Thanks everyone for all of your help and patience here, this is now a lifelong passion for me! I’m still shaking from these fish, enormous. I started fishing the Great Miami, the larger of the two main smallmouth fisheries in my town and it’s more of a river than a creek and so naturally the fish get much bigger in a lake environment. Tight lines!

 

 

Nice

12 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Nice

Yeah she was sittin in a tiny little bit of pocket water right up in the current, jumped out of the water on the take. It was a spectacle!

Congrats on the new PB. Is that a springtime pre spawn fish?

Congrats!

1 hour ago, Dwight Hottle said:

Congrats on the new PB. Is that a springtime pre spawn fish?

I believe so, I caught it Sunday. Would that be considered prespawn in Ohio? Is a prespawn fish any different than post spawn biologically or just more aggressive, and why?

That’s a beautiful fish. 

27 minutes ago, Ohioguy25 said:

I believe so, I caught it Sunday. Would that be considered prespawn in Ohio? Is a prespawn fish any different than post spawn biologically or just more aggressive, and why?

 

You asked the question & a new PB might suggest yes it is better.

 

 

2 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said:

 

You asked the question & a new PB might suggest yes it is better.

 

 

Well there are two variables at play here,  I started fishing earlier in the year and I branched out to bigger water. I’m leaning toward bigger water as I am certain I will be able to catch this same fish in 2 months.

Congratulations!