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Being in the deep south, I don't get to fish for smallies anymore. But I do get to fish for spotted bass and they remind me so much of those northern smallmouth. My plan is to one day make an extended trek back to the homeland and fish some lakes I haven't fished since I was much younger. And when I do, you can be sure I'll have a tube and a drop shot rigged up!
Yes sir! Those spotted bass are a lot of fun and they sure are a lot like those smallmouth. You would love fishing the Boundary waters with me. Just insane.
We have some great smallie fishing in Maine, particularly in rivers and I can vouch personally for all 5 of these baits. Pumpkin/ Green Pumpkin/ Watermelon colored tubes, Z-man finesse trd/ trd crawz on a ned head, small flukes/ creature baits on a drop shot, ribbed or smooth body swimbaits (like a keitech easy shiner), and 1.5 size squarebills (or even 1.0 size) in some kind of craw or perch pattern ABSOLUTELY crush it for me throughout the season.
Maine is one place I have not been yet and my wife and I have been trying to get there the last several years. I have heard the smallie fishing is really good! I would probably visit and not want to leave. Thank you for sharing all this!
Having fished multiple s in different sizes and colors, ruclips.net/user/postUgkxCbNOWAGmn6nfbCbJDmasvBq7J38KZNw2 this is by far my favorite. One thing to be aware of is the sided willow blade. One side is silver and the other is the green/orange shown. This is not bad, just unconventional. In terms of fishing, I have found the lure works just fine without a tail like a craw or shad. That addition is up to you. Also, the hook part where you attach the swivel snap or tie the line is a problem on baits these days, since it's able to slide up and down. However this lure seems to be tight enough that that doesn't happen often, and you can solve it by putting a thin slice of medical tube over the hook before attaching the line. Like others have said, it's really magic on a good windy day.
I have a smallie tatic/experiment for you!! I learned this one from a bait fisherman. He told me in passing one day to break off a crayfish claw and you will catch more fish. I tested it and its true. (The tests were all in a small river.) So my experiment would be: drop 2 ned rigs, one with un trimed claws and the other with reduced size claws( trimmed) . and watch what rig gets the bite. I would love to see the video of that !
I really enjoy your videos Steve. Great information without a bunch of self-patronizing garbage. Keep up the great work and offering words of encouragement.
I fish the delaware river north of Trenton and after the stripers slow down its smallies for the rest of the summer (with a couple of walleye) 80% of what i catch is with a white curly grub on a jig head. if there is some color to the water or its murky i throw a mepps spinner to send some "flash" through the water. summer of 23 has been great so far.
Went fishing 2 days in a row this week. Caught around 80 bass with the hellgramite on a ned rig. They were in 2 feet of water or less. Within 5 feet of shore in the shade.
I live in ohio and fish a lot of muddy rivers that are connected to Lake Erie. My my top 5 baits are Whopper plopper 90 and 110 Tube Squarebill crankbait (usually silent) Shakey head/ ned rig with a craw Chatterbait
@Steve Rogers Outdoors Forsure man Lake Erie has some giants. I don't have a boat but they get up to the rivers by April along with steelhead. Take care buddy ✌️ ☮️
Lucky to live in Kingston Ontario which is located on Lake Ontario at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. This area is home to some of the best Smallmouth Bass fishing in the world. I’m a life long Largemouth Bass fisherman but once I discovered the smallmouth bass I would argue that Smallies are pound for pound the hardest fighting fish in North America. Right now the Smallies are up in the shallow water with the food bags on after the spawn. It is not uncommon to catch them in the five and six pound category. Thanks for your video. Keep on fishing.
Hey just wondering if you have any tips for smallmouth / walleye / crappie fishing around this time near Kingston? I'll be at a cottage 25 min north of Kingston near battersea.
@@seanliew9771 Hey I got some good suggestions are you looking to fish Lake Ontario or up in Battersea. Dog and Cranberry lake are both home to some great largemouth fishing. I fish largemouth opening day every year on the Dog/Cranberry/Rideau System for largemouth. Right now the big largemouth are moving into the shallow water as the water temperatures start to drop. One of my favourite times to fish largemouth in the Battersea area. Let me know where you plan to fish and I am more than welcome to share some suggestions.
Great video! I'll be fishing Lake Wissota near chippewa falls Wisconsin the first week of June. Any tips on what type of structure and depth to find them on?
