tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81594578805575387562012-01-26T13:28:49.843-08:00Pursuit of the River Smallmouth BassBThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00130885596569505778noreply@blogger.comBlogger4511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159457880557538756.post-43009037736060645722012-01-26T13:20:00.000-08:002012-01-26T13:20:20.354-08:00

Keep in mind it is not a fish catching contest per say, but a having fun while fishing contest, to encourage camraderie and resource stewardship while making ours an awesome website. March 6th was the start of the contest this year and will run until INSA Stravaganza 2011 where the GOLDEN SMALLIE will be awarded. 1. Catch a smallmouth bass 17" or better. +10 points only one fish nominated for

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Fished briefly Friday. Slippery slopes. As ground, still very warm, made for some hard stepping. I'm a pretty agile person, but I ended up butt down on the grounds sliding nearly into the river. Twice. Water was up. I like higher water in colder months for a couple of reasons. First, it pushes fish in close and makes them bunched up for easier searching. Second, Higher water tends to be clearer

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Thanks for everyone who came out to the Indiana Smallmouth Alliance booth on Saturday at the Indiana on the Fly show in Indianapolis, IN. It was great talking to you all. Lots of enthusiasm, craft, and complete nutters including me! Definately a cure for the wintertime doldrums (which haven't set in this year!).

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2011 was a great year for me personally fishing in Indiana. The numbers: 475 hours fished=1601 smallmouth bass and 154 'other' fish. Up from 1486 smallmouth bass and 147 other fish in 2010. 29 different rivers were fished on 95 occasions. 204 smallmouth bass were over 16", up from 146 in 2010. 57 smallmouth bass  were over 18", up from 32 in 2010. 24 smallmouth of which were over 19", up

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See you all at the Indiana Smallmouth Alliance booth Saturday 9-5! http://www.freewebs.com/reelwomen/indianaflyfishingshow.htm

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1597 smallmouth bass, just 3 fish on NYE will hit the 1600 mark for 2011. 57 smallmouth 18"+, 204 smallmouth 16"+, 24 19"+. 26 19"+ would break my personal big fish in a year record. Same stretch, different hole produced: Water was a slow rise, I got steadily rained on, the 19" came from right behind that line dangling from the tree, then not long until the 17"er went airborne. Hell of a

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Dave and I floated a totally new cold water stretch of river today. One big pool in the middle I always wanted to investigate, but a mile or more from any bridge and hard to fish in warm months because of chest deep+ water. We gave it a float in our kayaks, hitting green water about 10:30am. Good flow, though maybe a little more in the wide pools and a little less in the narrow pools would have

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7 SMB in the first hour, to 19", couple 16"'s. Couple were surprisingly close to current that was slightly faster than slow. Went to another spot that is pretty new to me in the cold and took a long while to find where the fish held. Finally, a couple dinks (as so often happens) revealed this giant's general location: Great fights on the 8' noodle rod. Casts a little bit further too.

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Still here. Nothing spectacular. Last three times out, 12 smallies, 3 shiners - (2-17.5", 2-16") on float and fly. Water has been high and muddy. Should be back to it to finish up the year after the holiday.

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Method: Float and Fly Transport: Car to river. Kayak while on river. Drag back to car Depth: 6-8' Action: Dead drift Hours fished: 2.5 Smallmouth Bass landed: 17 Other fish landed: 0 19.25", 18.25", 4-17-17.5", 4-16", 4-15" Now roll superfluous, self aggrandizing, fish porn:

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Walked the banks this time. Got to my target location about 11, suited and fishing by 11:15. It was cold with some breezes temps in the 23F-28F. Water was up and moderate fast. Visibility was maybe 18". I crossed at several riffles during the day. Cleated felt worked fine. I was dressed warm, even had White Stripes Ipoded up to keep me occupied if the fishing was slow. Slipped and fell twice on

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Another day, another float down to target pool,  drag the kayak back. On the water by 12-12:30. Brought the baitcaster and 1/2 oz jig for some of the deep, slow stuff. Lost a big fish on the first drift, surfaced and flopped. Dejected because I should have tied some new fly jigs up without sickle hooks. Paid the price. Soon after, I landed a 13" LMB that went airborne from nearly the same spot.

