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Top Water Bass

Everyone likes a good top water bite, and smallmouth definitely give you the most bang for your buck. Fish usually start hitting surface lures as the spawn is wrapping up in June with low light time frames in mid to late summer months giving you the best chance at action. I've also run into a fun stretch that seems to happen every year in late September and early October when fish move shallow and will crash something on top. When they're in the mood, I'm not sure it really matters what you through as long as you throw it well. Poppers, walk the dog lures, etc., all have their place as long as they're worked properly over the right fish. I always have a rod in the boat rigged with my favorite lure to throw at fish surfacing during random bug hatches or while chasing schools of bait fish throughout the season. If you see busting fish, make a few casts at them and hang on.

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