I am headed down to smith mounatin lake on vacation to do some striper fishin. Now, ill b with a guide while fishin for stripers but after that i plan to rent a boat and do some smallmouth fishin.(or lm whatever) Does anyone know of any good spots or good baits tat work well there. Any suggestions are helpful thanks.

Deep cranks, jigs and big worms on the main lake, shaky heads and senkos around the docks. Fish at night if you can....traffic is terrible on SML.

early morning up till about 10:30 on an overcast to partially sunny day, the topwater bite is on around docks and along rip-rap leading to deep water and such.  i've seen guys fish the shoreline with flukes in the morning and catch bass. make sue you hit the shallow points in the morning and evening though. good luck!