Meridian69

Aurora res has some nice smallies.

Thought I would share a couple of nice smallmouth from the weekend. Both fish caught on jerk baits. Enjoy!

If you have not seen it, the following website is an excellent resource. http://ndismaps.nrel.colostate.edu/fishingatlas/ Enjoy!

I have to add mine to this thread. I caught this little guy on a Rapala DT4. The DT4 was 15-20x bigger than this bass. It was hooked through the lip (no clue how this happened) and was successfully release. By far the smallest fish I have ever caught. Enjoy!

I use 4 Bass Pro Extreme rod and reel combos and obviously really like them. For my kids, I bought them Ugly Sticks combos, which is what I learned to fish on back in the day. There is a huge difference in fishing with my kids Ugly Sticks against using my BP Extremes. Weight, sensitivity, and back bone.... there is really no comparison. They fish way better. I am beginning to wonder what would be the difference in fishing my good BP Extremes vs. a "great" rod like a GL Loomis, St. Croix or other expensive rod. Would it be a 5-10% difference, or would it be night and day like the BP Extreme vs. Ugly Stick? Does anyone have any experience they would care to share? Thanks in advance.