At that time, the smallies are likely in the postspawn. I haven't been to that lake, but if it has rocky structure, I would start on spawning flats where there are boulders and search around there. If the smallies have vacated that areas I would then start to back off the flats to the first break and see if I could find them staging in a little deeper water. I was in MN at the exact time last year and just about every big boulder still had a smallmouth hanging out near it.
One lure I recommend is stik-O worms, caught one in the first 30 seconds. Find a tutorial to put one on a hook so it does not fall off, and at sunset or sunrise is the best time
Wow, this was a good video for me! I just moved to the midwest and don't have any experience catching smallies. Everything has been largemouth mostly for me. Does this mean I have to give up bladed jigs, like chatterbaits, to catch smallmouth? Swim jigs? Plus I am a bankfisherman too.
I catch lots of smallies on swim jigs. They are a staple on the Mississippi river for those brown fish for sure. As far as bladed jigs, when I am fishing waters that have both smallies and largemouth in it, the largemouth seem to be attracted to the bladed jig more (at least what I have experienced,) but I have caught smallies on chatterbait style lures.
Great question! Most often fish in those situations are going to be right tight to hard structure. I like to look for something that has a little depth next to it if I can find it, and then the hardest structure I can find - rocks, sea walls, and sometimes that may be wood. Personally, I like to use lightweight jigs in this situation, but small squarebills also work well for me
I'm possibly heading out in that direction in the next week or so. Not 100% sure where yet, but there is a good chance I'll end up on the Potomac, but I will be driving right through and around those awesome PA rivers. Thanks so much for watching!
@@SteveRogersOutdoors I hope you get some tight lines! I fish the Susquehanna and the Delaware. I mostly do small creek trout fishing but I really like to eat walleye and small mouth. Looking forward to watching more!
@@forteka81 I live in Philly, I just discovered smallies in the Wissahickon. I got a 16 incher Memorial Day and buncha smaller ones on a soft paddle tail swim bait. I also saw a buncha rainbow trout and brown trout.
@SteveRogersOutdoors Some great content brother! When you’re ready to shoot some video in Pa, I have two sweet spots in the midstate where the smallies hit the plugs so angry and so often the paint wears off of them. My favorite time of year here is June through September on the Susquehanna, Juniata, Delaware, and Lehigh Rivers.
Most of the time I will rig it just with an insert tube hook and the hook exposed. This is also my preferred rigging for up in the water column and swimming. If the bottom composition just snags too much stuff, then I will switch it to either a stupid tube rigging or the traditional Texas rig. But I always try the open insert rigging first to get that spiral, slow fall. The stupid tube does have a nice glide to it as well and works the bottom very efficiently.
There’s two different types of small mouth fishing to me… there’s creek smallies and there are lake river smallies I’m in more of a over fished urban area so I feel like these creek smallies are much harder to find and catch
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We don't have smallmouth where I live. Pray you are well, Steve, be safe
I need to have you come up here for a trip! You would absolutely live those fish.
Being in the deep south, I don't get to fish for smallies anymore. But I do get to fish for spotted bass and they remind me so much of those northern smallmouth. My plan is to one day make an extended trek back to the homeland and fish some lakes I haven't fished since I was much younger. And when I do, you can be sure I'll have a tube and a drop shot rigged up!
Yes sir! Those spotted bass are a lot of fun and they sure are a lot like those smallmouth. You would love fishing the Boundary waters with me. Just insane.
Umm lots of smallmouth in deep south some real.monsters
Lots of smallies in deep south
East Tennessee here our rivers are full of small mouth largemouth and Spotted bass
@@jerrylong801 I am fishing the New River in the morning. Great fishery for smallies.
Thanks for the Tips. I still use the goid ole Rebel Crawfish crank baits.
skinny water GOLD
We have some great smallie fishing in Maine, particularly in rivers and I can vouch personally for all 5 of these baits. Pumpkin/ Green Pumpkin/ Watermelon colored tubes, Z-man finesse trd/ trd crawz on a ned head, small flukes/ creature baits on a drop shot, ribbed or smooth body swimbaits (like a keitech easy shiner), and 1.5 size squarebills (or even 1.0 size) in some kind of craw or perch pattern ABSOLUTELY crush it for me throughout the season.
Maine is one place I have not been yet and my wife and I have been trying to get there the last several years. I have heard the smallie fishing is really good! I would probably visit and not want to leave. Thank you for sharing all this!
