Bass Fishing Report

23 Oct

Bass Fishing Report

Bass Forecast

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Bass Fishing Report: October 23–27, 2025

Bass fishing fanatics! Dive in and explore the Bass Fishing Report heat maps and regional forecasts below.

Scroll down to check out the latest Bass Fishing Forecast & Bass Fishing Season maps to stay ahead of the game.

Quick links to your specific regional fishing forecast

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🔥 How to stack the odds in your favor:

1) Scout rain by fishing location.
Rainfall will vary a lot. In the Bass Forecast Mobile App, check each saved location’s daily rainfall for the past 10 days and the projected daily totals for the next 10 days. Use that to pick which day/lake to fish—and to decide if you’ll need high-contrast, noise-making baits for runoff-stained water.

2) Be ready for the right season.
Any of these three patterns may be in play: EARLY FALL → FALL → LATE FALL. They fish very differently. In your Bass Forecast Mobile App, check the primary seasonal pattern and use the Bass Season toggle to view the season before and after so you’re ready to ADAPT before hitting the water.

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Regional Bass Fishing Report

Best Baits, Tips, and Techniques

Quick links to your specific regional fishing forecast

Pacific Northwest

(Washington, Oregon, Idaho)

Bass Bite: FAIR → GOOD
Bass Pattern: LATE FALL -> WINTER
Top Bass Bait to use: Throw Drop-shot

Two systems line up Thu–Sat keeping it cool, windy, and unsettled. Fish pre-frontal wind/current edges with moving baits; after passage, go mid-depth finesse (drop-shot/football jig) until the next wave.

Southwest

(California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, New Mexico)

Bass Bite: EPIC (storm pockets in higher terrain)
Bass Pattern: EARLY FALL → FALL
Top Bass Bait to use: Throw Crankbait

SoCal – Excellent stable conditions should bass shallower than normal and active. Spinnerbait, squarebill, swimbait, bladed Jig and buzzbait will all be on the menu. Desert/interior lakes trend drier and stable; Phoenix stays sunny mid-80s (classic dawn/dusk bite, slower mid-day). Run walkers/poppers at first light near shade/veg; then Carolina rigs / deep cranks on ledges/brush and thermocline edges.

Southeast

(Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky)

Bass Bite: FAIR → GOOD (VERY GOOD under thicker clouds)
Bass Pattern: EARLY FALL → FALL
Top Bass Bait to use: Throw Topwater

Bands of rain into parts of the Lower Mississippi/TN Valley. Cloud cover = longer shallow window. Cover the water column with moving baits as fish will be spread out through the water column. If bluebird skies = wacky/compact jigs; any pre-storm breeze/pressure dip = moving-baits like swimbaits, spinnerbaits and bladed jigs

Rocky Mountains

(Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Utah)

Bass Bite: FAIR → GOOD (variable by elevation)
Bass Pattern: LATE FALL (WINTER at higher lakes)
Top Bass Bait to use: Throw Wacky Rig

Cool, stable mornings with spotty PM disturbances. Cover the water column with moving baits as fish will be spread out through the water column. If bluebird skies = wacky/compact jigs; any pre-storm breeze/pressure dip = moving-baits like swimbaits, spinnerbaits and bladed jigs.

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Great Plains

(Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas Panhandle, South Dakota, North Dakota)

Bass Bite: GOOD → VERY GOOD (EPIC pre-front pockets)
Bass Pattern: FALL→ LATE FALL
Top Bass Bait to use: Throw Jigs

As the corridor of storms organizes Fri–Sat, target wind-blown banks/points at first light with topwaters, swimbaits, spinnerbaits and bladed jigs….and again 60–90 minutes before storms; otherwise work ledges/brush/edges with jigs/creatures.

Midwest

(Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota)

Bass Bite: FAIR → GOOD (VERY GOOD in pre/post-frontal seams)
Bass Pattern: FALL→ LATE FALL
Top Bass Bait to use: Throw Topwater early

Cool start (frost risk IL/WI) then gradual moderation. Afternoon warming should deliver active fish you can chase with topwater, spinnerbait, squarebill, swimbait, bladed jig and buzzbait. In slower conditions and under bright light/low wind, fish jigs, soft plastics and drop shots. Warming afternoons can fish VERY GOOD.

Northeast

(New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, New England)

Bass Bite: TOUGH → GOOD
Bass Pattern: FALL→ LATE FALL
Top Bass Bait to use: Throw Crankbait

Between waves: cool mornings / milder afternoons. Work shallow current/wind edges at first light, then slightly deeper with drop-shots/medium cranks under bright skies. Fish will move up in the water column as the day warms. Focus from noon on. Cover the water column with topwaters, swimbaits, spinnerbaits and bladed jigs. Overcast conditions will extend the moving-bait window.

Quick Bass Fishing Tactics & Bass Forecast App Tips

Season toggle: If your lake runs hot/bluebird, roll Bass Season → FALL to EARLY
FALL to refresh Top-5 baits & locations.
Timing: Pre-storm pressure dips and the first clear morning after remain
your best shots at VERY GOOD to EPIC bursts, especially Midwest/Plains

Because the weather and water conditions are rapidly changing this time of year, be sure to check your Bass Forecast mobile app Adapted Patterns® feature.

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Bass Forecast Tip:

Over 1.5 million+ Bass Forecast anglers have used these tips to boost catch rates during the cooler season.

1. Don't rely on “what worked yesterday.” It's not a solid strategy. The trickiest part of figuring out the bite in bass fishing is that patterns can change daily based on the weather, thus changing the feeding behavior of bass. Use the Bass Forecast app feature Adapted Patterns® to help adapt your strategy in real time. Bass Forecast Adapted Patterns® has predicted the winning pattern in 86% of top flight bass fishing tournaments 7 to 10 days before the tournament began.

2. Select best odds days up to 10 days in advance by getting Bass Forecast PRO inside the app. While there's no ‘guarantee’ of success on any single outing, double blind research has shown that season long average catch rates during GOOD/EPIC rated days are 68% to 305% higher than the average. Fisheries biologist research has also proven that bigger bass are caught during GOOD/EPIC days due to proactive vs reactive feeding behavior.

3. Whenever you go, the Bass Forecast Rating combined with the Seasonal Pattern guides the 3 key elements of a successful bass catching pattern.