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Went today which turned into a short trip. Float down paddle up. Picked up this 18.25" smallmouth which went berserk underwater. Picked a dink after the fly bobbed over a rock. Was trying to work this ledge without being able to see it. Mixed results. Later the float dunked and a big fish of some sort was on, swam hard without budging, then came free. Felt really good . I've been skin

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Finally, we had rain rivers and creeks rose and flushed a little. Took my kayak along to fish now that there is some flow in the streams. I learned from the last time out with Matt, pitching Fnf of high banks was ****. Better to float and have room to cast. Stream was in good shape. 18" visibility, leaves deposited up the banks a couple of feet from the high water mark of this week. It had

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Go get them, Terry. http://rockrivertimes.com/2011/10/19/guest-column-kilbuck-creek-used-to-run-clear-%e2%80%94-not-chocolate-brown-or-bluish-gray/

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Public Hearings scheduled for proposed rule changes to black bass rules in streams The Natural Resources Commission will conduct two public hearings on proposed changes to the black bass fishing rule, one on Oct. 11 in Spencer, the other on Oct. 17 in Peru. The term “black bass” refers to smallmouth bass, largemouth bass and spotted bass. The DNR has proposed changes that will replace the

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Sometimes you pick a bad stretch of creek. Sunday was just such a day. Mike and I hit a few fish in the middle of this 4 mile wade on tubes. 18.25", 17.9", 16.25", 15.75". 7 bass between the two of us in 7 hours.

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Most people find this site as a product of the desire to fish more for smallmouth bass. In the state of Indiana, we have many, many opportunities to fish for smallmouth bass. Indiana smallie fishing does not require an expensive boat, you don't need advertising patches on your shirt*.  *I am open to be bought, if you have a great product. Lucky Craft, I'm talking to you. People are slinging

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So you want to catch smallmouth bass in Indiana? A little afraid of what might happen when you get down in the creek or river valley? Fret not, here is a list of things that might happen to you. 1 Dehydration 2 Broken rod 3 Broken/bound reel 4 Gravel sand in your shoes 5 Stinging nettles 6 Poison ivy- no immediate effect 7 Beaver traps 8 Barbed wire fences strung across the creek or eroded off

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Indiana Smallmouth Alliance has a tradition of putting on a Camp and Fish event each year. This year we were at Tippecanoe State Park near Winamac, IN August 26-28th. Thursday to Sunday. Lots of great times, yummy food, and new favorite lawn game "Kubb Spiel". We had 15 attendees this year. Fishing: Andy got 9 Northern Pike on a wade Thursday Weird stream. You can see down 4-5' in direct light

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Got on the water by 9am this morning. Haven't been this way in a month at least. Not much flow and lots of leaves on the slow pools made them hard to fish. Got 10 on the found spinnerbait in the AM before the bite died off. Then a couple on fluke, then that was useless for a long time. Fish were there. Been on this stretch earlier this year with Brett. Wood ducks here and there, maybe a turtle,

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59 degree air temps, overcast,  and a spinnerbait bite.Quite different from running and gunning topwaters just last week in 93 degree temps. 25 SMB in 5.5 hours (18.5", 17", 3-15")Been a good year.

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Several things planned fell through, when that happens, it opens up for FISHING. *Interlude* Can I just say how great it is to have mowed my lawn once in the last two months? I got to my place via giant golden octopus. Get yourselves one of these. It really helps with bike shuttles and whatnot. Slid down the yellow brick road to the creek and was immediately greeted by a wave of heated butter on

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Let me start this by explaining this year I debuted the Indiana Smallmouth Gold Challenge. A non serious competition where INSA members gain Gold points for doing things like fishing with other members, catching smaliies on found lures, multiple streams, volunteering at INSA events, signing up new INSA members or getting old ones to renew, catching two fish on one line, picking up trash, taking

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Decided to fish on Wednesday pretty late. Swept by Fall Creek to get the 5 streamer Gold Challenge started close to home, casting from the walking path. Several lazy slaps at Sammy and I had to move on, scoreless again. Avon traffic blows. Called a bunch of you up on the drive. Took forever to get where I was going. Sarah took the GPS to San Diego and my Gazateer was missing the page. Didn't

