I've stuck to fishing Indiana Streams only until last year's trip to Chimaquan Bay. As sick as that was, it was guided bed fishing with Forward Facing Sonar.
I'm definitely not a bed fisherman. Smallmouth are to valuable. Their young are too valuable. But they had either finished or were about to spawn. I did see some guarders, but for today, most everything was non bed aggressive feeding areas. Temps were in the low 60's
Random scouting rivers resulted in 23 SMB 19.75", 19.5, 3-19.25", 19", 18.75", 6-18", 2-17.5, 2-17". In 6 hours. Almost all walk the dog. I guess my 'style' of fishing works here too. Cloud 9. 4 more days of this?
The fights were incredible, I lost about 6 really good fish. They just wouldn't stop going on runs and shaking head. Explosions on Sammy 100 were ridiculous in this shallow river. I walked for miles then turned around and did it again.
18.75" on Sammy. I was stunned after this first fish. It tore up the river to get away and it was in doubt the whole time. I knew I was on to something.
I was on cloud 9 for the next 6 hours. But it was hard work. A fish or 2 every 300 yards or so. Density was not high.
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| 18.75" Thick |
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| 18" |
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| 19.5" |
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| 19.5" |
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| 19.75" |
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| 19.25" |
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| 18" |
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| 19.25" Definitely Spawned out |
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| 19.25" |
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| 19.25" |
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| 18" |
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| 19.75" |
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