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Dams are both on south side. I dont really agree shallow vs deeper when talking fishing reservoirs. The trolling motor temp sensor is only 2 feet deep and were talking early spring. Only the top of the water column is heating up whether its shallow or deep. Must be the snow melt runoff up in canada for the north end is colder than the lack of snow in idaho for the south end

why is it texas reservoirs warm up on the north side of the lake first in spring and in idaho at least my new home reservoir is the opposite?

Carolina rig

Whats your most productive lure for smallmouth in reservoirs at 15 to 25 feet suspended? Feeding on baitfish and not feeding

Whats my best option for a 1/2 oz maybe 3/4 oz weight to minimize hang ups in rocks. Egg style weight dont work. Cylinder weight?

Do these hang up on rocks

So whats the go to lure on the ned? weedless or open hook? I dont understand why anyone would use a open hook myself

Does the Ned rig out produce a texas rig for you?

Anyone slow roll spinnerbaits off the bottom for deep water smallies with good success? How is the water clarity and what colors and blades do you use

Do you find majority of smallmouths on flats spring and summer with mostly steep structure reservoir’s . Or even a slight slope over steep slope

Does your game plan change if the water is rising or falling ? Or do you simply work a wider range of depth to find the pattern regardless of what the water level is doing

First off I hate spinning reels. Anyone else only use baitcasters for smallmouth? What line size and type of line do you use with a baitcaster

Am i looking for a unicorn to replace sealed light assy that will mount to exisitng holes on a 20 year old trailer

I thought it was common knowledge fish feed at night with a full moon

Do you find the south end of the reservoir more productive for summer patterns ?

I am tempted to move the boat directly in there path. Then play dumb. If they complain it will be a education for them

Recently moved from texas to idaho and never experienced this in texas. I will be planted maybe 50 feet off shore casting toward the shore when multiple other boats troll along the shoreline thru the area i am casting to. How do you handle this? Blow a gasket? Do nothing? Or in between?

What say ye

Can this be done? Lakemaster and navionics do not have a high definition map for the paticular lake. I contacted the state parks dept who run the lake they said they have the map but its not for sale

So as an alternative. Do you look for baitfish and only fish where the baitfish are graphed?

Before i relocated to smallmouth country the LMB expertise guys wouldnt even bother fishing unless they spotted LMB on the electronics. Is this typical on large reservoir for smallmouth?

7 inch plastic worms, 4 inch menance texas rigged. Weightless senkos. Bigger lure are jig n craw. 1/2 to 3/4 oz in 20 to 40 fow

In north idaho reservoir. Currently catching all fish in 10 -15 fow only. All dinks. Work out to 30 fow and bigger lures but nothing. Water temp 70 to 72 deg. Normally on my old east texas lakes bigger lures and deeper means bigger fish

To me this is the ultimate rig for rocks. And bites

Hmmmm. To me its easier to beat the bank than find fish offshore