SWEET spot!!

Man, I could fish that spot all whether I caught a smallmouth or not.

AWESOME!

p.s. ROLO. Thanks for sharing your secret, I have never fished a worm on a jig head for smallies. I'll post you on how it works for me. I think the Tennessee River will make for a pretty good testing grounds. The only thing that kinda bothers me is all the drum, I mean they eat everything and I'm afraid a real worm will be a drum magnet. We'll see, I'm certainly going to give it the All American try!

I have had vast experience catching smallies all over the country.  From the lakes here in northern Indiana to the Great Lakes.  The ONE lure that I would have tied on for a trophy sized smallmouth is a Zara Spook!  I fish mine on a 7ft med/hvy rod with braided line.  Throw that sucker as far as you can over flats or parallel to those rocky banks.  The best flats are 10 ft and shallower.  The rocky banks won't matter as far as depth.  Big smallies are the meanest critters that swim and they will come out of VERY deep water to smash a spook!  Always remember with a smallie, if they hit it once.....they'll hit it again so, don't set the hook until you know they have it.  Good Luck!

boog44,

Welcome aboard!

Me like guys hunting brown fish...

p.s. ROLO. Thanks for sharing your secret, I have never fished a worm on a jig head for smallies. I'll post you on how it works for me. I think the Tennessee River will make for a pretty good testing grounds. The only thing that kinda bothers me is all the drum, I mean they eat everything and I'm afraid a real worm will be a drum magnet. We'll see, I'm certainly going to give it the All American try!

Terrific, and I'm sure you'll be glad you did.

Thread the crawler over the keeper barb. Since no abrupt movement is involved ('do nothing' style),

the worm stays pretty well in place. If the worm rides around the hook bend, I just replace it.

Crawlers instinctively contract when being cut, so a 4" crawler will likely unfurl to a 5 or 6" crawler

with inimitable action. One other thing: "Minnows" normally work better during coldwater periods,

whereas "worms" work best during warm-water periods.

Best of Luck

Roger