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Continue reading...State Records Smallmouth Bass Catches
Thursday, June 25, 2009
State Weight Length Location Smallmouth Angler Date Tennessee 11 lbs 15 oz Dale Hollow Reservoir unknown 7/9/1955 Alabama 10 lbs 8 oz Wheeler Dam Tailwater Owen F. Smith 10/8/1950 North Carolina 10 lbs 0 oz Hiwassee Reservoir Archie Lampkin 6/1/1951 Ohio 9 lbs 8 oz 23.5″ Lake Erie Randy Van Dam 6/16/1993 South Carolina 9 lbs 7 oz LakeJocassee Terry Dodson 2001 Michigan 9 lbs 4 oz 27.25″ Long Lake W.F. Shoemaker 1906 West Virginia 9 lbs 12 oz 24.25″ South Branch David Lindsay 1971 Wisconsin 9 lbs 1 oz Indian Lake unknown 6/21/1950 California 9 lbs 1 oz Clair Engle Lake Tim Brady 3/20/1976 Pennsylvania 8 lbs 8 oz Scotts Run Lake Robert T. Steelman 1997 Kentucky 8 lbs 7.36 oz Laurel River Lake Coolie Williams 5/16/1998 Maryland 8 lbs 4 oz Liberty [...]
Continue reading...Door County, Wisconsin: Spring and Early Summer Smallies
Thursday, June 18, 2009
by: Bill Schultz, Smallmouths.com Contributing Writer Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’ve always wanted to fish for smallmouth bass in Door County. I’ve heard it’s world-class!” Then you think, “But I don’t know where to go, or where to stay, or where to launch, or where to fish, or what to use.” Then, [...]
Continue reading...River to Reservoir: Learning a New Game
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Within a period of two years, several events occurred which put a crimp in my river smallmouth fishing plans. I had [...]
Continue reading...The Bronzebacks of Lake Powell
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
It was one of those glorious late October mornings. The brilliant sun that had taken the chill off the day sparkled against Lake Powell’s crystal clear waters and cast its rays against the pink and tan cliffs and buttes of Padre Canyon leaving those long shadows so typical of autumn. A heron was wading in [...]
Continue reading...A December to Remember: Blade Baits and Reservoir Smallmouth
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Looking back at the past year, I realize that I have learned more since last March than in the previous five years combined. The switch from river to reservoir smallmouth fishing brought an entirely new set of rules, patterns, and techniques. The technique that I learned late in the year, vertical jigging a blade bait, [...]
Continue reading...Drop Shot Deep Water Smallmouths
Friday, May 22, 2009
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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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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