A Brief Afternoon Bite, 5/5/23

[Will Wetline]

 

Another cold, cloudy, breezy morning. First stop was a spot so secret only 500 or so other anglers knew it. Conditions here are very particular for it to be "on" and they were not, so I moved on. Worked rocky-bottomed areas of a large flat but nothing moving here. Traveled Outside to a spot I always check and got not the faintest of taps. Back Inside I checked both deep ends of a long ridge thoroughly. Nada. Moved to the high point of this ridge which appears to be about 8' deep this year. Could a smallie be cruising around here? Picked up the rod with a 4" Z-Man Scented Jerk ShadZ, a good bait to throw to work out frustration, and started snapping it. Whaddya know - it got whacked!  

 

 

Twenty minutes later a second smallie took the soft jerkbait.

 

 

Reworked the area with an ultra-reliable Z-Man Finesse TRD and it produced the biggest smallmouth of the day, 3.70 lbs.

 

 

I no longer smelled like skunk and could rejoin civilization. 

 

 

The sky over the dock was changing as I unloaded the boat; there were dark clouds, bright clouds, brief showers and some blue. I will welcome the sun when I'm out again next week.

 

[Bankbeater]

Nice smallies!

[Dwight Hottle]

Early season smallies up north always has me shaking my head knowing Mother Nature can mix it up with the best. Nice catch.