Well the smallmouth were biting today! Got to the lake around 0905 and at the landing it was a balmy 38 degrees not counting the 10-15 mph winds . Didn't think we would do that well especially when there is still chunks of ice floating around the lake .

We didn't catch anything for the first hour an a half until my friend caught a nice 3lbs 05oz. smallmouth on a Texas rigged rage craw. He kept throwing that with no more bites. I started out with a 6-9ft crankbait with no luck at all. Then I switched over to a Rapala gold suspending husky jerk-bait. About a dozen cast into the bait I was about to switch to something else when all of a sudden I notice a very nice looking bronze back following behind it. It never committed. I had a few more of these so I decided that they want that bait just not the presentation that I was using,(a little too fast).

So I said to my friend "I think I'm going to try a longer pause between pulls" and on the next cast I hooked into a nice smallmouth at 3lbs 09oz.

That was all she wrote, we started catching after that. We caught somewhere in the high teens as fare as numbers. Not one of them were under 3lbs in fact I do believe the smallest one was 3lbs 03oz. The largest ones were at 3lbs 13ozs. We didn't break four pounds today but our five fish smallmouth bag was a little over 18lbs.

The bonus was that we also caught four brown trout on the same lures that all measured 15 1/2", Guess what I'm having for dinner?

It was a great day! Here is the proof: Tight lines to all! 2011 is looking good! No duplicates all seperate catches.

sorry pic heavy

And now the bonus brown trout:

Wow! Amazing!

Nice truck, boat, and fish! I bet them trout are good man.

Your on a roll. Great outing!

Those smallmouth look great from that cold water! I'd give about anything to catch a nice brown trout! There's a few places around here that have them but I can't ever catch them! Nice work!

Nice man, those are pretty fish indeed! Congrats!

-Finz

Man what a day! Great pics! Love the two doubles!

Man what a day! Great pics! Love the two doubles!

Thanks guys, ya doubles are great. Going next Wednesday think I might try a new lake that is just down the road from this one. Its suppose to have the same quality smallmouths too, I'll find out.

If you look in the first double picture you can just barely make out a large boulder just under the surface over my left shoulder. One bass came off the left side and one came off the right side, we called the casts. That boulder is sitting in 8 foot of water, big rock. Thats where they were located in about 8 ft of water on isolated boulders.

Man, I'm jealous. I wish we had smallies here

Nice fish. It was a long winter indeed, bet you're glad it's over.

Man, I'm jealous. I wish we had smallies here

Nice fish. It was a long winter indeed, bet you're glad it's over.

You don't have smallmouths in Jersey? It was a long winter and we still can't get a good stretch of nice weather. It snowed on my way home from the lake yesterday.

Awesome post!

Awesome day! Nice job fellas!

Just a side note; this was my second time out with the new trolling motor, and it is awesome! Converted my boat over to a 24 volt system and mounted a Minn Kota Terrova with I-Pilot. I love the anchor mode! Catch a bass or see a piece of cover, hit the anchor button and it holds you in a 5 foot circle even in high winds! Lets you slow down and pick cover apart, plus you can take pictures and weigh fish and not loose your position.

The record a track feature is great too! start recording a track along a stretch of good fishing and you can just push a button and it will take you back along the same track in both directions so you can fish the same stuff over and over. You can pick up those other bass that were there that you missed on the first approach.

Jumping from a 55 pound thrust to an 80 pound thrust trolling motor is the cats meow! It was like fishing from a whole different boat! Tracker should really send the 190 TX bass boat equipped right from the factory with a 24 volt system. The 55 pound trolling motor is just barely enough for that boat. You get any wind over 10 MPH and your hating life, not anymore though!

Nice job guys!

I LOVE the way smallies look when the sun hits em.... Hadnt made the connection before, but i just looked at my dog... she's a boxer, and has the same Brindle pattern... maybe that's why i like that color on dogs too!!!!

I would love to get on some big smallmouth!

I'm in a pickle, do I go back to this lake tomorrow or do I go and try a new lake?