IK winter just passed but I had trouble catching the smallies this year. What can I do next time?

On 5/12/2018 at 7:29 PM, NYbassin' said:

What can I do next time?

Hunt.

 

Seriously, I just hunt in the winter because when you have 6 months of sub freezing weather you have to determine if chasing smallies is worth it or not.

Are you saying you are having a hard time from Jan. 1st till now? A little help. I'm up in the north with you. I'm not setting the world on fire yet but have taken the slow approach been fishing lures slow. Grubs, tubes, craws, worms. Probably not what you're doing. Things will break open soon. I've river fished smallies for a long long time. I hate it around spawn. They will get the best of me. I can not figure them out. I managed a few yesterday. I was gonna pull the plug yesterday when the rain got steady. Stayed to fish a ditch that I like and got a 15"er. On a rattle trap. That fish has me stoked. To me game is on now. This year has gotten off to an unusual start. Don't take to heart your start. 

Small baits light line fish slow