Jedwards36

It was a small river. This fish was in post spawn, in mid may. Caught near a shallow flat in 6ft of water. And caught on a Blue fox shallow vibrax size 0 in blue shad. It was about 2pounds and 16.5". Biggest I've seen on this river!

Joseph_m, I will never use a spin cast reel. The system is to flawed in my eyes.

It was a throw up beetween the lightning rod and the tourney special. that $15 difference gives me room in my budget. i think i will pick the lightning rod. Is it a light(weight) rod?

Im a big fan of dead sticking and twitching small (3" sticko's) in my local river. I want a good rod that will get the job done. I was thinking of the new Bass pro tourney special in 6'6 medium light. I pretty much use weightless 3" sticko's and craws and some spinners, if that helps at all.

We are the only ones that venture out in the creek. But I caught them in a popular hole. It gets 5.5' deep. I've spent days in that creek trying to caching another one. I will try during spring.

I generally throw... Super fluke jrs F2 craw papi (2.75" craw color) a few blue fox spinners And sometimes a rebel craw, but its normally too deep for it

I fish a creek, mostly for cats and sunfish. But i have caught 2 yearling Largies. Shouldn't there be more largemouth? It's not near the main river, and the main river is all smallmouth. It baffled me, and I wanna see bigger ones.

Ok now it's getting to the point I don't fish, and Hurricane Sandy is going to suck up my river. I'm looking for a good ultra light under 75$. I now you might be saying " they suck!" But I love little rebel craws and 2" grubs. It mostly my fun summer rod. Thanks

Great job, smallmouth sure are fun.

Thanks for the tips everyone. I think im going to buy a strike king mini pro buzz.. My stream has a few good smallmouth in it, and lots of changing structure. I hope the buzzbait lets me fish all the places, and catch all the fish.

I've seen many videos on topwater river/stream smallmouth. Most, if not all, use the 1/8oz rebel popper. I would like to hear from people that use this lure, and catch big (16+") smallmouth. My confidence in this bait is low, and I know it would work. please help me. -jedwards, monocacy river, md

Nice, i love pulling up smallmouth like that on my light rod. Nice job!

I've been largemouth fishing 3 times. And it's sad when I get a better fight from a 9 inch smallmouth than a 15 inch largie. Enough said.( I also live near a good smallie river!)

thanks for the tips, looks like i have a list for Bass pro this weekend! just need to find a cheaper left-handed casting combo.

When you say buzzbaits/ rapalas, what sizes ?