Small river bass

[lucasbdog]

Hey guys I'm just looking for a bit of advice. Theres a section of my local river way up in the mountains and its loaded with smallmouth and has a good bit of large and spot bass aswell. Its a blast to fish but I feel I could be more productive with the right equipment and lures. I'm a teenager on a tight budget and a tight schedule so I get out there when I can. The river is moderately cold year round and decently small. usually I will bring my medium action casting rod but recently Ive been wanting to buy a nice light medium spinner. I'm not positive on what line to use either. Lure wise I usually use a tube bait( I lose atleast a pack everytime I go because they get hung in the rocks), a rooster tail( usually catch smaller bass and a few trout), and some spooks ( lost the biggest smallmouth of my life). Like I said I'm a teen on a budget so the more advice and help the better. Thanks!

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

A med and ml Rod should cover small river fishing. Tubes, senkos, floating rapalas, hair jigs, and heddons mini torpedo are my go to baits. 

[bigbassctchr101]

The X rap is a favorite river lure.   You could do well with the varying sizes of zoom flukes too if you are worried about snagging. 

[Captain America]

Cabelas is having a sale on their pro guide spinning rods...They're going for 35 right now. Im hoping to grab one soon... I personally would use a 2 piece ML rod with a fast tip for small rivers. It can do anything you will need it to do and they are fun to fight fish on! (especially smallies) As far as line goes, 10 lb braid with a mono or fluoro leader could be nice - sensitive and easy to cast... But I would think that a spool of like 6 lb mono would meet your needs. For baits, I would throw hair jigs (you can tie your own if you want), grubs, tubes, and some #2 and #3 bucktail mepps.

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