Last Couple Days - darn Area

[bobby b.]

Been fishing an hour or two at first light and then again at night fall around Point 5 the last couple days.  Water temperature 80 - 82, visibility 3 feet.  Got a couple on the drop shot on the points in 25 - 30 ft but saw lots on the graph and tried lots of baits, even night crawlers - not very good.  

Did much better with the Ned on the chunk rock in 5 - 15 fow for small mouth. 

[Nitro 750]

Way to stay after them, thanks for the report.

[Pepe]

Thanks for the report.  I wouldn't have thought the Ned would outperform DS this time of year.  Good thinking and nice fish. 

[dtrs5kprs]

9 hours ago, Pepe said:

Thanks for the report.  I wouldn't have thought the Ned would outperform DS this time of year.  Good thinking and nice fish. 

There are always fish shallow. Especially brown fish. That's part of the Ned Codex.

[bobby b.]

59 minutes ago, dtrs5kprs said:

There are always fish shallow. Especially brown fish. That's part of the Ned Codex.

So here is my question (may be stupid but I have no shame).  Recall I'm pretty new to TR (how long can I use that excuse?)

I found lots of keeper SM (80%) on certain main lake points during the last pre-spawn but now they are mostly shorts (not even 10% keepers) - where are the keepers?  (I fished 0 - 25 ft)

All these with either the Ned or the shaky head.

Thanks

Bobby

[dtrs5kprs]

11 minutes ago, bobby b. said:

So here is my question (may be stupid but I have no shame).  Recall I'm pretty new to TR (how long can I use that excuse?)

I found lots of keeper SM (80%) on certain main lake points during the last pre-spawn but now they are mostly shorts (not even 10% keepers) - where are the keepers?  (I fished 0 - 25 ft)

All these with either the Ned or the shaky head.

Thanks

Bobby

I'd be looking at main lake stuff that was near (maybe not right on) a very sharp drop. Could be a river swing near a gravel point, a bluff end, etc. They will also get into wood more than a lot of folks believe-pole timber or brush piles. Little buggers also love to get in docks in the fall. Probably a little early for that yet. 

[m&m]

bobby b, I sent you a PM.

Mike

[bobby b.]

11 hours ago, dtrs5kprs said:

I'd be looking at main lake stuff that was near (maybe not right on) a very sharp drop. Could be a river swing near a gravel point, a bluff end, etc. They will also get into wood more than a lot of folks believe-pole timber or brush piles. Little buggers also love to get in docks in the fall. Probably a little early for that yet. 

Thanks Dave 

[Champ188]

Bobby, smallmouths are hard to pattern except during/immediately after the spawn. Not to sound crass, but they are where you find them and they just very well might not be there tomorrow. That's why tournament fishermen hate finding them in practice ... they'll likely be gone in a few days when the tournament starts.

Dave's advice is solid. Main-lake gravel-to-chunk rock or gravel-to-bluff transitions and drops can be good. He's also dead-on correct about the things getting on wood this time of year.

Good luck out there.

[Champ188]

Bobby, smallmouths are hard to pattern except during/immediately after the spawn. Not to sound crass, but they are where you find them and they just very well might not be there tomorrow. That's why tournament fishermen hate finding them in practice ... they'll likely be gone in a few days when the tournament starts.

Dave's advice is solid. Main-lake gravel-to-chunk rock or gravel-to-bluff transitions and drops can be good. He's also dead-on correct about the things getting on wood this time of year.

Good luck out there.