River smallie tips same day as some rain. HELP!

[JuniorFisherJJ08]

Well guys gotta tourney 2night starts at 5pm-10pm. Im sitting at work pondering what i should do.

Heres my predictions of the conditions ill be fishing.

1] water temp of 72/74.5 f.

2] slightly stained/muddy water

3] overcast all day

it just rained early this morning but should clear up by tourament time.

any advice on what 2 throw?

[retiredbosn]

River fishing, t-rigged craw, paca craw, chigger craw or rage tail, just the craw no jig, drag it along the bottom, eddie pools 4" single tail grub or double, pumpkin, smoke, or watermelon, if you can dip ithe tail in chartruese dye all the better, deeper water, cranks, spinnerbaits, rootbeer, baby bass, white, also a t-rigged 4inch lizard does good. Drop shotting seems to drive smallies wild, unlike lm they will rip the rod out of your hand while drop shotting.

With the overcast sky and murky water, do not overlook the topwater potential.  Smallies will eagerly strike buzzbaits, popper style baits (ricos and rebel pop-r's), jitterbugs, crazy crawlers, and small spooks.  Also look for any feeder creeks, especially if they are already clear, work those areas over thoroughly.  Another lure you can use is a rattl trap type bait, especially in murky water.  The murky water bothers fishermen more than the fish.  Good luck

[lightsout]

River fishing, t-rigged craw, paca craw, chigger craw or rage tail, just the craw no jig, drag it along the bottom, eddie pools 4" single tail grub or double, pumpkin, smoke, or watermelon, if you can dip ithe tail in chartruese dye all the better, deeper water, cranks, spinnerbaits, rootbeer, baby bass, white, also a t-rigged 4inch lizard does good. Drop shotting seems to drive smallies wild, unlike lm they will rip the rod out of your hand while drop shotting.

With the overcast sky and murky water, do not overlook the topwater potential. Smallies will eagerly strike buzzbaits, popper style baits (ricos and rebel pop-r's), jitterbugs, crazy crawlers, and small spooks. Also look for any feeder creeks, especially if they are already clear, work those areas over thoroughly. Another lure you can use is a rattl trap type bait, especially in murky water. The murky water bothers fishermen more than the fish. Good luck

pretty much says it all! they will stack up around those feeder creeks (or anything that feeds water in) after a rain. Only thing I might add is they may be more shallow than normal if the waters darkened up any.

[The Yankee Fist]

Traps, tubes and Hula Grubs :)

[bass wrangler569]

spinnerbaits, lippless cranks, or tubes, mostly spinnerbaits though

find cleaner water if you can, retiredbosn is right, run up a creek if you can find 'em, they often have clearer water and smallmouth will stack up in there