Every Reason Bass Won't Bite in November, Explained

A bass watched your lure from five feet away and didn’t touch it. It wasn’t the cold, and it probably wasn’t the lure. Here is every reason bass won’t bite in November, what each one looks like on the water, and the seven you can beat. If your fall bass fishing goes dead when the water cools, this is why.

0:00 Which of eight reasons cost you?
0:32 The guy on the rock
0:59 The problem with “they weren’t biting”
1:27 1. The bass moved out
2:09 2. The food died
2:42 3. The lake flipped over
3:48 4. The front
4:31 5. You’re asking for a marathon
5:17 6. It can’t see the thing
5:56 7. It just eats less often
6:27 8. The reason you can’t beat
7:42 What he does next time
8:38 Your challenge

In this video: where largemouth bass go when the water cools, threadfin shad die-offs, fall turnover and black water, whether barometric pressure and cold fronts really matter, cold water bass fishing and why a cold bass still strikes fast, how muddy water changes what a bass can see, and why some big bass almost never get caught. These late fall bass fishing tips carry into early winter bass fishing, on lakes, reservoirs and ponds.

Timing depends on where you live. These can hit in October or December: the water sets the date, not the calendar.

Before your first cast next trip, take the water temperature. What was it, and which of the eight got you? Tell us in the comments.

Sources shown on screen: Woodward & Noble 1997, SEAFWA (radio-tagged bass) · Missouri Dept. of Conservation (threadfin shad) · Mark Menendez, Bassmaster (fall turnover; cold water) · In-Fisherman (Lake Travis and barometric pressure) · Bassmaster, Confronting the cold · DeVries & Wainwright, SICB abstract (feeding at 500 fps; 5 fish) · Crowl 1989, Hydrobiologia (turbidity and reactive distance) · Philipp et al., via Scientific American 2009 (Illinois pond study).

Bass behavior. Real science. Your next cast.
The fishing science is sourced above. The angler, his rock and the ten-pound bass are our story. The fix list follows from the reasons; it is our reading, not a study. Animated in code, AI-assisted narration.

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