Smallmouth Bass Fishing

Choosing a Flyrod for Smallmouth Bass

As an instructor for fly casting, working with students in my classroom set up in my basement and also working with and guiding them on the water, I have no gain in what equipment they buy. So when I recommend a rod to a student or angler it is for one reason… it is the [...]

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Kayak Fishing for Smallmouth Bass

[Originally Published: 4-10-2004] Last summer, while I was wading in the Susquehanna River near my home, two kayakers came around an island and stopped a couple hundred yards above me where [...]

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Fishing Spinnerbaits - A Beginner’s Guide

Introduction One of the reasons that I have loved fishing for largemouth bass now for over 40 years is their inbreed tendencies to ambush their prey. Or to put it a little closer to home, ambush the particular artificial bait that I might be using at the time. I have always leaned toward running type baits [...]

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River Smallies

In the State of Michigan were blessed with infinite possibilities, salmon trout and steelhead are everywhere in our state but there is one fish that stands out for summer time fun, the smallmouth bass. River smallies are a very accessible fishing recourse in our state and for the most part over looked. Many Western Michigan Rivers [...]

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Hair Jigs for Bronzebacks

Seasoned largemouth bass anglers profess that for large bass throughout the seasons, a rubber or silicon-skirted jig with a pork or plastic trailer is hard to beat. For that other “black bass”, however, hair is the way to go. Smallmouth bass in Pennsylvania’s fertile rivers prefer hair jigs to silicon or rubber skirted jigs, hands down. [...]

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Drop Shot Deep Water Smallmouths

Everybody loves to fish for smallmouth in the spring when the bronze bombers are patrolling the shallows exploding on top waters, smashing jerk baits and gulping grubs swimming through the flats. But when the summer sun warms the shallows and the smallmouth retreat to their deep water haunts, many anglers resort to chasing ugly green [...]

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New Smallmouths.com

Welcome to the new Smallmouths.com website! Some of the new features you will find on our new website include: A smallmouth bass fishing blog Smallmouth bass tackle reviews Info on the latest gear Kayak fishing info Smallmouth rivers and lakes Fishing guides Photos of our smallmouth angler’s catches (CPR) Guest and featured articles We are also currently redesigning the Smallmouths.com forums which will be launching [...]

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