Smallmouth got me really stumped! Never seen them this way. You can see them on the beds but they are not aggressive. Through 6 different lures at them before I finally caught this girl a little over 18"
Smallmouth got me really stumped! Never seen them this way. You can see them on the beds but they are not aggressive. Through 6 different lures at them before I finally caught this girl a little over 18"
Reminds me of once years ago I was fishing the DPR just No of North Ave. Saw a 30" pike hiding under a log & chasing small fish. I threw EVERYTHING at it & couldn't get it to come out. Guess I should have gone ninja...
it doesn't matter what you throw at a smallie 98% of the time if it's locked on a bed it will eat it. You just need to make it mad. Wiggling small senkos frantically on a drop shot usually tends to speed up their aggression the quickest. In addition make numerous pitches to speed up the time table.
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