Crawfish Colour for SMB

[Fishnwire]

I noticed at my camp that the smallies will slam just about any size and shape of plastic bait, so long as it is crawfish coloured. Tubes, twistertails, lizards, worms...chigger-craws too obviously, but they have to be smoke, pumpkinseed, or something simular. I was hammering them on smoke coloured power tubes and when I ran out I went to a red and black flecked one. They just didn't want that thing. I picked around on the floor of the boat untill I found a discarded smoke coloured tube that was still barely useable. I tied it back on and went right back to slammin' 'em.

 

Those weighted Texas-style hooks deserve a mention too. The wide gap tends to prevent a lot of deep hooked fish. They've changed the way I fish. I'm just loving the plastic this year. I used to be more into cranks and live bait, but the more I use soft baits the more versatile I see that they are.

[fish_finder]

great advice Fishnwire! It seems this time of year the smallies are always keying in on crayfish everywhere! I'll keep that in mind, and I think I'll probably have to tie up some flies in those colours for this weekends bass blastin!