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Smallmouth BassTechniqueFootball JigsSeasonFallStructureHumpsSuper fun day dragging a Keitech 3.5 Little Spider (grn pmp) rigged on a 3/8 or 1/2 oz. Keitech Football head. Best depth was 28 to 33 foot. I'd cast out, let it fall all the way to the bottom, reel in to create a semi-tight line, then drag the jig by sweeping the rod across my front from 3 to 9. Key to the presentation is ensuring the jig maintains bottom contact all the way back to the boat.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonFallStructureLaydowns
On a painfully difficult day laden with bad decisions by my boater (by his own admission), this bait produced a 3.5 lb. smallie, one of only two fish for me on the day.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureBouldersMonth: August Weather: Bright with some clouds, 5-7 mph out of the southwest, 80s-90s Water Temp: 74-78 Depths: Rocky flats and points in 8-16' near deeper water. I launch out of the Chaumont Bay state launch in Chaumont around 4:30 PM. I used Navionics and my side imaging to identify large rocks/boulders to fish near drop offs. I initially found some smallies drifting the edges of large boulders/rocky area just outside of Duck Bay and hooked/landed a couple nice fish drop shotting on the Berkley Flat Worm in black. Action was inconsistent, so as the evening progressed, I moved to the deeper end of Independence Point and after that Johnson Shoal. These locations provided steady action, producing multiple fish over 4 pounds and several fish in the 3+ lbs. range on the drop shot with an Erie Darter in Smoke Purple twitched back to the boat. Dark Sleepers in Mutsugorou also produced a couple fish. It was a great initial trip out on Chaumont Bay.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueTubesSeasonSummerStructureBoulders
Fishing humps and rock piles anywhere between 6-20 in relation to grass. I think they liked the small profile tube.
Thomas SmithBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureLedgesRocky points 12 to 14’
- Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureLedges
A struggle for us. Few fish caught in a vast body of water. Fought windy conditions with constant south west wind. Coverd Chamout and Henderson bay in 4 days. lots of miles. The few we caught were large with a 6.4 lb as the big smallmouth. Drop shot on the most dramatic ledges was the best for us.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueFootball JigsSeasonSummerStructureRock Pile
Drag a football jig around rock piles. If you can bump into rocks they hammer it. Also a dropshot if they’re finicky
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueTubesSeasonSummerStructureRock Pile
Blue rock tackle Jr tube jig is the star of the show is 3/8 oz. Long casts in clear water and snapping a tube on rock and sand flats did the trick.
