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Three “must have” baits for fall river smallmouth bass
by Juan Veruete Kayak Fish PA, LLC Fall is time when smallmouth are feeding veraciously preparing for the long lean winter. It’s also a time of rapidly changing weather that effects smallmouth location and feeding behavior. This means anglers will need to be ready to fish a lot of different types of water and depths. Here’s [...]
Continue reading...Simple color customization of your top water baits for smallmouth bass
Thursday, July 1, 2010
by Juan Veruete, Kayak Fish PA, LLC I’m a huge fan of top water baits; All kinds of top water baits such as poppers, prop baits and walk-the-dog baits. If there’s a good top water bite on, you can be rest assured that I’ll be tossing one of these baits. In particular, prop baits and walk-the-dog [...]
Continue reading...Three soft jerkbaits for spring smallmouth bass
Sunday, March 21, 2010
by Juan Veruete, Kayak Fish PA, LLC One of the most popular yet, maybe, least understood baits for smallmouth is the soft jerkbait. These little gems are among my go to baits for spring smallmouth bass. In addition, they see a lot of “water time” during the summer. As we head into spring full speed here [...]
Continue reading...Rigging Soft Plastics for River Smallmouths with Jeff Little (video)
Friday, August 7, 2009
In this video Jeff Little of Blue Ridge Kayak Fishing demonstrates some effective techniques for rigging soft plastics for river smallmouths. He shows how to rig a weedless tube (or should I say rockless?), a simple yet effective stick worm rig and a creature bait using Hawghead Baits soft plastic lures. Rigging Soft Plastics for River [...]
Continue reading...Yakfish’s Rabbit Hair Craw Jig for Smallmouth Bass
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
“Tying your own” isn’t just for fly anglers any more. With the popularity of hair jigs for cold water smallmouth, many spin fishermen are learning tricks from their long rod brethren. While learning how to tie jigs, I sampled many different materials including round rubber, silicone skirts, buck tail, and rabbit hair. The rabbit hair [...]
Continue reading...Smallmouth Bass Lures
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Lures used for Smallmouth bass fishing should be downsized versions of those used for Largemouth Bass, to accomodate their smaller mouths. A variety of crankbaits, spinnerbaits, soft plastics, topwaters, soft baits and jigs can be effective. Sizes ranging from 1/8 oz. - 1/2 oz. are most commonly used. Top Water Baits Tiny Torpedo: 1-7/8″ length, 1/4 oz, [...]
Continue reading...Crankbaits for Smallmouths - A Beginner’s Guide
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
I hope some of the following thoughts will help young and beginning fishermen have a better understanding of fishing a crankbait. I guess every Bass fisherman has a “Go To” lure that they have more confidence in than any other. To some it’s a jig, to others its spinner bait or a worm. I have a [...]
Continue reading...Hair Jigs for Bronzebacks
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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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Smallmouth Angler Gallery
Thursday, September 30, 2010
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