Either a Kvd 1.5 square bill in orange craw or a black/blue jig with chigger craw trailer. Both have be producing since then as well! Let's hit em hard until da snow flies! Tight lines.

Here's one of the bigger ones I've caught this year about 18" and 3 lbs

Black hair jig

Berkley chigger craw on weighted keel hook

The first smallie I ever caught was 3lbs caught on a joesfly 1/4 oz bass size in firetiger apache.

1/2 ounce Jig

 

Early April

 

 

4 lbs 1 oz

 

Caught April 30. Water temp 48º. The jig head is from Do-It's Tapered Tube Skirt Jig mold. Bucktail w/Krystal Flash dress it and it wears a very slinky Z-man Elaztec split tail trailer. CPR without weighing it.

a live target pumpkin seed squarebill caught a nice 2 pounder on it 

Zoom Ultravibe speedcraw in green pumpkin. Fish was 16".

https://goo.gl/photos/QwRkxJVDtaRLCaoVA

4 inch zoom tab tail grub pearl white. It's about 16 inches I'm guessing 2and a half pounds.

Yup yup, Another Doc-Drew custom painted jerkbait!

Who is Doc Drew?

Member on here. He custom paints hard baits and they are SWEET!!!!!

Member on here. He custom paints hard baits and they are SWEET!!!!!

Cool, I may have to hit him up over the winter for some baits. Thanks.

Rattlin Rap - gold w/ black back shad pattern. Have a pic here on my phone. Have to figure how to download it. Mid-April in a creek mouth.

7" Berkley Powerworm in red shad

Texas rigged with 3/16 weight

My fist smallie of the year and of my life was caught on a booyah blade spinnerbait 1/2 ounce in chatruce

Biggest smallie I have ever caught by far and the best part it was my first spinnerbait fish too! My previous smallie was from a  river and only about 6".

I fought mine on a strike King 5xd chart shad

Caught*

Dropshot Flick Shake worm. Watermelon Candy.

Funny that I can remember that.

coffee tube 1/8 oz.

My first Smallie came on a brown and silver Mepps Aglia while I was walking the shore of a local river. I was looking for new spots and needless to say, I found some.