Smith Mountain Lake

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Apr 6, 2026

Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Spring (Current)

113 Fishing Reports

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Smith Mountain Lake Overview

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Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Spring

Hard Jerkbaits
6
Shakey Heads
6
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
5
Texas Rigs (Worming)
5
Wacky Rigs
5

Total Fishing Reports

113

Top Species Reported for Spring

Largemouth Bass54 Reports
Smallmouth Bass9 Reports
Striped Bass3 Reports
Crappie1 Report

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Fishing Reports

113 Reports on Smith Mountain Lake

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Learning the Wild Life
Gold Ambassador
4/10/23
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Spawn)
- Technique
  Ned Rigs
- Structure
  Open Water/Basin
- Forage
  Crawfish
- Water Temperature
  54°
So we got to the lake around 9:00 .am and we started off with moving baits mainly to cover water and since the past weekend brought a coldfront in and drop the lake temp, so we started in bettys creek area (Water temps were 57 degrees) and didn't get any bites so we took a decent drive down to the lower end of the lake and first stop we scanned around with livescope and did not see anything the water temps down there were 54 and 55 at the highest! So we checked around up shallow and found out that the fish were actually already spawning! So i threw a boat load of baits to them and caught my first fish around a laydown on a dropshot powerbait gilly and two others in open water on a ned rig rage bug! The fish were pretty finicky, this is a great time to fish smith mountain, we saw a few 4-5 pounders cruising. If you go out with the intentions to sight fish make sure you have some good polarized glasses and a few finesse rigs on because a lot of these fish are pressured! Also try to practice catch and release so that we can keep this fishery good! I wish yall the best, please stay safe out there!
Jacob Stem
Blue Ambassador
4/13/23
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Spawn)
- Technique
  Wacky Rigs
- Structure
  Docks
- Forage
  Alewife
- Water Temperature
  62°
I headed down to SML to direct the SlayNation College Kayak Series stop number one. I got on the lake from 12pm to 6pm. Finding some largemouth and smallmouth bedding but a lot of cruisers. Caught some on beds with weighted and weightless wacky rig and caught some skipping under docks with the wacky rig
kt_fishin
Silver Ambassador
4/13/23
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Spawn)
- Technique
  Wacky Rigs
- Structure
  Docks
- Forage
  Alewife
- Water Temperature
  62°