Potential Float This Weekend

[Flysmallie]

Lots of good recommendations that I would be doing as well. Get something in those slack water areas and something heavy down near the bottom. In this faster water I like a bright square bill. The fish sometimes like it too.

[Flysmallie]

And I wouldn't be shy about throwing a fluke or floating worm. 

[Seth Clarkson]

I was hoping to try for some top water action. I was going to throw the 110 Plopper in Black to start real early and then was hoping as the sun was coming up to throw a popper, but with that much current not sure how the popper will do. But I was contemplating a fluke already, and I am glad you suggested that. I'm thinking a white and bubble gum would be best. Ned rig may be in very selective spots around the current. 

I was wanting to throw a micro chatterbait, roostertail and the 1/8 oz spinnerbaits, but I am now thinking I will be doing more crank, fluke, and 3/8 oz spinnerbaits with some heavier jigs and maybe a heavy hula grub set up. 

 

[Flysmallie]

I'd start with that popper at Kerr.

 

I hope to have a popper in the water around sunrise myself. 

[Seth Clarkson]

10 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

I'd start with that popper at Kerr.

 

I hope to have a popper in the water around sunrise myself. 

I have never thrown one in any current to speak of, but sounds like it will still work well? I have a nice live target baitball popper that works will in clear water and sun, was hoping to use it. Otherwise if its dirty I have an old green and orange chug bug that will get some work in I suppose.

 

Anyone had any luck yet on ploppers or buzzbaits? So far it seems like the more stationary topwaters have worked the best. 

[Flysmallie]

I like chug bugs! 

And yes they will work in a little current. Right below Kerr, along the bluff, pretty good popper water. 

[RSBreth]

I do well in that stretch with compact spinnerbaits, topwaters, smaller cranks. Walk the dog topwaters are always worth a shot. My biggest Smallies have come on 1/8 ounce finesse jigs in orange/green or PB &J down there.

[Seth Clarkson]

A Buddy and I went Hl Kerr to cox and we didn't do so great, lack of experience in that area speed of the water, and the dirty color I'm sure was all against us. A buckle on my seat broke and had to fasten a quick fix for the rest of the trip which slowed us down, but if we went straight through it would have probably only taken 3.5 hours, we were on for almost 4.5 with the buckle work stop and multiple pull offs and reties.

We caught 2 smallmouth, 1 spotted bass, a couple rock bass and some perch. Spotted bass was on a whopper plopper 110 in loon color first thing. My smallmouth was on a pbj Ned rig tube. Had some perch nibbles on the Ned but not many bites. We tried a Chartreuse squarebill, a jitterbug, a popper, a rattle trap, Chartreuse micro ChatterBait, black and blue Ned rig tube, a Canada Craw TRD Hog, a hula grub in green pumpkin and a blue and Chartreuse worm with no luck. Only bites were the pbj TRD tube, whopper plopper, a greenish and yellowish small spinnerbaits.