Fishing After Work! Fishing A Stream Inlet For Beautiful Spring Smallmouth From A Kayak!

I got out of work early and on the river, paddled down to a favorite spot and got into some smallies!
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Back down the creek and to the spot
1:28 - Hit next to boat
1:44 - First fish (Good Smallmouth Bass), interesting coloration
2:39 - Swing and a miss
3:08 - Second fish (Smallmouth Bass)
3:51 - Third fish (Smallmouth Bass)
4:32 - Hit next to the boat
4:49 - Moving downriver
5:23 - Goose calls
5:53 - Slow day
6:01 - Fourth fish (Smallmouth Bass)
6:34 - Fifth fish (Smallmouth Bass)
7:09 - Swing and a miss
7:21 - Swing and a miss
7:35 - Day Recap so far and a swing and a miss
8:25 - Throwback with tube sixth fish (Good Smallmouth Bass) and exploring new colors
9:34 - Seventh fish (Smallmouth Bass), missed first hit, followed it and ate it
10:17 - Eigth fish (Good Smallmouth Bass)
11:12 - Multiple hits, follows towards the boat
11:44 - Ninth fish (Smallmouth Bass)
12:28 - Lost fish, multiple hits
13:11 - Tenth fish (Smallmouth Bass)
14:15 - Eleventh fish (Smallmouth Bass), commenting on how ligth the fish are
14:45 - Twelfth fish (Good Smallmouth Bass) almost lost it to a log (Clever Girl...)
15:57 - Swing and a miss
16:20 - Swing and a miss
16:28 - Thirteenth fish (Smallmouth Bass)
17:12 - Fourteenth fish (Smallmouth Bass)
18:04 - Lost smallie next to the boat, benefits of a "boatside release" for a small fish
18:28 - Fifteenth fish (Smallmouth Bass), fish behavior today
19:50 - Lost eyelet, sixteenth fish (Smallmouth Bass)
21:02 - Paddling back and an eagle sighting! Talkin' about Iggles on the river.
21:56 - Spooking a beaver
22:27 - Last cast...

[@mnchristianangler]

In your experience do their colors change during the year?

[@wanderingoglethorpe]

Absolutely. Usually it depends on water clarity, depth or what the bottom looks like. Usually in this section of river they are typically brown or tiger striped. But I've caught fish within fifty yards of each other on the river that have looked completely different.