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This one was a lot of fun, but started bad for me and good for Brett. All's well that ends well. I guess we got to the water around 11am. New water. Stained green 2' visibility and not much flow throughout. We set out to bike shuttle a 3 mile wade. I tied up some loose ends while Brett got the smallies loosened up with 2 at put in. Brett got this 17.5"er from off some rip rap in shade on a cb:

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29 bass-28 smb (18.5", 18", 17.5",17.25", 2-17", 16.5" 3-15"), 1 lmb, 3 misc fishes

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Got on the water shortly after 1pm. Late start again. Had to be back in Indy around 5, so I don't know why I picked a 3.5 mile wade:oops: . Fishing was... Crazy. Almost complete Wake Bait Toss ripping in current, at the backs of pools. They chased and chased. Lost a couple bruisers due to dull hooks, or it could have been ridiculous for size too. Tried to move fast and cover ground, but I kept

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This one had a little bit o' everything. I drew a circle on the map. The circle was to match my route downstream one flow into a bigger flow, upstream 2 miles to the bridge where Fishbike awaited me in the woods. After camouflaging the bike on the side of a hill, I drove the one mile to the put in. Problem guy was mowing the land adjacent to my put in. Instead of the short cut 30 feet to the

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I am trying to get out early rather unsuccessfully this year. Something slows progress. I did get to the water today just before 10, with bike up one bridge in the woods. Water was looking sweet. Low and clear, lots of shade. Started out with Sammy 100, Wakecrank, crank, tube . All they hit was the Sammy, so I stuck with it. For a while it was all dinks, but later the big girls woke up. In a

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Waded a small stream with bike shuttle intact. Second cast was the largest of the day, just under 17". Mostly wakebaits, with tubes in the rootwads to pick up a few more. Was at 21 smallies in the first hour. Tore 'em up. Noticed smallies would try to grab the bait away from hooked fish, so let the hooked fish play a couple times to go for doubles. It worked: Got off the water at 5 pm

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Waded Saturday. Late start. Caught bass on spinnerbait, crankbait, wakes, and buzzbait. Black fry under the bridge I ditched the bike at. Pulled a lamprey off one fish's head, thought I had severed or crushed its spine, but it swam off. Leech on my shin when I got home. Took about 45 minutes to stop the bleeding (leeches secrete an anti coagulant as well as a local anesthetic. 22 SMB in 4

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Legend. Liar, liar with your pants on fire, white spades hangin' on the telephone wire Gamblers reevaluate along the dotted line, you'll never recognizeyourself on Heartattack and Vine. Doctor, lawyer, beggar man, thief, Philly Joe remarkable looks on in disbelief.If you want a taste of madness, you'll have to wait in line, you'll probably see someone you know on Heartattack and Vine. Boney's

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6/5/11- Water came up and stained due to last night's tstorms. We hit 2 streams with decent results in each on crankbaits, wakers, tubes, buzzbait. Visibility 12" in the first, 16" in the second, larger stream The big boy was caught off that white cap area in super quick water. Fought like a devil in that current. Mike didn't make a cast over there, it looked too fast, but I remember a couple

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Cut from work and got on the water by 2:30. Fished some rip rap in current on an outside bend. Fish were still on the Chartreuse Rick Clunn 1.5 crankbait. Also got a couple shallow on wakecrank. Big girl measured 19.5", then got a double two casts later. Walked a little ways noticed my RC's bill had broken. 5 outings in a row with a 18"er or better. Got my first topwater smallie- a 5"er

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Smallie fry- this stream is legendary for slow/low flow. So these fish are ahead of the curve. Much of the wade was a trickle. Highlights were the laughter. Mike, Nate, and BT banter is not to be missed. Worth being pinched and bumped on a small stream by two other guys with that dialouge. 21 gun salute refers to the rapid plopping off of large crank baits in rapid sucession at a single

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After instructing Cub Scout Troop how not to hook each other, I rolled up on my river at 3:30PM. Bike stashed in the woods a couple miles up. Water looked good. A stained green, fast. Overcast and promise of rain. Caught a few and was kind of bored, contemplated heading home. The heavens opened up and poured a quick bone soaker. Mosquitos were as bad as I have seen. Stopped back at the car for

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Stumbled across this on youtube. Love it. Dude kicks piano. Sounds like a precusour to Tango 'Til Their Sore"

