tjwhite1

Hey If i can do that I will be more than satisfied! haha. Is the best bait to use down there the big giant minnows bout at the gas station?? I know when we fished Wheeler last year we just bought minnows and seemed to work real well. Another thing that probably hurt me last weekend was the BP was out of jumbo minnows so i had to just get medium minnows.

I dont know if I have enough self control if Cordova were 3 minutes from the dam LOL. Since we got that cabin in March I pretty much live up there any time I can anyways haha. We went below for 2 hours last weekend only caught 2 smallies so I have a feeling it will be similar results next weekend, still very fun to me though!

So I am new to the board and had a question for all of the Smallmouth addicts out there (like myself). Me and a group of friends have Oct. 12-16th off from college for Fall break and are staying at our cabin at Pickwick and fishing everyday. We do this trip every year and normally travel to Wilson to fish the Wheeler dam tailrace for Smallmouth most days. We have done decent with this in the past but are no experts for sure. I have just started questioning myself though in thinking why are we driving to Wheeler everyday when we are a 3 minute drive from Pickwick dam lol. Not fished below Pickwick much but I think I know enough to get me started at least. My question is is this weekend going to be too early for a good smallmouth bite below the dam?? I know there are many factors affecting this but was wondering what some of your guesses might be? Looking for that elusive 6 pounder!!

Here a few including my PB of just over 5 pounds from Pickwick/ Wilson....still looking for that 6 pounder!! Still learning how to fish exclusively for Smallmouth but I am learning more every time I go

I am new to the forum and just wanted to get acquainted with everything. I heard about this forum because one of my main fishing buddies fished with Kent (Road Warrior) last weekend and told me I should check the site out. I fish Pickwick, Wilson, Sardis, Enid, and some river oxbows also. I look forward to chiming in on the forum and seeing what I can learn from everyone else!