2 hours ago, haggard said:

Lately it's been this 4 inch paddletail in green/white on a jig head, on a ML/XF spinning rod. Nothing but smallies.

 

When the head of the soft plastic gets worn down, snip off a quarter inch at the top and thread it back on the jig head and keep fishing.

 

Smallies love it.

 

That looks like a weapon of bass destruction for sure 

I Love my Small Mouth Bass, my main go too bait.

1/8 or 1/4 jig head with a 2 1/2" paddle tail on it...deadly!!

 

I do love top water fishing too, I throw a whooper plopper, best top water bait 

since the jitterbug! 

 

They smashed this the other day.  

On 2/12/2019 at 9:59 PM, WI_Angler1989 said:

My go-to for river smallmouth is a 2.5" Cabin Creek Salty Critter Jr tubes, green pumpkin blue, rigged on a black Cadman's Custom Jigs "Smallie Crawlin" jig.

I love fishing small tubes (craws and little creature baits too for that matter) for smallies. Getting to know the river bottom, finding where the fish are, and the "Thump!" Of a tube hit.... just can't be beat for me.

Maybe a Wisconsin thing, hard to beat a tube rivers or lakes!

On 2/12/2019 at 10:59 PM, WI_Angler1989 said:

My go-to for river smallmouth is a 2.5" Cabin Creek Salty Critter Jr tubes, green pumpkin blue, rigged on a black Cadman's Custom Jigs "Smallie Crawlin" jig.

I love fishing small tubes (craws and little creature baits too for that matter) for smallies. Getting to know the river bottom, finding where the fish are, and the "Thump!" Of a tube hit.... just can't be beat for me.

I'd like to try out those Cadman's jigs...but do they really expect people to mail a check/ money order this day and age? Hoping there's somewhere else I can buy.

Ned rig, jerkbait and drop shots are my go-to's. 

 

 

Only river smallmouth here for me.  My all time best is a Bomber Square A (1 5/8") in firetiger.

I have 2!!!!  4 inch Big Bites Finesse grubs, and 4 inch stick baits.  In the Ozarks power fishing for Smallmouth in rivers really doesnt have much success in my experience.  The Smallies always prefer finesse baits around these parts.

Texas rigged  crayfish  , tubes , hula grubs , creature baits , ned rig , jigs ,poppers ,buzzbaits , spinnerbaits. Pretty much the exact same thing i use for largemouths except I use more crayfish imitators and colors.

 

I didnt use a true Ned rig just half a stick worm on a jig head . Was doing that years before I heard of a Ned rig .