Taking a trip up to Lake Placid, NY in late July this year. This will be my first time smallmouth fishing in a lake so if you know of any lures that produce plenty of bass please let me know. Also any additional tips will help. Thanks!

I good bait for mid-summer smallies is always the dropshot rig. Look it up. My single favorite worm for smallies is a 4.5 inch straight tail roboworm. Nose hook this on your dropshot and you should do pretty well. Another good lure is the curly tailed grub. Try them in the 4 to 5 inch size, rigged with a 1/8-1/4 oz round lead jighead and you will catch em'! My favorite colors for grubs are watermelon and green pumpkin. And if all else fails, rig up a tube jig and just try it. The best thing to do when you are new to any lake/river is to experiment. Try different lures and colors until you find the right one.  Try fishing points and underwater structure. Smallies will be were ever rocks are so try those to. Good luck!

X2 - Good advise.

I good bait for mid-summer smallies is always the dropshot rig. Look it up. My single favorite worm for smallies is a 4.5 inch straight tail roboworm. Nose hook this on your dropshot and you should do pretty well. Another good lure is the curly tailed grub. Try them in the 4 to 5 inch size, rigged with a 1/8-1/4 oz round lead jighead and you will catch em'! My favorite colors for grubs are watermelon and green pumpkin. And if all else fails, rig up a tube jig and just try it. The best thing to do when you are new to any lake/river is to experiment. Try different lures and colors until you find the right one.  Try fishing points and underwater structure. Smallies will be were ever rocks are so try those to. Good luck!

Thanks for the advice. This will help a lot. Any idea if a bass jig would work well?

I've caught many smallies on jigs. You'll just need to experiment and see what they want on the day.

Just got back from lake erie, the water temp was 70.9° and me and my buddy flat wore em out on a 1.5 squarebill, biggest was around 6lb

Just got back from lake erie, the water temp was 70.9° and me and my buddy flat wore em out on a 1.5 squarebill, biggest was around 6lb

Wow! Thanks for the suggestion.