met a couple of friends we hit the great miami river used a white inline spinner bait.. it hit near the bank

nice  one pound smallie

The pic is too small to get a good look at it but congrats.  

 

I love me some SMB.  They are so much fun to catch.  So aggressive.

 

I caught my 1st one fishing from the bank the other day.  I generally catch them in deeper water on the boat.