Super User Root beer Posted March 14, 2009 Super User Posted March 14, 2009 I live in Tennessee and we have some good smallmouth on my home lake. I live about 2-3 hours from the legendary Dale Hollow Lake. I have never attempt to catch a smallmouth on my lake and now I plan to change that. I bought a 6'8 Medium extra fast St. Croix Mojo spinning rod. Got a Sedonna 2500 spinning reel with 6# yo-zuri line on it. I plan to switch out between Shaky heads and a small tube. I'm use a E-z weight inside the tubes. I got lot of bluffs and rocky banks on my lake. How should I present those two lures and what type of weather conditions is perfect to fool a bronzeback on my lake? Quote
bassmaster3000 Posted March 15, 2009 Posted March 15, 2009 Dale Hollow is probably the best SM lake in the country... The world record came out of there! Quote
Super User Crestliner2008 Posted March 15, 2009 Super User Posted March 15, 2009 The rod & reel combo you list here is just fine. However, I hope your line selection is a fluorocarbon? They keep the belly out of your line, maintaining a more direct contact with your presentation. Plus fluorocarbon is a harder line than mono, consequently the "perceived" line stretch is much less, usually resulting in a higher percentage of hook-sets. (JMO) Why do you want to go with a "small tube"? You can do that, but I think you might be better off with a 4" tube, if the tube size you are referring to as "small" is 3" or less. Make sure you get some in watermelon & green pumpkin colors. I'd also recommend internal jig heads for more open water conditions, or if you are fishing snaggy stuff, use the EZ-Weights (internal) with a texas worm hook. Let your lure fall to the bottom. Let it set for a bit (vary this time according to the fishes mood). Then twitch it off the bottom and/or drag it along. Again, try various retrieves, but keep it on the bottom as much as possible. You'll get bit! Finally, don't over a LC Pointer or X-Rap suspending, hard jerkbaits. Quote
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