Steveo-1969 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 18 hours ago, Michigander said: Yes, it's a smallmouth. The fight continued on land. It's true that they never give up......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaucus Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 I caught this big girl a year and a half ago on a green pumpkin and orange Ned Rig in about a foot of water. This river is a glorified creek in Central Illinois. It seems like nobody but myself and people I trust to tell know that big bass live here if you know how to find them and catch them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor 14 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 My personal best Smallmouth was 4 1/2 to 5 pound. New to The Forum I'm from Ontario Canada. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpbcrillo Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Old thread, but my largest this year (only started sm fishing this year) is 19.75" and 4-1/2 pounds. From a small river... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Bird Posted May 23, 2022 Super User Share Posted May 23, 2022 1 hour ago, hpbcrillo said: Old thread, but my largest this year (only started sm fishing this year) is 19.75" and 4-1/2 pounds. From a small river... That's a big smallmouth from a big river ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpbcrillo Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 13 minutes ago, Bird said: That's a big smallmouth from a big river ? Thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted May 23, 2022 Global Moderator Share Posted May 23, 2022 I got a new entry since my last several I think she was around 6 lbs. February this year on a half night crawler 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User T-Billy Posted May 23, 2022 Super User Share Posted May 23, 2022 5-14 was in November and big smallies were bunched up in Eddie's and below low head dams feeding on huge schools of minnows. The only time in my life I've seen this happen. I caught dozens between three and five over a three week period. Then it was over. Best smallmouth fishing I've ever experienced by far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveo-1969 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 My PB smallmouth. Caught in 2020 in a river. 21.5” long. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) On 2/18/2020 at 4:40 PM, Michigander said: Yes, it's a smallmouth. The fight continued on land. Who won the "land" part? I see you won the water part. I have caught several river 3 pound plus smallies but have yet to get a four. I'm trying again Wednesday. I would use my biggest for my Avatar but I don't know how to create it? I know, I'm about as sorry a techie as I am a Smallie fisherman! This one may be a four but I didn't have a scale. Edited May 23, 2022 by Blue Raider Bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulVE64 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 I had no tape or scale so i measured against my arm and the rod. Over 22 inch and though she had shoulders she was lean. Probably between 5 and 6 pounds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Porter Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 caught this big guy the other day, the next day i caught a bigger one but he snapped me off on shore and rolled back in the drink with my tube jig. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelmo Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 I am fortunate to have 4 ramps on the Susquehanna within 15 minutes of my home, and several more that only take a half hour or so to reach. This river gives up many citation smallmouth (20+) and I catch several each year. My biggest was 22 1/2”. It weighed 6lbs 13ozs. Weight on these fish can vary a lot depending on the time of year. I caught one last week that just missed 21”. I didn’t bother putting it on the scale because it had spawned out and I figured that it wasn’t much more than 4lbs. (I wasn’t bed fishing, it was behind a rock.) Fighting a 5lb smallie in current gets the heart going. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphynx Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 I have caught three fish all within a few days of each other that were around 3-4lb on the Columbia that would count as my PB, the first two came on back to back casts in the little boat launch just off the main river, they call the area a lake but I wouldn't agree with that description given the current there the one time I had to go swimming to retrieve a whopper plopper. The other one was in the main river channel, and caught on a pop-r, that ranks right up there with my most exciting catches ever, 6lb leader, M/F spinning rod, and one heck of a wild ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted May 31, 2022 Super User Share Posted May 31, 2022 My biggest river smallie was 14". I don't have any photographic proof and I expect all of you doubt me, but it was a true 14". Maybe 13". 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted May 31, 2022 Super User Share Posted May 31, 2022 On 5/29/2022 at 7:13 PM, zelmo said: I am fortunate to have 4 ramps on the Susquehanna within 15 minutes of my home, and several more that only take a half hour or so to reach. This river gives up many citation smallmouth (20+) and I catch several each year. My biggest was 22 1/2”. It weighed 6lbs 13ozs. Weight on these fish can vary a lot depending on the time of year. I caught one last week that just missed 21”. I didn’t bother putting it on the scale because it had spawned out and I figured that it wasn’t much more than 4lbs. (I wasn’t bed fishing, it was behind a rock.) Fighting a 5lb smallie in current gets the heart going. That's a trophy smallie anywhere but especially big for a river. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelmo Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 18 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said: That's a trophy smallie anywhere but especially big for a river. As I said earlier the Susquehanna gives up many C class fish, and because of that it attracts many fishermen from all over. I have often wondered how big they could get in that river if there wasn't so much fishing pressure. It hasn't produced the state record but I suspect it could without the hordes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdnoble84 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 19”. I dont carry a scale much. My goal is a 20” this year. Ive caught a ton of 16-18’s. My rivers do have some chunks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinger0306 Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 17-inches in a small creek. I wade fish for smallmouth often, but mostly small water where a good fish is 12-15" and anything over 15 is a tank.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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