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Had the zany idea of hauling my kayak (complete with new fangled Deathlock camcleats) and bike shuttle in the hatchback. It fits . Now to find somewhere that isn't posted or muddy. Dropped the bike in the woods at a confluence launched 5 miles upstream. Everything looked good. Maybe I'd be lucky and get another good spinnerbait bite. First cast with a 3/8 ths oz spinnerbait slow rolled along

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Rain and more rain. A lot can probably be learned with the water up and muddy. I'd love to be out right now in some of my favorite spots just to see what the rivers look like right now. Where the slow water is. Problem is, I'd like to see any of a thousand spots right now. My brain wants knowledge to sift through. At the same time, that is a lot of effort for no physical reward. So instead, I

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When one is primarily an on foot river and stream angler, there aren't too many short cuts you can take when the larger smallmouth bass spread out. There is no 25 mph zip up river to the next guaranteed spot in a jet boat.When you really get on a pattern covering ground becomes vital for larger numbers of big fish.  Higher water helps bunch bigger bass in eddies and current seams. Hopefully, the

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Crankbite was still on Sunday. Water had come down and cleared up to maybe 24" visibility. At the first riffle, my crankbait got nailed by a 13" smallmouth bass. Guess they didn't have to warm up much. Lots of walking today to get to the holes. Had a large fish flop off at my feet when he hooked my crank on a root. Looked in the 18-19" range. Some fish on tubes, but most were on crankbaits.

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Matt  wanted to fish today, so we headed to a flow with a little bit more water in it, hoping Mr.Smallie would be in more predictable places. Got to the river about 10:30. Visibility looked like 18" and green. Water pumping. I went with a RCLC 1.5 in Chartreuse. Got a 13" and a 17" in a slower, swirling eddie. Picked up a couple more on a tube- been going with 3/8th oz and I like it in faster

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Got out for a solo float by 1230. Sun was blazing and I couldn't find any smallies in the large pools I was in. Managed 1 10"er on a Pointer 100, but had another chase from a fast run. With the warmth, bass had moved up into runs and riffles. The pools and winter holes were mostly empty. It was windy again so I ditched the yak around 4 with one bass and a sunfish to show( both on foot) . Hit

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15 Saturday 18", 17.25"17 Sunday 18", 2-17", 16.5"MD 20  20.5" We had a mess in the 15-16" range. Mostly tubes worked slowly, though I did score 5 nice fish in 9' of water on Float and Fly.

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Temperatures in the upper 30's Saturday, with wind gusts around 20 mph made for good fishing.Saturday- all on float and fly out of the kayak. Float down paddle up. Caught in 3.5 hours:17 SMB (17.5", 17.25, 2-15") 1-11" white crappie Sunday- all on a 1/4 oz 4" tube  In 2.5 hours, 8 SMB (18.25", 17", 16.75", 16.5", 16.25")

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Some highlights from this weekend fishing 3 different streams. Float and fly and dragging tubes along bottom slowly worked. I caught 20 SMB in about 9.5 hours fishing (19", 17.5", 3-15-15.75")

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I will be speaking at the Indiana Smallmouth Alliance's third annual Smallie Stravaganza. Topic will be everything smallmouth bass in rivers and Indiana. I will detail my theories on locating fish year round and how my approach changes. I'll try to make it as appropriate for fly casters as for those who like to throw lures at fish. Here's the link: Stravaganza Tickets (Paypal) and details

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Following up yesterday's high water success,  today I targeted a larger, wider pool and found them stacked up on the current seam. Overlining slowed the drift down. Action all day. Today I got 23 smallies in slightly more than 4 hours. All on float and fly. The fought really hard and a couple went slightly airborne, even lost one 17-18"er.. When I got back to the car I was shocked to see the

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Took the dog out for some tromping through the woods near the river. She had a great time chewing bark and leading the way. Fished an inside bend with some large chunk rocks. Water was up and pumping with maybe 14-18" of visibilty. Green. The colder weather had done a great job choking off the flow of rain into the rivers and water had cleared up nicely. Fished right along the bank with float

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At approximately 2 p.m. on March 3, 1876, for a period of a couple of minutes, big chunks of fresh red meat three to four inches square fell on a 100 by 50 yard area, near the home of Allen Crouch, near Olympia Springs, in Bath county Kentucky. The "Kentucky Meat Shower", as it came to be known was the cause for serious debate and scientific interest. The story was featured in several major

