What bait/lure do you have the most luck with for SMALLMOUTH?

[TnRiver46]

2 hours ago, haggard said:

Lately it's been this 4 inch paddletail in green/white on a jig head, on a ML/XF spinning rod. Nothing but smallies.

 

When the head of the soft plastic gets worn down, snip off a quarter inch at the top and thread it back on the jig head and keep fishing.

 

Smallies love it.

 

That looks like a weapon of bass destruction for sure 

[BassNut]

I Love my Small Mouth Bass, my main go too bait.

1/8 or 1/4 jig head with a 2 1/2" paddle tail on it...deadly!!

 

I do love top water fishing too, I throw a whooper plopper, best top water bait 

since the jitterbug! 

 

[THE_Vue's]

They smashed this the other day.  

[umckibben]

On 2/12/2019 at 9:59 PM, WI_Angler1989 said:

My go-to for river smallmouth is a 2.5" Cabin Creek Salty Critter Jr tubes, green pumpkin blue, rigged on a black Cadman's Custom Jigs "Smallie Crawlin" jig.

I love fishing small tubes (craws and little creature baits too for that matter) for smallies. Getting to know the river bottom, finding where the fish are, and the "Thump!" Of a tube hit.... just can't be beat for me.

Maybe a Wisconsin thing, hard to beat a tube rivers or lakes!

[Skeeloco]

On 2/12/2019 at 10:59 PM, WI_Angler1989 said:

My go-to for river smallmouth is a 2.5" Cabin Creek Salty Critter Jr tubes, green pumpkin blue, rigged on a black Cadman's Custom Jigs "Smallie Crawlin" jig.

I love fishing small tubes (craws and little creature baits too for that matter) for smallies. Getting to know the river bottom, finding where the fish are, and the "Thump!" Of a tube hit.... just can't be beat for me.

I'd like to try out those Cadman's jigs...but do they really expect people to mail a check/ money order this day and age? Hoping there's somewhere else I can buy.

[Topwaterdog]

Ned rig, jerkbait and drop shots are my go-to's. 

 

 

[Black Hawk Basser]

Only river smallmouth here for me.  My all time best is a Bomber Square A (1 5/8") in firetiger.

[Kdizzle]

I have 2!!!!  4 inch Big Bites Finesse grubs, and 4 inch stick baits.  In the Ozarks power fishing for Smallmouth in rivers really doesnt have much success in my experience.  The Smallies always prefer finesse baits around these parts.

[scaleface]

Texas rigged  crayfish  , tubes , hula grubs , creature baits , ned rig , jigs ,poppers ,buzzbaits , spinnerbaits. Pretty much the exact same thing i use for largemouths except I use more crayfish imitators and colors.

 

I didnt use a true Ned rig just half a stick worm on a jig head . Was doing that years before I heard of a Ned rig .