Top 5 Fall Bass Fishing Lures | Palaniuk's Favorites

FEATURED TACKLE (retail links)
DROP SHOT SETUP
JIG SETUP
• JIG - OutKast Tackle Stealth Feider Jig, 1/2-ounce
*Additional links at the bottom.

1. Glide bait. Palaniuk is a glide bait designer, fanatic, and true believer in their ability to trigger big bites. As he states, it's a "great way to contact the larger than average sized bass" in any given lake and learn how the bass are positioned as water temps drop. From an energy expenditure standpoint, a big meal provides more net caloric yield, and the cooling temps of fall seem to get the big fish chewing.

2. Jerkbait. Another cold water classic, the jerkbait is among the best lures for trigging bass. For Palaniuk, jerkbaits dominate with forward-facing sonar due to the angler's ability to manipulate the bait in real time based on how the bass responds to it. Jerkbaits also excel at covering water fast while allowing you to slow down your pace after you've found fish. It's a staple anytime you can see bass on live sonar.

3. Crankbait. Palaniuk reaches for a crankbait when targeting bass along bottom transitions such as rock and gravel to grass edges. Outside grass edges are prime for precision depth cranking. Green weeds absorb and hold heat, thus attracting baitfish and bass. A crankbait is an excellent trigging tool in and around the grass, but Palaniuk recommends ones with a subtler, more refined wobble, as they tend to come through the grass cleaner.
4. Drop shot. Sorry, leaving a drop shot off a "top baits" list is hard. A drop shot is an anytime confidence setup for Palaniuk. He prefers a 6-inch straight-tail worm in the fall, usually during warming trends, calm conditions, or high skies.

5. Jig. Skirted bass jigs come into their own during the fall months. They're an excellent blend of bulk and refinement and fish excellently around cover like docks, laydowns, or grasslines. Palaniuk prefers compact jigs, as he feels they're a good match for young of-the-year forage. He pairs his jig with an aggressive trailer in early fall and transitions to subtler action trailers as water temps reach the low 50s.

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[FutureBassmaster]

Brandon your my favorite fisherman by far!! Dont tell Christie tho, he's my tol dawg too lol

[kevinbeaudean]

Thanks Brandon. All sounds good to me, so why did I get skunked today, just kidding. I heard you even got skunked ONCE.
Congrats on AOY. With today's talent man that's a bigey.

[ralo]

Good stuff Brandon! 🎣 👊🏼💯🇺🇸
Thanks for the tips my friend!

[Twangtown]

In the description you have the link to the Muscle Back Craw. But he's actually using the Adrenaline Craw.

[MassReelFishing]

Bro, you stealing all my baits 😂I smashed them today on the shad rap deep and the stealth feider, both in the same colors 😂 Although, my trailer was not a muscle back craw.

[theadventuresofj]

Brandon what hook size is your go to for drop shot?

[brianthompson]

Why can the pros see their bait on mega live. The consumer can’t see their bait. I have it and it’s for sale if anyone wants it

[Millz]

Yall know he aint using none of the brands though right ?

Hes getting paid to say the brand
Yea he may use a jerkbait but you damn good and well he aint using a damn rapala jerk bait

[Gospodin_Nikoi]

nice video! l upload fishing videos in my channel to!