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 near Green Bay 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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