Late October should be better than late November, but you never know.  I took your late fall as being closer to the end of fall.  If the fall is mild, you could hit that really well timing the mullet migration.  If so, most likely that is what they will be keyed in on.  Live ones would be preferred, easy to catch with a cast net.  Chunks would work well too, since they don't mind cleaning up after each other when there is a feeding frenzy.  4"-6" blue poppers work great when the mullet are around.  I hit it one time and even caught a nice redfish.  At least nice for NJ, 24".  Would be small for down south.
 
I have caught some smaller stripers on clams, but I don't use them often.  No doubt that guys get pigs on them.  If using, make sure to get some elastic thread to wrap them on your hook or you will cast half off if the bar is pretty far out.  They are messy as heck, so take an old rag and bucket to fill with some water to wash up or you will get that stank all over your gear.  An old knife to shuck them with too.  Most times when I get out there, I have 1-3 hour windows after or before meetings, so I stick mostly to artificials.  I am also going in and out of military installations, so I don't like having to explain the bait knife or returning my rental car smelling like old bait.  If I am able to build it into a weekend or get out of meetings early to make it a longer outing, then I will grab bait.  I usually do well enough with artificals to mess with bait though.  I usually check stripersonline NJ regional forum to see what seems to be catching and just roll with that.  Many of those guys tend to fish an hour or two before or after work and seem to tend to use artificials.  So, I probably get a bit of a "false reading" on what all is working.  I'm sure guys are getting fish soaking too.  
 
I have done long weekend trips with buddies of mine, more to DE to try and hit the run.  It is pretty crazy, south of the DE Bay, most of the bait shops don't carry clams.  During those trips, I will set up the soaking rigs and soaking myself with beers.  But also spend time at the inlet, if I want to actually catch fish.  I can't really do the beer soaking in the middle of the week with meetings the next day.  

Porktown
 
I have done long weekend trips with buddies of mine, more to DE to try and hit the run.  It is pretty crazy, south of the DE Bay, most of the bait shops don't carry clams.  During those trips, I will set up the soaking rigs and soaking myself with beers.  But also spend time at the inlet, if I want to actually catch fish.  I can't really do the beer soaking in the middle of the week with meetings the next day.  

In the end, we fishing to have a good time, and what's better than getting some beers down at the beatiful shore or river.

Jtanner
In the end, we fishing to have a good time, and what's better than getting some beers down at the beatiful shore or river.

They do go together well!

On a side note, I was in Coraopolis yesterday evening. I went down and visited the mouth of Montour. Definitely different than the good old days. But still looks fishy. They fenced off the access that I usually drove down and just walked. Saw a few guys fishing, didn’t see any bent rods.

Porktown

Jtanner
In the end, we fishing to have a good time, and what's better than getting some beers down at the beatiful shore or river.

They do go together well!

On a side note, I was in Coraopolis yesterday evening. I went down and visited the mouth of Montour. Definitely different than the good old days. But still looks fishy. They fenced off the access that I usually drove down and just walked. Saw a few guys fishing, didn’t see any bent rods.

One of the lads I used to study with lives there, told me it's nowhere as packed as it was 5 years ago, but still decent. I've been kayaking Brazos last week(got a bunch of sports equipments from https://rununited.com/sport-equipment/ and wanted to test it out) and there were surprising amount of fish there. Might comeback with my rod next week :D

Jtanner
One of the lads I used to study with lives there, told me it's nowhere as packed as it was 5 years ago, but still decent.

I'm sure there are some fish to be caught there.  Probably better when things cool off a bit.  I'm assuming there is a water treatment pipe in the area somewhere, possibly up in the creek now.  When it flowed out into the river, the fishing there was almost like cheating...  Hurricane Ivan flooding completely changed it though.  I fished it a few years after that, but was kind of hard to go from a farm pond type environment to a spot that you could get skunked fishing hard for a few hours.

I tried West Newton yesterday for the first time wading the area.  I used to float it a good bit 30-35 years ago, so have no idea where any of the channels or anything are.  I made the mistake of going down river first at the bridge.  I've seen guys wading there before, so figured to give it a shot, since some kids were fishing upstream.  1/2 hour of trying not to fall in pretty rough water and boots filling up with gravel wasn't exactly fun.  I reset and went upstream when I saw the kids clearing out.  A lot more potential there.  I didn't get a single bite though.  Not knowing the area, I am pretty sure I was wading where I should be fishing, which is fine for next time.  The water was about as clear as it likely can be, so I imagine fish saw me from as far as I could cast and were likely doing their best to avoid me.  I drove home in a pretty good downpour, which I hope hit the river.  I think it needs a bit of color to it.

My Kinzua trip was cancelled last week because I caught the Wu-Flu, what a waste of a weekend. No fishing this weekend because the in-laws are coming to visit. Next weekend Ill be on the big lake pretending I know how to troll. 

