MossyBackDaddy

Nope never would of guessed that.

For some reason I never thought yall had walleye down in TN. That's cool!

Reserecting an old thread but I just used the mouse for the very first time and lemme tell you it gets bit! It casts a country mile with my frog setup. Straight retrieve was the ticket but it did tend to wobble from side to side but the fish didn't mind. As far as taking on water it did a little but not to the extent that some people said. IDK if they tried to fix that since 2016 or what. I use the gray/white small mouse. Funny thing is I had no action throwing to the pads. All my strikes came in open water over submerged grass.

Went out this morning to a private pond and it was a good day landed about 8 or 9. Used the Live Target Field Mouse for the very first time (any mouse lure for that matter) and let me tell you that thing gets bit! All fish were from 1-2.5 pounds. One that got off felt like he was about 3-4 pounds. This guy was caught on the BPS senko which he choked. Funny thing is this one and another one were caught using the senko and a weedless finesse hook but when I went to remove the hook saw that the weedless wire was still engaged. Anybody else ever had that happen to them? Like I said the LMB bite has been fire for me but the SMB bite has been pathetic.

100% large deep rocky lakes. No bass in the rivers around here.

I want to throw more swim jigs for SMB but I haven't had much success. Those of you who are good with throwing swim jigs for smallies are there any tips/recommendations to improve my chances with them? Also post some pics of your favorite swim jigs.

Thanks for the replies fellas. I took some of the advice and came home with a med fast bait caster.

Going to BPS tomorrow (my very first time) and I'm looking for a dedicated rod to throw tubes for smallies. Not sure if I should get a medium or med/hvy or what type of action is best. What do you use to throw tubes?

Finally got the stank off! Hauled in a few but these were the best ones/ones that stuck around to pose for pics. After throwing Senko style baits here and there for a couple of seasons I decided to focus more on them. These are my very first soft stickbait fish (BPS brand). I'm hooked on soft stick baits now. One on the grass I estimated at 3 pounds and the other goes for about 2 pounds. At the same time I was crossing the eyes on the ones above my fishing partner caught this nearly 5 pound smallmouth (yeah he didn't even invite me). Gonna go and try to catch his twin tomorrow.

Way to go Blue that's a nice one. Stay safe bro.

5 pounder in a 1 acre or so pond. I cheated and caught her on her bed using a flippin jig. Lost thge photo of her a while ago.

Finally got the stank off. Here are a couple from yesterday's trip to a small lake/pond. A probable 3 and 2 pounder respectively. Not huge but better than dinks.

I'm beginning to think these fish are paid models who only show up for the photo shoot with you then bounce. I'm highly suspicious....J/K nice job.

I've been reduced to hitting up the golf course ponds near my house. Shallow water uneducated fish should make me feel better. **Sniff Sniff**

I'm sure they are jumping in the boats here in WA but apparenty I'm using baits without hooks.