stepchild Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 I went out for a few hours last weekend and, just when I thought I had them figured out, they were completely elusive! The lake is typically a trout lake. Relatively small, really deep (200+ feet in some areas) and clear. The shoreline is steep so it gets deep in an awful hurry. There are a few bays that are shallower with humpsall rock though, not many weeds. I thought with the temperature being 58, that it would be an absolute frenzy on main-lake points and on those humps. I tried cranks and suspending jerkbaits around them and only got a few small ones. Then I tried drop-shotting Gulp minnows and finess worms without much success either. I was banking on getting some bruisers (4+ lbs.), which I was catching fairly regularly at the end of August and start of September. My question is, where did they go? Should they be shallower (in like 5-15 feet of water) or even deeper than the 20-25ft I was focusing on? Should I be trying to get them to react to my baits (burning spinnerbaits and cranks) or slow way down and force-feed them? Any help is always appreciated! Thanks Quote
brgbassmaster Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 I like zara spooks over points any time of the yr for smallies. also spinnerbaits..and this new bait called a river 2 sea yabby that thing is awesome its a crayfish with a weight in the tail and it stands up in the defensive position. here is the link to the video i love this thing. http://www.***.com/videos/RSY.html?pcode=RSY Quote
Matt 825 Posted October 9, 2008 Posted October 9, 2008 Smallies throw curveballs every now and then. Last Saturday I was catching them real shallow on a spooks and the later in the day in about 15-20 ft. Then on Sunday I couldnt buy a bite fishing it the same way. I moved out to 35 ft and still nothing, moved to 45ft and started catching Smallies along with a few jumbo white perch. Point being Bass especially Smallmouth can very easily be in less than 10 feet one day and then be 45 ft or deeper the next day. Quote
stepchild Posted October 9, 2008 Author Posted October 9, 2008 Well in that case, I have A LOT of water to cover....looks like this will be a nice weekend to do it before it gets uncomfortably cold. I'm guessing warm afternoons would be a good time to go after aggresive fish. Quote
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