Porktown
I tried West Newton yesterday for the first time wading the area.  I used to float it a good bit 30-35 years ago, so have no idea where any of the channels or anything are.  I made the mistake of going down river first at the bridge.  I've seen guys wading there before, so figured to give it a shot, since some kids were fishing upstream.  1/2 hour of trying not to fall in pretty rough water and boots filling up with gravel wasn't exactly fun.  I reset and went upstream when I saw the kids clearing out.  A lot more potential there.  I didn't get a single bite though.  Not knowing the area, I am pretty sure I was wading where I should be fishing, which is fine for next time.  The water was about as clear as it likely can be, so I imagine fish saw me from as far as I could cast and were likely doing their best to avoid me.  I drove home in a pretty good downpour, which I hope hit the river.  I think it needs a bit of color to it.

I actually prefer low and clear late summer water to high fast and muddy water. I find the fish to be way more predictable. The stealth approach is definitely important though. I also like to work my way upstream too, kinda sneak up on them from behind, cast the bait in front of them and pull it towards them because they tend to orient facing upstream.

I’ve caught some fish on the bike trail side of the river just above the west Newton bridge, but never anything all that big, and not super impressive numbers. I see tons of roughfish through there though. It seems like some bass move in to the shade on that side in the afternoon, and there a few decent holes there. But I think better water is just a little further upstream from that area, the problem is that it’s a little bit of a pain in the @ss to get up there unless you’re floating down from cedar creek.

I’ve been thinking of hitting that perryopolis stretch a couple more times this summer and fall. I might even try locking the bike up and floating from the perryopolis launch to that takeout right at the bend in river road before it goes up to rt 51. It’s probably like a mile or so, so I’d fish it super slow, but it’s some nice water to fish when it’s low and clear like this; Nice current, some deeper water with big boulders and lots of current breaks. There’s not much traffic on that road so I don’t think it’s all that likely the bike would get stolen. Then it would be a quick ride back up to the car.

Hit French creek around Utica again today. Beautiful day. Man, that creek is loaded with bass. They seem to be a little smaller on average than yough bass, but we caught fish all afternoon. No superchunks this time but we got maybe a dozen good sized bass between the two of us (we even doubled up), plus a ton of smaller ones. Most of them came on ned rigs and a few came on weightless senkos. The ned rig was definitely catching fish when the senko didn’t though. I’m convinced that bait is just a smallmouth killer.

It’s also just a pretty little river to float on. The water was very clear, probably at least 5 or 6 ft of visibility, so you could see tons of aquatic life… also saw a couple eagles, a green heron, heard an owl but didn’t see it, plus we saw all the usual birds like cedar waxwings, kingfishers... Not much river traffic, no jet boats, no trains, very little road noise… it’s probably my new favorite river to fish.

Fishing around Charleston SC last week was pretty fun, although not great results.  Having fished on the MS Gulf Coast for most of the past 25 summers with minimal tidal movement and no surf, fishing in an area that offers lots of marsh fishing but with big tidal movement was pretty challenging.  
 
First couple days my 12 year old and I tried to fish different public access points on some of the bigger tidal rivers and creeks.  Wading them is just about impossible with the pluff mud and sudden drop offs into holes and troughs.  We scratched out a few whiting here and there, and my son caught his first Northern Puffer which was pretty cool.  
 
I'm not much for traditional surf fishing, though I took an old surf rod.  Never used it, as the ocean beaches we went to were pretty crowded.  Not a pier guy either, so we didn't hit any of those.  
 
My son liked fishing Breach Inlet that eyes suggested, and it was a really nice area.  A nice sandy beach to walk on, and could get away from the surf influence and just fish with the tidal movement.  Lots of fishermen a few times we were there, but not many the other times.  We got several undersized flounder (SC minimum size is 16") there and one outing saw a tarpon jump right in front of our faces which was pretty cool.  Talked to an old salt who was specifically targeting tarpon, and he said he gets a handful there every August, but had not caught any that day.  We did not see any other fishermen catch anything while we were there, and they were using all sorts of live and dead bait chucked out on the bottom.  
 
At the end of the week, I finally found a spot we loved on Sullivans Island.  SI has lots of public access, and there's almost no surf there because of big sandbars about 1/2 mile off shore.  It was very much like fishing in MS.  Found a real sweet spot a couple hundred yards from Breach Inlet with good but not too strong tidal movement, and a deep trough with a handful of small rock jetties that extended into the trough.  We got lots of undersized speckled trout (have to be 14" in SC and these were 12.5-13.5), undersized flounder, and each of us caught a juvenile gag grouper, which was a first for us.  Friday evening just before dark and just before we got chased by lightning, we had a manatee swim about 5 feet away from our feet as we were wading.  We had never seen one before, so that was cool.  Probably could have saddled up and taken a ride if I wanted to with how close it was.  
 
Saturday AM there, there was another old salt who has been fishing that spot for 35 years.  Said it's the only place he ever fishes anymore, and he said it's good all year round but especially in the fall and winter for big reds, trout and flounder.  So I told my daughter she's hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year.