fisherman asked:
well i am a large mouth bass fisherman and know alot about it basikly i think of myself as a semi pro but since i no longer live near the lakes i always fished and live near many local lakes with one public access and one spot to fish from shore (im a shore fisherman, i own no boats) the rest of the lake access are from houses along the entire lake so i asked a techer about spots to fish and he pointed me towards the river near our area for small mouth. most of my lures are for large mouths like 5-8 inch senkos 4 inch hard swimbaits and medium to large crankbaits like rapalas and medium sized ratl-traps bass spinnerbaits and buzzbaits and inline spinners, are these still good for small mouths? there are a few largemouths in the river but not enough that i can target them only. so are the lures i have still work? im basikly asking what diference can i expect with lures and technique of fishing shuld i expect besides the fish and the fight they give.
ARTIE ur a pissed off guy who looks for people to yell at. im not an idiot i know all about how weather and water clearity and all those crap and how it effects fishing i learned it all from research and youtube in just a year and that was wen i hadnt fished for years and i was only 14 and wen i could finaly drive myself to go fish and targetting only largemouth i was very succcessful because of how much time i spent learning about LARGEMOUTH BASS but small mouth are different and i strayed away from them because were i fish the only way to get smallies was from boat to get to the deep areas of the lake and other than that here in MN not EVERYSINGLE lake has smallies you need to find lakes with a decent smallie population to actually target them. you just hate other fishermen that may show more skill than you. i know i was being somewhat cocky but who dosnt get cocky when it comes to fishing semi pro was to show i am not a beginner but not pro just that i kno wat im doing
well i am a large mouth bass fisherman and know alot about it basikly i think of myself as a semi pro but since i no longer live near the lakes i always fished and live near many local lakes with one public access and one spot to fish from shore (im a shore fisherman, i own no boats) the rest of the lake access are from houses along the entire lake so i asked a techer about spots to fish and he pointed me towards the river near our area for small mouth. most of my lures are for large mouths like 5-8 inch senkos 4 inch hard swimbaits and medium to large crankbaits like rapalas and medium sized ratl-traps bass spinnerbaits and buzzbaits and inline spinners, are these still good for small mouths? there are a few largemouths in the river but not enough that i can target them only. so are the lures i have still work? im basikly asking what diference can i expect with lures and technique of fishing shuld i expect besides the fish and the fight they give.
ARTIE ur a pissed off guy who looks for people to yell at. im not an idiot i know all about how weather and water clearity and all those crap and how it effects fishing i learned it all from research and youtube in just a year and that was wen i hadnt fished for years and i was only 14 and wen i could finaly drive myself to go fish and targetting only largemouth i was very succcessful because of how much time i spent learning about LARGEMOUTH BASS but small mouth are different and i strayed away from them because were i fish the only way to get smallies was from boat to get to the deep areas of the lake and other than that here in MN not EVERYSINGLE lake has smallies you need to find lakes with a decent smallie population to actually target them. you just hate other fishermen that may show more skill than you. i know i was being somewhat cocky but who dosnt get cocky when it comes to fishing semi pro was to show i am not a beginner but not pro just that i kno wat im doing
Tags: Bass Fisherman, Crankbaits, Spinnerbaits
ive caught my fair share of smallies on large mouth bait. also soft plastics work pretty good as well
you should get smaller lures so they can get it in there mouth.
Smallie’s will hit practically the same lures that largemouth’s will hit, but normally prefer smaller lures. A 3.5″ tube, light cinnamon or similar color, rigged with a 1/4oz jig head would be a great smallmouth bait. But along with tubes, plastic crawdads, plastic worms, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, etc will all catch smallmouth’s.
In spring, try fishing a 1/4 or 3/8oz Storm Wiggle Wart red crawfish color for smallmouth’s. Smallmouth’s feed greatly on crayfish and most lures used for them mimic crayfish.
if you are a self proclaimed semi pro you should know. But really since you aren’t, go to the library and read all about all the semi stuff you need to know about. Or don’t! You might learn something, and reading about anything and everything is free. I suggest reading about both species even doing so on line on wikipedia would be a huge improvement from here-say you’ll get here or anywhere. if you really hate libraries or you can’t read it might be worth your while to at least learn to hit spell check. Just that everything worth remembering you (everyone) needs to write down. The brain holds on to 60% more when it’s written down so take some notes about the different types of baits, at what depths you need to present them at, in what colors they work best at all the different depths and in all the differentiating certain ways you can rig, present and retrieve them at. Not to mention water clarity time of day water temperature and sunny or cloudy conditions. If you want to become a semi pro because you sacrificed a little time to be better at something you wanted to become better at. I commend you for that effort as learning is a very rewarding result of studying, I suggest reading books by the bass pros as well.
fish for both with dare devils
red/white
ultra light garcia reel open face
great fishing
When fishing for small mouth, they have smaller mouth you must have known that already lol… so you need a smaller lure I prefer you use a medium size rubber fish or worm. Hope this helped good luck