Super User deep Posted June 4, 2015 Super User Posted June 4, 2015 If so, this is the first one I've ever caught! Coolest thing that happened to me in a long, long time. (Yes, I get excited over little things.) 1/4 oz Cavitron. 4 Quote
Super User deep Posted June 4, 2015 Author Super User Posted June 4, 2015 Wore them out today AND left them biting. Doesn't happen often to me. Sneaked out of work early to fish for about three hours in the afternoon/ evening. Started in the lower third in a spot where a pile of boulders lead into the creek channel. I managed to stick a couple of small keepers on a swim jig right away, and then nothing. Fished a couple of similar looking spots, and caught nothing there either. Not part of the pattern I guess. Went over with a light T-rig and a jerkbait with zero luck. Junk fished a few points and some funnels with deep water access with the swim jig, the buzzbait, the Pointer and a Sammy. Caught one here, and one there, all except two on the swim jig and the buzzbait. They just didn't want a stop and go retrieve. Figured that out when I caught one on the Pointer when I was swimming it back. They didn't want the Sammy either. Lots of blowups, and exactly one fish caught. My theory is that largemouth bass have- well- rather large mouths. If they want a bait, they will eat it. Stuck with the buzzer and the swim jig after that. The real problem was location, as usual. They were stacked on steep steep dropoffs, probably because the water level is falling. I don't like fishing one-dimensional breaks, but hey, if that's where they are, that's where I'll fish. Wore them out after that. Lots of non- and barely legal keepers, with a few 14-15 inchers and a couple of solid 2 pounders. I probably had a 9-10 pound limit. Must have caught 25-30 fish- I lost count after ten or so. It was raining on and off most of the time- called it a day after a flash or two of lightning in the distance. Winds were from the east! I never do well with an east wind. Today was different I guess. Gear: Light T-rig/ Pointer/ Swim jig: 7'6" Helium3 2.5 power, Curado I, 12# Tatsu Buzzbait/ Sammy: 7'6" BPS cranking stick 2 power, Curado G, 55# Samurai with 12# Siege leader Quote
Super User flyfisher Posted June 4, 2015 Super User Posted June 4, 2015 yup, definitely a smallie and a nice catch for sure 1 Quote
Super User MIbassyaker Posted June 4, 2015 Super User Posted June 4, 2015 Excitement is justified. Congrats. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted June 4, 2015 Super User Posted June 4, 2015 Yes Sir - That would be a Bronzeback . . . Congrats A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted June 4, 2015 Super User Posted June 4, 2015 Deep I caught one there last summer 12"long on a drop shot. Supposedly it used to have a very large population of smallies. 1 Quote
Super User WIGuide Posted June 4, 2015 Super User Posted June 4, 2015 Yup, that's a smallie alright. Congrats! 1 Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted June 4, 2015 Super User Posted June 4, 2015 Congrats on your first smallie! Jeff 1 Quote
Dypsis Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 Nice fish, I am still looking for my first Smallie. Hear they put a nice fight for the size. 1 Quote
Super User gardnerjigman Posted June 4, 2015 Super User Posted June 4, 2015 Congrats on your first smallie! They are addicting! 1 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted June 4, 2015 Super User Posted June 4, 2015 Welcome to the smallmouth fraternity deep. 2 Quote
Super User Felix77 Posted June 4, 2015 Super User Posted June 4, 2015 Absolutely ... my favorite fish to chase! 1 Quote
Comfortably Numb Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 Good job figuring them out and the SM. Most of the rivers around there have SM. 1 Quote
Super User fishballer06 Posted June 4, 2015 Super User Posted June 4, 2015 Smallie on a buzzbait too! Awesome 1 Quote
*Hank Posted June 5, 2015 Posted June 5, 2015 Congrats on your first smallie! Healthy looking bronzeback! 1 Quote
Brayberry Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 What body of water did you catch it from, looks gorgeous! 1 Quote
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