Fall Fishing

I have been reading on the internet and a couple of fishing magazines that during the Fall northern pike, walleye and other larger predatorial fish are more likely to bite. This is due to the colder weather which causes the larger fish to have to "I need to stock up" before winter. In other words you will have a higher chance of catching a much larger fish during this time because they are getting their last large feast in before the ice freezes over the lakes. Tips for retrevial of lure that I saw was the figure 8 technique. At the end of lure retrevial when its almost to the boat, wave your rod in a figure 8 motion. The change in direction like that will trigger the fish to bite!