Best 5 Smallies went 19+

[Smalliebigs]

Fished with an old friend the other day in water that was 4 feet high and still rolling at 8000 cubic feet per second. The water temps were 51 at the surface, not ideal lol

We had a 5.3, a 4.1 and a 3.24, 3.3 and a 3.48 for our best 5 Smallies in an hour and half, I was back to pick my daughter from school by 2:30 lol

Fortunately for me my friend really excels like nobody else in high water conditions, I was astonished we could do this well.

Tight lines to all of you and let’s get the season going!!!

[Johnsfolly]

4 minutes ago, Smalliebigs said:

Fished with an old friend the other day in water that was 4 feet high and still rolling at 8000 cubic feet per second. The water temps were 51 at the surface, not ideal lol

We had a 5.3, a 4.1 and a 3.24, 3.3 and a 3.48 for our best 5 Smallies in an hour and half, I was back to pick my daughter from school by 2:30 lol

Fortunately for me my friend really excels like nobody else in high water conditions, I was astonished we could do this well.

Tight lines to all of you and let’s get the season going!!!

Great Fish! Good to see your old friend again. Would love to see him post a few again himself. I loved following his smallmouth and river walleye posts.

[Smalliebigs]

19 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

Great Fish! Good to see your old friend again. Would love to see him post a few again himself. I loved following his smallmouth and river walleye posts.

Yeah I know he has an absolute mountain of knowledge rolling around in his brain. I wish he would post also John, the fish he brings to hand are stuff of legendary proportions.

I am trying to get over my paranoia of posting pics and having guys go right to where I just was and I’m doing much better with it. Sorry my post are very vanilla now but, I really didn’t think you guys cared for my diarrhea of the mouth in regards to my fishing trips lol

[Johnsfolly]

28 minutes ago, Smalliebigs said:

Yeah I know he has an absolute mountain of knowledge rolling around in his brain. I wish he would post also John, the fish he brings to hand are stuff of legendary proportions.

I am trying to get over my paranoia of posting pics and having guys go right to where I just was and I’m doing much better with it. Sorry my post are very vanilla now but, I really didn’t think you guys cared for my diarrhea of the mouth in regards to my fishing trips lol

I don't have access to big smallies or hybrids at least not within 150 miles. We do have big stripers if I can get on a boat. Hard to get them from bank. So have to live vicariously to any OAF posts 🙄

[dtrs5kprs]

Absolutely beautiful brown fish.

[jdmidwest]

Looks like healthy fins, no spawn yet.  Good job.

[Terrierman]

On 4/21/2022 at 8:11 AM, Smalliebigs said:

Yeah I know he has an absolute mountain of knowledge rolling around in his brain. I wish he would post also John, the fish he brings to hand are stuff of legendary proportions.

I am trying to get over my paranoia of posting pics and having guys go right to where I just was and I’m doing much better with it. Sorry my post are very vanilla now but, I really didn’t think you guys cared for my diarrhea of the mouth in regards to my fishing trips lol

You catch a lot of nice fish and I enjoy seeing them and reading about the trip.  It's a fishing forum no?

[top_dollar]

Good job catching in brown water like that!  I never do well when the rivers are up like that.

[Seth]

33 minutes ago, top_dollar said:

Good job catching in brown water like that!  I never do well when the rivers are up like that.

High and dirty is fine. Low and dirty is the worst! High water forces fish in to certain areas and really simplifies the fishing most of the time. Of course that's for smallmouth. I'm lost on largemouth when the water is high and muddy.....

[top_dollar]

3 hours ago, Seth said:

 High water forces fish in to certain areas and really simplifies the fishing most of the time.

What areas and how so if you don't mind explaining? 

      The precious few bass fishing techniques im good at excel in clear water so I struggle when it's brown.