Fall Schoolers Won’t Bite? Try These 3 Baits

New October 28, 2026
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Fall schooling bass are fun until they’re eating bait so small they won’t touch anything you throw. Bassmaster Elite Series winner Brandon Cobb breaks down the 2 baits he throws when schoolers are on herring, the 3 finesse baits he uses when they’re on tiny shad, and the braid mistake that cost him fish for years.

Full fluke rigging video: https://youtu.be/iUjCKmar9Y8

CHAPTERS
0:00 Fall schooling fish on tiny bait
0:19 When they’re eating herring
0:44 Zoom Super Fluke
1:23 Ark TB-115 pencil popper
2:52 When they’re eating tiny bait
3:11 Ark Do-ink! 65 and why topwater fails
3:39 10 lb braid + treble hooks
4:19 Zoom 2.75″ Boot Tail Minnow
5:03 The color trick: Smallmouth Magic
6:02 Zoom 3″ Shimmer Shad, threaded
8:16 Why single hooks land more fish

BAITS & GEAR IN THIS VIDEO
Zoom Salty Super Fluke (Glimmer Blue): https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Zoom_Salty_Super_Fluke/descpage-ZSF.html
Zoom 2.75″ Boot Tail Minnow (Smallmouth Magic): https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Zoom_275_Boot_Tail_Minnow_Swimbait/descpage-ZBTM.html
Zoom 3″ Shimmer Shad: https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Zoom_Shimmer_Shad_3/descpage-ZSS3.html
Ark TB-115 pencil popper
Ark Do-ink!
Ark Cobb Series spinning rods (Fairy Wand 7’3″ ML): https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Ark_Brandon_Cobb_Series_Spinning_Rods/descpage-ABCS.html