Fun day of creek fishing

[Justin92297]

Since I’ve been back home for Christmas break I’ve spent a lot of hours on the creeks and rivers fishing for winter smallies. So far it’s been a blast and I had another good trip yesterday. I fished a creek that I have had success at in the summer, not too far from my house in St. Louis.  Because I had only fished here during the warmer months, I focused mainly in and around the deeper pools, instead of working the whole stretch of creek like I usually do. This paid off, but not like I thought it would. The fish seemed very scattered, and I caught fish in the deeper, slower holes as well as the faster, shallower water leading into them. I never caught more than 3-4 fish in one spot. However, both my brother and I did catch some nice fish including one of the coolest looking meanmouth I’ve ever seen. My theory is that the warmer weather this week had the bass moving more than usual for this time of year, which is why they weren’t all piled up in the deep holes like I thought they would be. Overall it was still a great day of fishing and I’m looking forward to getting back out there!

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

Good to see you back on here.  Great catches.   

[MOsmallies]

That meanmouth is awesome looking! Congrats on the awesome day!

[Smalliebigs]

Sweet hybrid and nice report

[Brian Jones]

I don't think I've ever seen a mean mouth with that much spot in it.

[drew03cmc]

Nice fish!