Whats ur bigest smallie?
05-16-2006, 02:19 PM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Tennessee
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RE: Whats ur bigest smallie?
7-1/2 pounds, caught about 10 years ago on wheeler lake in 2nd creek. I was fishing a texas rigged black/firetail worm with 3/16 ounce sinker. I had worked the worm from the bank down into 20 feet of water and I bounced the worm off the bottom 1 time straight under me and the worm didn't go back down so I set the hook, never felt the hit. I had a heck of fight with that fish but we finally got him in the boat.
05-17-2006, 05:42 AM
#13
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Paradise
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RE: Whats ur bigest smallie?
ORIGINAL: huntingbuddy419
whats a smallmouth? jk I have never caught a smallie before, dont go bass fishing much, I plan on going more this summer maybe I will catch some
whats a smallmouth? jk I have never caught a smallie before, dont go bass fishing much, I plan on going more this summer maybe I will catch some
05-17-2006, 10:44 AM
#16
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Paradise
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RE: Whats ur bigest smallie?
This time of year until the spawn I get a lot of them fishing with a white 3 or 4"twister tail on a 1/8 oz chatreuse jig head near shore. I use an UL 6' pole with 4 or 6 pound test and it is a blast. I usually go along the shore with my boat and toss the jig right up near the rocks and pull it back. I alternate between a steady retrieve and a jerk retrieve to see how they want it. When they are spawning I use a tube rigged texas style and drop it near or on the nest and shake it. If they are staging just before or just after the spawn I use a jerk bait, spinner bait or top water presentation if the conditions are right. Post spawn they are usually in deeper water and I drop shot, or carolina rig with tubes or rubber worms for a good biteon larger fish. If you fish the shallows along shore in summer you usually only get smaller fish.
05-17-2006, 02:44 PM
#17
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2003
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RE: Whats ur bigest smallie?
The only smallie fishing we do is in Canada and we use spinnerbaits crankbaits and we also vertical jig with a jighead and a minnow. For poles we use medim 6 to 7 foot poles and 20 lb fireline.
05-17-2006, 09:30 PM
#19
Join Date: Sep 2004
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RE: Whats ur bigest smallie?
I catch a few 3-4lb smallies a year and have caught one that I am sure went 5lbs, but I didnt have a scale 
. I dont fish bass all that much so when I do get into some I am ushaly riged up for blue gills or pearch and I tend to brake off alot of the bigger fish.
Maybe I can up that number in July, that is when I plane to show all you bass guys how it is done.Lets just say I have an Ace up my sleeve [:-], and no its not a fish pond.
. I dont fish bass all that much so when I do get into some I am ushaly riged up for blue gills or pearch and I tend to brake off alot of the bigger fish. Maybe I can up that number in July, that is when I plane to show all you bass guys how it is done.Lets just say I have an Ace up my sleeve [:-], and no its not a fish pond.