Hey. I caught my first smallmouth bass.

[Darth-Baiter]

Today.  Lake Berryessa in Napa CA.  Drive thru miles of sobering burn areas to find a gem of a lake.  My first visit.  My first smallies.  I thought I had hooked into giants the way they pulled line and spun my kayak around.  Nope, just strong.  Really cool. My first cast of the day!
 

 

 

[Glenn]

[Bluebasser86]

Smallies are a blast. They use to be pretty rare around here but they've taken hold in several lakes in the area thankfully.

 

Congrats on your first one.

[Darth-Baiter]

13 minutes ago, Glenn said:

Haha. Love it. Reminds me of prom night

[12poundbass]

Nice work, smallies are a blast. 

[roadwarrior]

[Boomstick]

Grats!

[Dwight Hottle]

Your the one that's hooked now. 

[TOXIC]

I’ve said it many times.  Smallmouth are fisherman’s crack.  ?

[Bankbeater]

Congrats!!

[Sphynx]

On 11/27/2020 at 7:08 AM, Dwight Hottle said:

Your the one that's hooked now. 

Boy ain't that the truth...and we all thought it was us going after the fish...LOL

[Robert829]

Awesome!!!!

[rtwvumtneer6]

On 11/22/2020 at 12:04 AM, They call me “Gaiter Salad” said:

Haha. Love it. Reminds me of prom night

Went to 3 proms.  Should have gone fishing instead.

 

[Rhardy]

Nothing better than smallmouth fishing. And when you can’t fish for them reading about them fills in the gaps. 

[cheezyridr]

now you know the open secret, with first hand, tactile experience.  when people say "pound for pound, smallies fight harder than anything else." it's true.  a 3lb or bigger smallie, fights like mike tyson in the 80's.

 

  i think rock/red eye/warmoth bass are a close 2nd, the big ones are pretty insane, but rare around here.  ymmv