Hit the water yesterday before the forecasted blow/storms for the next few days. Water temp was 50-51 degrees with air temps warmer at 59-60. I had two areas in mind to try & set up my drift with the wind at my back. Baits of choice were a megabass 110+1, a smithwick rogue deep diver & a pointer 128. I got two fish on the 110 before switching to the smithwick. It accounted for three or four fish before I honed in on the pointer 128. My old favorite luckycraft did most of the damage. No big fish but my best five totaled 22.625 lbs. Sorry for the selfies but I was by myself. 

 

Edited April 29, 20179 yr by Dwight Hottle
Addition error

"no big fish"

 

Five bronzebacks with a mean weight of 'only' 5.12 pounds.

Yah, some days it doesn't even pay to crank up the mill.

 

AKA (all kidding aside)     INCREDIBLE!

 

Your Pointer 128 has definitely been a destroyer in the big pond  

 

Roger

 

 

 

Just corrected the posted weight it was 22.625lbs not 26.625. 

9 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said:

Just corrected the posted weight it was 22.625lbs not 26.625. 

 

Kudos to your honesty 

Dwight, my next 5-fish, 20-lb bag of smallies will be my first 

 

Roger

I applaud you. For taking a "selfie" and getting the whole fish in the picture (width wise) ! Bugs me so bad when people post pictures of them and their fish and don't have the whole fish in there. But manage to get their whole face... Haha. Like come on man! We wanna see the fish !!! Drives me crazy. 

 

Rant over. 

 

Nice fish. 

Great day on the lake! Congrats.

Great job Dwight. Fun to see you get back in the action. Keep it up. 

"No big fish" just breaks me up! Then again, that's by Lake Erie standards.

 

I chase smallies in one New England's best fisheries and consider a 4 lber. at the lower end of the big fish category.

 

I do hope you can find bigger smallmouth next time out . . . !

 

you guys are killing the nice smallies this year. nothing better than a great fight and you win!!

That looks like it was a blast. Hopefully I can make it up to Erie this year, I would like to get in on the action.

Very nice fish!