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So whats the go to lure on the ned? weedless or open hook? I dont understand why anyone would use a open hook myself

Does the Ned rig out produce a texas rig for you?

Anyone slow roll spinnerbaits off the bottom for deep water smallies with good success? How is the water clarity and what colors and blades do you use

Do you find majority of smallmouths on flats spring and summer with mostly steep structure reservoir’s . Or even a slight slope over steep slope

Does your game plan change if the water is rising or falling ? Or do you simply work a wider range of depth to find the pattern regardless of what the water level is doing

First off I hate spinning reels. Anyone else only use baitcasters for smallmouth? What line size and type of line do you use with a baitcaster

Am i looking for a unicorn to replace sealed light assy that will mount to exisitng holes on a 20 year old trailer

I thought it was common knowledge fish feed at night with a full moon

Do you find the south end of the reservoir more productive for summer patterns ?

I am tempted to move the boat directly in there path. Then play dumb. If they complain it will be a education for them

Recently moved from texas to idaho and never experienced this in texas. I will be planted maybe 50 feet off shore casting toward the shore when multiple other boats troll along the shoreline thru the area i am casting to. How do you handle this? Blow a gasket? Do nothing? Or in between?

What say ye

Can this be done? Lakemaster and navionics do not have a high definition map for the paticular lake. I contacted the state parks dept who run the lake they said they have the map but its not for sale

So as an alternative. Do you look for baitfish and only fish where the baitfish are graphed?

Before i relocated to smallmouth country the LMB expertise guys wouldnt even bother fishing unless they spotted LMB on the electronics. Is this typical on large reservoir for smallmouth?

7 inch plastic worms, 4 inch menance texas rigged. Weightless senkos. Bigger lure are jig n craw. 1/2 to 3/4 oz in 20 to 40 fow

In north idaho reservoir. Currently catching all fish in 10 -15 fow only. All dinks. Work out to 30 fow and bigger lures but nothing. Water temp 70 to 72 deg. Normally on my old east texas lakes bigger lures and deeper means bigger fish

To me this is the ultimate rig for rocks. And bites

Hmmmm. To me its easier to beat the bank than find fish offshore

Correct me if i am wrong. But clouds, wind, barometric pressure, weather all that only matters for shallow fish. If the fish are still deep staging, waiting to move shallow for spawn there deep enough that none of this matters

Been fishing for LMB my whole life in east Texas. Now i am in north Idaho reservoir. First there is no hi definition lake maps for this lake. At least not on navionics or lakemaster. New lake and no map so i am really handicapped . Lake is about 40 feet low and water is 51 deg. So i figure we are looking for pre spawn fish and start running the lake to the north end. I went up about 2/3 north of the lake. In hind site i guess i should have gone as far north as i could. Blue bird sky , no wind. Started out on main lake rocky points looking for flats in 10 to 35 feet of water. Nothing. Then went the back of a couple coves. 5 feet out to 25 feet. Nothing. Again flats next to rocky drop offs. Deep water thru swim jigs and swim baits. Shallow thru texas riged worms and senkos. What say ye. Hiw would you have done different

Any use a 1/2 oz or 3/4 oz soft swimbait as there go to rig? 30 to 40 feet or however deep you fish for summer lakes

i hope i made a good decision. My current home lake toledo bend was a good one too. Excited about the move

Dworshak

Here in east texas dragging a carolina rig with 1/2 oz or 3/4 oz weight is by far my number one go getter for LMB in summer patterns. Moving to idaho in 2 months to a rocky reservoir and looking for a way to drag the heavy weight in rocks. Have a hard time beleiving changing the shape of the weight is going to make a major difference in hang ups