Man, you just rattled off my 5 exact favorite lures for smallies too. That's awesome
Having fished multiple s in different sizes and colors, ruclips.net/user/postUgkxCbNOWAGmn6nfbCbJDmasvBq7J38KZNw2 this is by far my favorite. One thing to be aware of is the sided willow blade. One side is silver and the other is the green/orange shown. This is not bad, just unconventional. In terms of fishing, I have found the lure works just fine without a tail like a craw or shad. That addition is up to you. Also, the hook part where you attach the swivel snap or tie the line is a problem on baits these days, since it's able to slide up and down. However this lure seems to be tight enough that that doesn't happen often, and you can solve it by putting a thin slice of medical tube over the hook before attaching the line. Like others have said, it's really magic on a good windy day.
Nice!
I have a smallie tatic/experiment for you!! I learned this one from a bait fisherman. He told me in passing one day to break off a crayfish claw and you will catch more fish. I tested it and its true. (The tests were all in a small river.) So my experiment would be: drop 2 ned rigs, one with un trimed claws and the other with reduced size claws( trimmed) . and watch what rig gets the bite. I would love to see the video of that !
That would be a great video!
I've seen the square-bill work well along weed lines in the late summer early fall as well. Love your stuff.
Thank you!
I really enjoy your videos Steve. Great information without a bunch of self-patronizing garbage. Keep up the great work and offering words of encouragement.
Thank you! I will do my best. And thank you for watching.
I fish the delaware river north of Trenton and after the stripers slow down its smallies for the rest of the summer (with a couple of walleye) 80% of what i catch is with a white curly grub on a jig head. if there is some color to the water or its murky i throw a mepps spinner to send some "flash" through the water. summer of 23 has been great so far.
A curly tail is such a tremendous lure that often gets forgotten about. Thank you for adding this to the list! I appreciate it.
Great baits for sure! I wouldn't overlook a spinnerbait in clear water and wind, it just train wrecks them
Thank you Steve.
Went fishing 2 days in a row this week. Caught around 80 bass with the hellgramite on a ned rig. They were in 2 feet of water or less. Within 5 feet of shore in the shade.
That is awesome!
Excellent - always appreciate your content, Steve… well done - keep it coming!!
I will do my best! Thank you so much.
Couldn’t agree more.
This was super informative and helped me a lot. Very appreciated 👍🏻
Thanks! Good luck out there.
Thank you
Hellgramites are a delicious bait smallies cannot refuse
They definitely are. A great lure I don't use often enough.
I live in ohio and fish a lot of muddy rivers that are connected to Lake Erie. My my top 5 baits are
Whopper plopper 90 and 110
Tube
Squarebill crankbait (usually silent)
Shakey head/ ned rig with a craw
Chatterbait
Nice! I love everything about Lake Erie and that it is a great list of lures.
@Steve Rogers Outdoors
Forsure man Lake Erie has some giants. I don't have a boat but they get up to the rivers by April along with steelhead. Take care buddy ✌️ ☮️
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Lucky to live in Kingston Ontario which is located on Lake Ontario at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. This area is home to some of the best Smallmouth Bass fishing in the world. I’m a life long Largemouth Bass fisherman but once I discovered the smallmouth bass I would argue that Smallies are pound for pound the hardest fighting fish in North America. Right now the Smallies are up in the shallow water with the food bags on after the spawn. It is not uncommon to catch them in the five and six pound category. Thanks for your video. Keep on fishing.
That is awesome! So jealous. They are my favorite fish by far.
Hey just wondering if you have any tips for smallmouth / walleye / crappie fishing around this time near Kingston? I'll be at a cottage 25 min north of Kingston near battersea.
@@seanliew9771 Hey I got some good suggestions are you looking to fish Lake Ontario or up in Battersea. Dog and Cranberry lake are both home to some great largemouth fishing. I fish largemouth opening day every year on the Dog/Cranberry/Rideau System for largemouth. Right now the big largemouth are moving into the shallow water as the water temperatures start to drop. One of my favourite times to fish largemouth in the Battersea area. Let me know where you plan to fish and I am more than welcome to share some suggestions.
Great video! I'll be fishing Lake Wissota near chippewa falls Wisconsin the first week of June. Any tips on what type of structure and depth to find them on?
