Similar to spring, autumn pike are fished from late morning to early afternoon. As night and day temperatures equalize again, pike fall fishing gradually returning to hunting and feeding during daylight hours. The colder the weather gets, the more they need daytime sun and milder temperatures to stay active, and morning to midday is the best time to catch them at this time of year. However, unlike spring, early autumn can have more than one surprise in store even in the late afternoon hours!

Because the sun is still rising higher and still has some summer power in it. Warm autumn afternoons are quite common, and pike sometimes hunt at this time of day. Another advantage of fall fishing is that, unlike spring, the water temperature changes from high to low, so pike enter this season full of energy. Their metabolism will gradually slow down and the temperature will drop as autumn goes on, giving you plenty of opportunity and time to catch pike.

Pro tip: try fishing both the shallows and deeper areas, and most importantly find the fry! Both prey and predator can now be everywhere, but pike will concentrate around large schools of fry! If you fish the edges of these schools, you'll get lots of bait!

When it comes to fall, this is the season the best time to catch pike!

Autumn is the best time of the year to catch pike

If you ask me which of the four seasons is the absolute best for pike for fishing, I would definitely go for fall! Both air and water temperatures are slowly dropping, which means the fish have plenty of time to feed and prepare for the coming winter. And don't doubt it - they will feed! Pikes are not only preparing the penis for the cold winter months.

Big mamas are starting to lay their eggs for the spawning season that begins after the winter, which means they're going to need a lot of energy! After the warm summer months, pike are very eager to hunt and feed. And in autumn, their active period is quite long and lasts until November, and sometimes even until December. So, there are many hungry and active predators this season. Their hunting time is longer, so autumn is a great time to hunt as well to catch pike!

Pike fishing in autumn - where to look

Pike fishing in autumn continues in the predator's summer camps as long as there are water grasses. Fishing takes place near the coastal strip of water thickets and reeds bordering clear water areas.

When the aquatic vegetation is gone, the fish follow schools of fish into hibernation holes, which swim ashore in the shallows in warm weather, and move back to the holes on cool and cloudy days. In such weather conditions, the predator stands on slopes and edges, waiting for migrating fish. In autumn, as well as in the summer months, from the shore pike can be caught by spinning, focusing on places with steep banks.

Seasonal features of fishing

Features of pike fishing in autumn include changing fishing spots depending on the change in weather conditions. If fishing is done in shallows with underwater vegetation after the start of the calendar autumn, it's early October fishing moves to medium-depth areas up to the borders of dying grasses, and in late October and November - to pits. This is associated with the cooling of the water and the withdrawal of small fish from the coastal zone.

September

During the first half of the month, the predator is still in underwater thickets, where it continues to feed on small things. In the second half of the month, when it gets cold, the migration of fry begins. In September, the fishing moves to the edges of the holes, where the predator waits for a school of passing fish. In September, baiting is clearly divided into morning and evening.

October

In October lpike fishing are particularly productive in autumn. Pike is actively seen before the coming winter by keeping close to dying vegetation and winter holes. Now the pike has increased aggressiveness and reacts to any active movements that provoke the fish to attack immediately. Bait is chosen depending on the place of catching. Pike fishing takes place in autumn using wobblers, silicone lures, shiny. In autumn, the rule is that the bigger the bait, the better the chance of catching a big pike.

November

Pike fishing moves to deep waters in autumn and November. The cold weather that settled in cooled the water to near winter conditions and forced all the fish to retire to wintering holes. The predator now hangs around the edges of such pits and does not stop feeding all day. Baits usually start in the morning and end after dark.