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Zack and I took a day off Thursday. Forecast was for 65F on 2/17. Rivers had come up slow, so I hoped the water wouldn't be turbulent. Unfortunately, the river was so we hit something a little more secret. When we passed over, the green water was all we needed to see to get excited. I selected all the spots, having never fished them before in cold weather. It can be hard to find the exact

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I think the question I get asked the most is, well I dunno know, it happens a lot, enough that I would remark on it - a lot of people come up to me and they say "Is it possible for a woman to get pregnant without intercourse?" My answer's always the same, I say: "Listen. We're gonna have to go all the way back to the civil war. Apparently a stray bullet actually pierced the testicle of a Union

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Dragged Mike out for some winter fishing New Year's Eve. As we pulled up, the river looked good. When I looked again there were ice flows everywhere! Turns out the ice had just broken up. We did find an ice free go to winter hole, but with the 4" visibity. No luck. On sunday I headed south to avoid rainfall path. Left Mike at home. River was flowing at 700 CFS. Was hoping it was clearing fast as

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2010 went out with a wimper; an icy ending. I did get on the board in December, only just, with 11 bass back on December 5th! I landed smallmouth bass  in 22 different streams in Indiana  in 2010.  I have a string of smallmouth every month  going on 5 years now. January could be tough if we don't get some open water. Warning: there be statistics and numbers below. Turn away now, if that's not

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Goin' Out West from Anti Records on Vimeo. Well I'm goin' out west Where the wind blows tall 'Cause Tony Franciosa Used to date my ma They got some money out there They're giving it away I'm gonna do what I want And I'm gonna get paid Do what I want And I'm gonna get paid Little brown sausages Lying in the sand I ain't no extra baby I'm a leading man Well, my parole officer Will be

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Next Wednesday, the Indiana DNR Advisory Council is going to consider a recommendation for a statewide Indiana 14” smallmouth bass size limit. This would increase the size limit to 14” in rivers and streams. If this is a change you would like to see implemented, email your support for the measure to: *Removed* THANKS!!! Time is of the essence on this! Let's let them know how Indiana feels

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Wasn't going to fish this weekend until I saw the forcast. Looks like things will be down into the 20's and teens at night. With low rivers, the eddies where winter smallies dwell would be freezing over soon.  I took Wendy for an easy one. Didn't even get the waders on. Holes are both 75-100 yards from the car 4 bass to 13" in 6 casts right off the bat. We moved up to a larger pool, Float

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I am looking to pick up a baitcaster (combo) this winter as a new toy to mess around with next year. So far, I have my eye on a Shimano Curado. I think I want a faster reel (7.0.1) rather than slower (5's). But maybe I am missing something here. Do I need more power? Slower certainly could be better deep cranking, pulling in vibrating chatterbaits and heavy spinnerbaits, swimbaits, etc. More

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Today was a good day for Float and Fly technique. I fished several large pools. Water looked great. Visibility was 18"+ with great light penetration. Air temps in the high 30's to mid 40's. Smallies were pretty active, saw one chasing a rock bass out of the water and they both jumped. Zeroed in on that spot and started pulling them in. Nothing big, but it was a great day for action. 17

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 I hit an easy to project confluence with near 70F temps and high winds. Under a bridge, throwing a clown pointer 78, fish on right away. Then off, then several flashes from small fish, nailing the bait where the hooks weren't. Finally, an 8" smallmouth on the jerkbait. Good sign, but would the massive warm up and incoming winter front have all the dinks eating, or would the big boys come out

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Rolled out early on Sunday, on the road by 11am. Fishing by about noon. Overnight temps were in the 50's, I thought there would be a good chance of a hot bite. Lack of water continues to be a problem. Hit  three different holes and one very large pool. Almost no flow on the first stream, but at least leaves were on bottom for the most part. Hit a 13"er on flashminnow 95 shallow jerk on the walk

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Low water? Shallow Water? Spooky fish? Flashminnow 95. Shallow diving jerkbait (1-2') that casts like a bullet. Some pics of this weekend 13/15 bass were caught on jerk, the other two on tubes. Also snagged a bunch of suckers and quilbacks. Sharp hooks.