At that time, the smallies are likely in the postspawn. I haven't been to that lake, but if it has rocky structure, I would start on spawning flats where there are boulders and search around there. If the smallies have vacated that areas I would then start to back off the flats to the first break and see if I could find them staging in a little deeper water. I was in MN at the exact time last year and just about every big boulder still had a smallmouth hanging out near it.
One lure I recommend is stik-O worms, caught one in the first 30 seconds. Find a tutorial to put one on a hook so it does not fall off, and at sunset or sunrise is the best time
Thank you for sharing this for everyone! I appreciate it.
Wow, this was a good video for me! I just moved to the midwest and don't have any experience catching smallies. Everything has been largemouth mostly for me. Does this mean I have to give up bladed jigs, like chatterbaits, to catch smallmouth? Swim jigs? Plus I am a bankfisherman too.
I catch lots of smallies on swim jigs. They are a staple on the Mississippi river for those brown fish for sure. As far as bladed jigs, when I am fishing waters that have both smallies and largemouth in it, the largemouth seem to be attracted to the bladed jig more (at least what I have experienced,) but I have caught smallies on chatterbait style lures.
@@SteveRogersOutdoors Thx for responding with that info. I subscribed.
What do you recommend for shallow and muddy river water
Great question! Most often fish in those situations are going to be right tight to hard structure. I like to look for something that has a little depth next to it if I can find it, and then the hardest structure I can find - rocks, sea walls, and sometimes that may be wood. Personally, I like to use lightweight jigs in this situation, but small squarebills also work well for me
In my neck of the woods, I've had luck throwing floating rapala's & inline spinners.
Yes! Those floating Rapala's are very good! Thanks for adding these.
Flies on a split shot 8 inches above fly with trophy bass catches em. Sadly, I lost a 4lb smallie because I had split shot on the line too tight 😢
That is a great smallmouth! I will have to try that sometime. Thank you!
New subscriber here, thanks for the information. Lots of smallmouths here in PA rivers
I'm possibly heading out in that direction in the next week or so. Not 100% sure where yet, but there is a good chance I'll end up on the Potomac, but I will be driving right through and around those awesome PA rivers. Thanks so much for watching!
@@SteveRogersOutdoors I hope you get some tight lines! I fish the Susquehanna and the Delaware. I mostly do small creek trout fishing but I really like to eat walleye and small mouth. Looking forward to watching more!
@@forteka81 I live in Philly, I just discovered smallies in the Wissahickon. I got a 16 incher Memorial Day and buncha smaller ones on a soft paddle tail swim bait. I also saw a buncha rainbow trout and brown trout.
@SteveRogersOutdoors Some great content brother! When you’re ready to shoot some video in Pa, I have two sweet spots in the midstate where the smallies hit the plugs so angry and so often the paint wears off of them. My favorite time of year here is June through September on the Susquehanna, Juniata, Delaware, and Lehigh Rivers.
Nice video buddy
Thanks 👍
Is it safe to eat smallmouth bass every week?
Great videos
For the tube how do you avoid snags on the bottom and how do you rig it for the bottom or higher in the water?
Most of the time I will rig it just with an insert tube hook and the hook exposed. This is also my preferred rigging for up in the water column and swimming. If the bottom composition just snags too much stuff, then I will switch it to either a stupid tube rigging or the traditional Texas rig. But I always try the open insert rigging first to get that spiral, slow fall. The stupid tube does have a nice glide to it as well and works the bottom very efficiently.
Have you heard of a slimswimz one of the best smallmouth ever
I haven’t. I will have to check it out. Thanks!
For some reason, the drop shot doesn’t work where I’m at up north, and the tube is alright, but not like some bairs
Thanks so much for watching!
me neither up here in MI. i often see huge smallies in clear water canals around lake st clair but havnt bagged one yet
Great video ++
Thank you!
@shanninkirby9295 I will pray you someday are able to move to Smallmouth country 😉. Very exciting fishing.
I use crank bait for smallies😂
I use a 1.5 and 2.5 squarebill a lot fishing rip rap for them. They sure can hit them hard.
Never caught on a tube.
me realizing that i'm kind of a one-trick pony / =
There’s two different types of small mouth fishing to me… there’s creek smallies and there are lake river smallies I’m in more of a over fished urban area so I feel like these creek smallies are much harder to find and catch
They can be tough, but fishing creeks sure is a lot of fun! One of my favorite things to do.
Man how could you not put wacky rig in that 5 my guy, never lets me down them wacky mofos!!
That wacky definitely could have been in there. One of the best of all time for sure.