Help Me Find The Smallies

[JustFishin4Fun]

I recently fished the James close to battlefield road from the bank and only caught one small smallie on a white grub and threw almost my whole tackle box maybe the fish where active I went on Tuesday so it was in the 50's and it was cloudy maybe that's not a good spot for em can anyone help. What's a good lure to use there. I also live in rogersville so is the Finley better for smallies?

[JustFishin4Fun]

I do have a kayak so I can out in wherever just looking to catch and release

[Kee sims]

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I personally have more experience on the James but both are pretty quality smallmouth rivers use the kayak to your advantage

[Kee sims]

Look for structure or pools of water right after or before faster sections of stream.

[JustFishin4Fun]

Should I just fish with spinnerbaits, chAtterbaits or some beetlespins with white swim tail grubs?

[Seth]

Fish the current seams. Once summer get's here, those smallies can be anywhere in the swifter water. Bait's shouldn't matter much, just the type of water you fish. That's how it is on the Gasconade anyways where I have most of my experience.

[Kee sims]

You can catch them on just about anything on the river. Biggest thing is being able cover water

[Kee sims]

Plastic worms, frog, spinnerbaits, senko, fluke , you name it

[JustFishin4Fun]

So cover lots of water and Seth what do you mean by current seams still new to river and creek fishing

[Gavin]

Fish the edges were faster water is moving past slow. Fish the eddy pocket too. Rock, wood, a break in the willow weed or any change in bank composition can hold a fish or several. Spend your first hour figuring out were they want to be, then fish similar spots.