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Cutting back on the fishing this Fall. Just not in to the effort required to find a biting bass and pull it from a leaf pile. So these 8 bass may be it for 2010. Naw. Just need a reason to post them all in one post for posterity's sake. I usually forget to bring the camera when 1 or 2 of these get caught, or I drop the fish before the photo. So I went 8/8 this year. Enjoy! 1) February 28th, 2010

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MC and I did a float of the Tippecanoe river on Saturday. Started out awesome with MC hitting a thug 20.5" smallie:Then, not so awesome. Our 9+ mile float was 50%+ wind coming upstream as we floated downstream. Those are upstream waves in the picture! Oh, did I mention we forgot our anchors and people were leaf blowing straight in the river?Best I could do was 3 13"ers and 3 dinks and a Drum.

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Looks like run and gun summer fun is over. The colder overnight temps to go with the low volume of water in most rivers and creeks is leading to a late bite. Leaves in the water column rotting and floating, making only a few presentations presentable and many creeks are looking like a clear coffee. So, in combination with the streams that have no water. We now have those completely choked with

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I always wondered about crawfish color. It seems we see a lot of orange clawed craws in fish gullets, regurgitated during a fight with a smallmouth bass. Fish attempts to regurgitate hook in its mouth by emptying contents of its stomach. I have never seen an orange crawfish in the water in Indiana. Craws come in many colors.   I got to thinking how shrimp turn orange after you cook them. They are

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Pulverizing slow drifted flukes in the AM. 15" Kentucky Spotted Bass Spotted bass jaw doesn't extend past the eye like Largemouth Bass Spotted Bass tooth patch (absent in LMB) Spotted Bass have connected dorsals (LMB do not) Spotted Bass 'Spots' Lots of Chunky 14-15.5" bass today. 17.75" Walleye on 3.5 white grub Walleye Watch that rock doesn't snap you! Chunky fish who

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When I was a kid, to say I grew up outside was an understatement. We played sandlot football and baseball all day. When we weren't playing neighborhood team sports, we we collecting baseball cards, throwing rocks at each other, bashing each other's brains with homeade weaponry, setting off found fireworks, smash 'em up Big Wheels,  making tree houses down by the river, looking at ripped up porn

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Here are some of my worst enemies while stream fishing for smallmouth bass. No particular order. 1) Wood Nettles 2) Poison Ivy 3) Wind knots 4) Fresh Laydowns with lots of grabby underwater branches 5) Nosey, protective landowners 6) Bad boots/footwear 7) Cold rain/cool day. 8) Sunny sunshine- unless Spring, late Fall. 9) Silt 10) Meat fishermen who eat bronze basses 11) People who

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I'm still fishing. Low, clear water. Chuck this topwater or that topwater a long way. Guage fish reaction. Find lure that illicits the most response. This has been the pattern for 2 months. Saturday was the worst day I've had since going south to Kentucky in July. Buzzbaits early caught a couple. By afternoon bass were slapping and missing Sammy 100. MC and I tried out a Sammy 65 and started

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Riversmallies.com is gone. Hail the King, the King is dead. For years, Riversmallies.com was the place on the internet for smallmouth anglers to gather and converse about their favorite smallmouth bass. A place to learn other's opinions on smallmouth fishing, schedule camping and fishing events on the east coast and midwest. The site popularized river smallmouth fishing and did it a favor

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  17.75" Smallmouth Bass (Sammy 100) 21.25" Smallmouth Bass (Rick Clunn Wake Crank) 21.25" 18.5" Smallmouth Bass (Rick Clunn Wake Crank) 20 SMB (21.25", 18.5", 17.75") 1 Goog in 5 hours

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Got out for a couple hours today. Downstream cast with a white Wolkabuzz. Just got to 20" by the point of the chin. Really, this bass had a Marlon Brando/Benito Mussolini chin. Nice fight on 7'-6" rod from 30 yards out. Only ended with 6 bass, losing one that looked about 16". Got tired and went home. Pretty satisfied there wasn't another run amock pig bite, just a lone hungry fish.

