When the water temperatures reach sixty-eight to seventy-two degrees, you can really catch quite a few good sized smallmouth in the daytime even in bright sun. The small mouth move into two different patterns at this time and really smash top water baits such as Zara Spooks. They will either hold near the bedding areas or on the outer edges of flooded bushes, and nail Spinnerbaits and floating worms, or they suspend between two points on main lake flats. Either way, these lures and methods will provide some great daytime action.
By: Steve vonBrandt, Originally Published: Fall 2004
June 4th, 2009 at 3:50 am
ive been fishing the creek by my house here in ohio and have caught a few whoppers on topwater useing a baby bass fluke my biggest one this year is a 3 pounder
May 28th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
I have spent some extensive hours in a tributary of the Susquehanna River system while in college. Usually about 4-6 hours/day over the summer(May-Sept.) My go-to presentation is actually a 4-inch, thin specked worm. Casting upstream, and ahead of pockets, semi-tight line on the float downstream so you can feel the strike, and whammy! Caught so many smallmouth on this set up, it shouldn’t be allowed. Seriously, give this a try, even in very fast currents. Biggest smally was a 2.7 lb. mommy protecting her babies…I let her go ofcourse, as I do with all bass.