina walls. We don’t need to go far to catch them right now. Out in the lake, the most consistent areas you can get bit in right now are on the few shell beds the lake has to offer. Bass have been chasing Shad nearly every day in these areas. The other areas have been solid edges of hydrilla and Kissimmee grass lines. It usually doesn’t take long for the bait and bass in the area to show themselves if they’re there. After fishing 20mins if you haven’t seen any bait or bass chasing them, just move. Early the topwater bite has been on everyone's favorite, Spooks, Whoppers, and frog baits. But after the morning flurry is over. Flukes, jerk baits, speedworms, and spinnerbaits have all been producing. And when the morning shad spawn ends late morning to mid-day. Flipping the thicker grass back inside where the shad was spawning earlier has been catching fish when nothing else will. Of course, as always the biggest bass and the bulk of the numbers we’re catching on our guide trips lately have all been off of large golden shiners. But this can be a particularly fun time of year for artificials with the early topwater bite added in. The fishing on Lake Toho has remained excellent, but coming into primetime and if you’re looking to bass fish in the fall or in the winter, I would definitely recommend booking now while you still can, as its booking up fast! Lake Toho Guides