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When fishing for smallmouth bass in rivers, the general approach is to throw stuff out there and see how they react. Find the right set of variables and you might hit on something big that leads to an excellent day. Sticking with one presentation, one speed,  or one bait is a recipe to fail often. The more different looks you present to the bass, the more likely you are to get a reaction that

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Started off slow when I stepped in the water. Found low, stained with algae, next to no flow. Decided to throw a Sammy 100 and cover a stretch that has produced 60+ smallies in 7 or 8 hours in the past. Checked for some other bites, but it was pretty much dead until it got closer to dark. Only picked up a couple of skinny dinks and a 13" who blasted and missed Sammy out of a rootwad. I threw on

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Sunday Mike and I hit the river with no bridges. Really. It is ridiculous. Sammy 100 and tubes. Got out to a 21-7 lead on MC, then my tube feel deserted me. We found several wide, long, straight, shallow silty pools that seem to be the depositories from such eroded classics: 17.5"Chunk on Sammy 100 This pool was not silty. It was so filled with fish, I counted smallmouth into the triple

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It had been 2 weeks since I threw line. Saving up my brownie points for one cataclysmic event. The INSA 2010 Camp and Fish. Basically, camp at a site, bs, eat well, drink well, bs, fish, be merry. It was great, met some great guys and enjoyed the companies of some old friends. Fishing was great to good all week, though some streams seemed to be on a early AM/late PM bite for good action and

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With smallies competing in packs, water low, it's time to hit some more doubles and maybe a triple bass on one line.

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We pushed hard for 100 smallies in the mid 90's heat. Stalled out at 98, as our bodies gave up.Mike's biggest fish went 19.75". Rico and G-Splash (walked the dog), buzzbait, tubes, wake crank were the baits that produced.BT 63 SMB (17",16", 4-15-15.5") 2 longear, rock bassMC 35 SMB (19.75", 3-15")

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Sitting at 1000 Smallmouth bass for the year to date. While not the fastest I've gotten there by date, it is the fastest I've gotten there in hours fished (292.6). The last three months have been on fire for smallies 4.18, 3.93, 5.84 smallmouth per hour. Made up for a slow start.

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Wife's cousin is getting married in Wisconsin weekend of August 22nd. Shall I purchase a Wisconsin fishing license and hit random stream Z? Suit up Bond style for the wedding after? Guess we will be around Milwaukee, if my poor memory is correct. If I like it, I may just stay. It is too hot down here.

BThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00130885596569505778noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159457880557538756.post-33784970230786110132010-08-07T16:34:00.000-07:002010-08-07T16:34:46.885-07:00

Water is coming down to summer levels in some areas, in others the flow is nearly still. I hit one such creek this morning. Nothing too exciting or dramatic. Early it was all about tubes. One nice 17"er to hand Water was cool early. Bass didn't want much movement.As it warmed up there were active smaller fish near what little current I could find. I used a Mega Bass propdarter. It was a success

BThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00130885596569505778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159457880557538756.post-18897335385116026902010-08-02T19:54:00.000-07:002010-08-02T19:55:23.482-07:00

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Saturday was pleasantly overcast and in the low 80's. A welcome break from this year's string of upper 80's to low 90's sunny days. Met up with fellow INSA member Jeremy S. We must have gotten on the water around 8:15 or so. We waded down one large flow and up a small tributary. When we got to the trib, signs that things were gonna be good started popping up. Large fish followed a sunfish back

BThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00130885596569505778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159457880557538756.post-72244059995314851982010-07-26T19:54:00.000-07:002010-07-26T19:54:29.591-07:00

I don't want to show a picture of it. The bass thumbs. It became so painful, I actually didn't want to catch anymore smallies Saturday evening. Big bass that wouldn't quite give up when thumbed, twitching googs, dinks with their new sharp rows of tiny teeth. Blood started to seep through my tattered thumb pads. It hurts to touch. 691 Smallmouth bass from May 1st to July 26th. 4.38 smallmouth

BThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00130885596569505778noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159457880557538756.post-34945841948949288102010-07-26T16:48:00.000-07:002010-07-26T16:48:00.708-07:00

Took Wendy out for some adventure early in the AM. We were going to be out and about most of the day. Dog was to swim, run, climb, and catch until she would be pleasantly worn out. Creek was just the right amount of water to bunch bass up. Stained with maybe 14" visibility I threw a new R2C wake crankbait. Looks a lot like the Lucky Craft version without a feather tail/jointed closer to the head

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