I do feel that the northern will hit the craw, the are mentally just greedy.  I do not know about the smallmouth though 

I do feel that the northern will hit the craw, the are mentally just greedy. I do not know about the smallmouth though

A high percentage of a Smallmouths diet is made up of crawdads.

Tom

When I fished lakes in NY and New England, one of the consistent problems we had was our livewell intakes getting jammed with regurgitated crawfish. Back in NY, and now that I live in SC, a jig and pig or plastic crawfish is probably my favorite bait. So, yes, without a doubt, North East bass eat crawfish. In fact, I believe crawfish are their preferred food, north and south, because they are easy to catch and offer the highest nutrition.