Smallmouth help!!! Going to SML next week.

[JINXBASS]

Hey guys, I know very little about smallmouth fishing. I am heading out Saturday to go to SML for a week and want to see some bronzebacks. Help me out. I was thinking some jerkbaits (colors??), Drop shotting (what type of worm??), and maybe some wacky senko's (colors??) Any help will be much appreciated. Also any better things to look for. I am staying close to the dam. I know of a couple shoals around there, any good??

Thanks

[SmlRanger]

throwin cranks in 15-20 ft on shoals can produce well. find the rocks you will find the smallies. green pumpkin jig too

[Buggs247]

Someone replied in the other forum that you posted in that they didn't think SML had a lot of smallies, I don't fish up there but a few times a year but I was always under the impression that they had a very healthy population of smallies?!?!

[RockvilleMDAngler]

I last fished SML 5 years ago and over 3 days I caught one nice 3lb smallmouth and about 90 largemouth. The smallmouth was on a huge boulder between some docks, the largemouth were under the docks. Just go fishing and see what happens. I had good luck with watermelon and green pumpkin plastics on a shakey head. If I remember correctly the Aaron's Magic drop shot worm did well as did white/silver/watermelon plastics on the dropshot.

[JINXBASS]

Thanks guys. I appreciate all the info. I guess I will give it the best I got.

I will let you all know how I did when I get back.

Thanks again!!

[SmlRanger]

Someone replied in the other forum that you posted in that they didn't think SML had a lot of smallies, I don't fish up there but a few times a year but I was always under the impression that they had a very healthy population of smallies?!?!

There are a good amount of smallies in sml. Some days thats all i catch

[JINXBASS]

There are a good amount of smallies in sml. Some days thats all i catch

That's what I want to hear!!!

[hotrodelrod]

Thanks guys. I appreciate all the info. I guess I will give it the best I got.

I will let you all know how I did when I get back.

Thanks again!!

How did it go Roger? Im headed there Saturday with the family for a week. I also will be staying near the dam. Its been 20 years since I was last there!

[SmlRanger]

i went out yesterday the only ones i caught were hiding in the shadows in docks over deep water on main channels. they would eat spoons on the fall and spinnerbaits pulled really slow under docks

[johnpscott1]

Most Smallies are towards the Dam IMO. Always catch a few down there

[JINXBASS]

We have only caught a couple smallies. And they were very small. My son caught a large mouth about 3-3.5 lb and I caught 1 right at 2.5-2.75 lb. I am staying right at Mitchell point marina. Most of the fish have come near the dam

[1bluemcm]

mainly fishing docks down lake this time of year, or more off shore? We go in September, usually down lake, so it's obviously different then, and we struggle.

[SmlRanger]

They go deep down there because the water is so clear. Standing timber can hold feeesh, can also hold on to your lure haha!

[1bluemcm]

ha. yeah, been there, done that. The trees would look like they've been decorated for the holidays with fishing lures if the lake were ever drained. Got to be a ton of stuff down there.