Think Smallmouth Only Bite Finesse Baits? Think Again! Use these top five baits when smallmouth bass are fired up and chasing bait. Learn how to swap finesse for power and land bigger, more aggressive smallies with these game-changing techniques.

 

 

Love those Brown Bass 

Good video. Past two seasons my biggest smallies came off a 6th Sense lipless and a Strike King spinner bait in white and chanteuse. I'll be trying those styles again this spring for sure. 

Whopper Plopper and a Spook are both great producers for me on smallmouth, especially in September when water temps typically start creeping down into the 60’s.  

Great Video ! I really like the Bass Resource YouTube channel. After not fishing for so long and coming back it’s a whole new world. 

7 minutes ago, Oldmanbassin said:

Great Video ! I really like the Bass Resource YouTube channel. After not fishing for so long and coming back it’s a whole new world. 

 

You are so right. I'm an old woman and after fishing again for lmbs after about a half century away, I still don't know what  90% of the Bass Resource guys know. There are soooooo many new lures and techniques and the BR gang remember all their names and have seemingly tried them all. 

 

As far as using big lures for smallies, I've caught thousands of brown bass with F13 Rapalas twitched on the surface. 

I took a promotion back in 2002 or so and sold off my gear because of how I traveled for work. Then 4 years ago I came back to fish. My soul how much has changed. We had flashers and the first 2D down scans were just coming out. Little fish symbols to boot. I came back to FFS and Whacky Worms and Ned Rigs! Totally lost so I stayed to old school methods but I learned 2-3 new baits a year. I’ve had FFS now for my first full year, I must say it takes practice and an accurate throw. After throwing a Ned Rig for a time I refuse to throw it. I made a rig like it but weedless and I use the same TRD’s 

Thank you so much for the support!  I really appreciate it!

Most fun way to fish for smallies. Target the aggressive biters. 

I miss river smallies. I still have 2 ft of snow