When you think of Bass fishing tackle , bait casting rods, soft plastics in all kinds of creature shapes and sizes, Drop shot, whacky rig, French fry, etc, etc all come to mind. But if you are looking for some spectacular late season action for big smallmouth another technique is the ticket and it is a simple one. Down size and simplify your bass fishing tackle to a medium action to medium heavy action rod loaded with quality line and a solid compact genuine silver or 24 carat gold spoon with some weight to it. Like the Williams B50 Bully. Take your bass fishing tackily and hit the lake and use your electronics to locate the bass. In October and early November they will be in the 30 to 40 foot depths. Find them and work that Bully in front of them and you will not be disappointed with slab size smallies. The water definitely has less traffic at that time of the year and the fishing for numbers and size can be spectacular.
Using the right bass fishing tackle is as important as locating the bass.
MAN OVERBOARD: Angler to always put safety first.