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Try a suspending jerkbait fished along the edges of the weeds, if that doesn't work then flip a t-rigged tube in avery little nook and cranny of the weeds. Hope this helps.

I recently went wading for smallmouth in the upper James River, since it's only rained once in almost 2 months, the river was very low. We started off fishing a current seam close to the bank and in 3 casts I caught 2 nice smallies. But after that we didn't get another bite. I caught the 2 smallies on a pumpkin/fleck yam. grub on a 1/8 oz. jighead, we tried just about everything else we had with us, cb's, tubes, craws, flukes, even little panfish jigs. Can someone please tell me what we did wrong? the conditions were: warm low water, cloudy and warm. please help.

Let the water temp. and water clarity dictate what your presentation is. If the water is cool then fish the deeper side of the newly flooded cover, but if it's muddy stay shallow with slow moving visible baits; slow rolling a chart. spinnerbait. If the water is at a stable temp. fish the newly flooded cover with spinnerbaits, topwaters, and flip and pitch jigs and brush hogs. And if it's muddy and stable use fast moving baits that stand out, force a reaction strike; lipless cranks, spinnerbaits, shallow diving cranks. Hope this helps.

The New River is by far the best Smallie river I have ever fished. Not just for numbers either, I have seen lunker smallies come out of there, I landed my PB smallmouth there too. Although I have never fished the other rivers the New is definetley one of the best.

I'm not sure about up in Michigan but around here Fall means the bass are moving shallow again. They come up from their summer haunts as the water cools and feed vigorously on shad and shiners. Ans as winter approaches they move out again. As far as lure choice try topwaters, jerkbaits, shallow running crankbaits, and tubes. Hope this helps.

I usually like to target wood and brushy cover in the backs of creeks this time of year. I always have a white buzzbait, a shad/chart. shallow running cb, and a chrome/white jerkbait tied on. But you may also want to try super flukes, white tubes, and anything else that looks like a shad. Hope this helps.

You have to approach the owner in a kind and professional way, as to ensure them you will not damage or harm the fishery in any way. Hope this helps.

Around here, Central VA, Fall means following the bass up the creeks and tributaries. I will probably be throwing a suspending jerkbait, buzzbait, and a shallow crankbait. But if you want to target the biggest bass, look for humps on mainlake points and toss'em a drop-shot. Good luck and tight lines to everybody.

I'm not an expert on this at all but I did fish the "hot" side of Lake Anna one time. I was catching fish on a buzzbait in the middle of a snow shower, it can really mess with your head. But I do know that in some power plant lakes the water temp. does not get below a certain temp. so basically I would fish accordingly. Let the water temp. dictate your presentations, and record what the bass do seasonally. Hope this helps.

Follow the bass up the creeks and throw t-rigged tubes, shallow running crankbaits, white buzzbaits, and my favorite a white/chrome Smithwick Rogue jerkbait. Hope this helps.

I would fish slower and closer to thick cover. Try a finesse worm on a jighead or small jigs. Hope this helps.

Try flipping a watermelon/red zoom super hog or a black/blue YUM Garett mega tube. Hope this helps.

I would say a double willow spinnerbait burned around weedlines. Also try a shallow running crank, the Rapala DT-4 and the Lucky Craft B.D.S. 3 are really good ones. Hope this helps.

My uncle, a huge flyfisherman, taught me to fly-fish a couple of yers ago. I'm really into it now, I love catching bass, bream, crappie, trout basically anything that swims on a flyrod. I'm just starting to get into fly-tying, so far I've gotten a few basic patterns down.

Follow the bass up the creeks and coves and throw suspending jerkbaits, Fish mainlake points with jigs and a deep diving crankbait. But remeber to take the water temp. into consideration, if the water's cold fish slow, if it's warm use reaction baits. Hope this helps.

silicone all the way, rubber is no where near as lively as silicone. Hope this helps.

It's great to see a fellow fly angler on the boards :D

I read in one of my fly fishing mags. that recently a California angler caught a new world record fly rod bass. The monster weighed 17.57 lbs. He caught it in the Delta. I'm not sure about the angler's name, what fly it was caught on, and I don't have a picture but if I can get more info I will keep you posted. If you have any info please fill us in.

Clear water: Norman middle N in Sun/Smokey shad Stained water: Bagley B-2 in Crawfish/Chartreuse Muddy water: Bagley B-2 in Black/Chartreuse

It depends on the water clarity and the water temp. For example if the water is 80 degrees and muddy I wouldn't even use a worm, use some thing more visible and fast moving ( crankbaits, spinnerbaits, etc. ) But if the water is cold and muddy you might have to resort to a black/blue jig or black worm. Basically let the water temp. and clarity dictate your lure choice and presentation. Hope this helps.

I know a lot of pro's use a jig as a carolina rig weight but I'm not sure about the drop-shot. Why wouldn't it be legal? ???

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Just one small missing link. Crankbaits and suspending jerkbaits, the best smallmouth baits EVER

This really effective in cold water, use a suspending jerkbait and just let sit...and sit...and sit some more. you'll be surprised at the results. Hope this helps>

It all depends on time of day and what season. I usually use buzzbaits during low-light hours or when the fish are active. As for the season fall is one of the best times to be throwing a buzzbait, especailly white and chart./white. I normally fish buzzers around visible shallow cover, wood, grass, riprap, etc. But one of the most overlooked places to throw a buzzbait is around steep rock bluffs and walls. Hope this helps.