If you were to apply your Guaranteed Way to Catch Bass to a river, would you change anything, or just pick a random bank and work your way down it? Thank you sir.

I am a river rat, but I do not fish a Senko on the Tennessee River. In current weights

are required to get to the bottom. On the river I like the Rage Menace, Space Monkey,

Structure Bug, BPS Tender Tube, Gitzit and GYCB Kreature. 

On a river I would start paying more attention to current breaks than any particular structure or cover I look for in a lake

 

1 hour ago, roadwarrior said:

I am a river rat, but I do not fish a Senko on the Tennessee River. In current weights

are required to get to the bottom. On the river I like the Rage Menace, Space Monkey,

Structure Bug, BPS Tender Tube, Gitzit and GYCB Kreature. 

A friend of mine I was recently fishing with fishes senkos/baby flukes on a weighted swimbait hook, we fished a local river for smallmouth bass this past weekend and he was slaying them on the fluke. Current wasn't fast moving though, I believe it was a 1/8oz weighted swimbait hook. Hell he outfished me I was throwing a jighead and grub. 

3 hours ago, FrnkNsteen said:

On a river I would start paying more attention to current breaks than any particular structure or cover I look for in a lake

 

This is good advice, anywhere fish can camp in slow/still water and ambush out into the current is probably a spot worth spending some time on

5 hours ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

A friend of mine I was recently fishing with fishes senkos/baby flukes on a weighted swimbait hook, we fished a local river for smallmouth bass this past weekend and he was slaying them on the fluke. Current wasn't fast moving though, I believe it was a 1/8oz weighted swimbait hook. Hell he outfished me I was throwing a jighead and grub. 

south branch?

On 7/12/2022 at 9:26 AM, KSanford33 said:

or just pick a random bank...

 

That's the (almost) guaranteed way not to catch one...