We went looking for smallmouth yesterday. I haven’t been able to go much so I had lost track of them. I decided to go to the bottom end of the lake and fish bluff points and channel swings and normally good flats. Working several areas we only had a couple of small spots and smallmouth. After 3 hours struggling down there I headed back to mid lake and started looking at 10-15 fow.

Mid lake was the ticket. We wound up with 18 bass, mostly smallmouth with a few keepers. The Ned rig, shaky head and 1/2 oz brown living rubber jig were the productive baits.

18 hours ago, Jig Man said:

Mid lake was the ticket.

Mid lake is where I've been finding bass too.

I always find those days when I have to work to find them to be really rewarding. Figuring them out on a tough day is the most fun part of fishing. Way to go!

19 hours ago, pdxfisher said:

I always find those days when I have to work to find them to be really rewarding. Figuring them out on a tough day is the most fun part of fishing.

Me too!