mike rousseau Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 So due to extremely tough walleye fishing this year because of low water temps and colored water from all the rain.... I decided to give this bass fishing thingy a try... Just to add some extra bites to my day... Now I know a lot of spots that hold smallies but I didn't really know how to catch them other then a few accidental catches while trolling walleye... So I messages a buddy asking for help... Kinda a trade of.. I needed him to help me with technique... And in return I'd show him some spots the pros don't know with big fish on them... So we made plans for a day trip... And I was surprised at the numbers and quality of fish caught... Especially because I had never done it before... And we were screwing around running all over the river... We did an 8am-4pm day... We boated 35+ smallies and 4 largies... Our biggest 5 fish were all over 4lbs which would have been a 20-22lb limit in a tourney... And my buddy told me it was a slow day... Lol... He was surprised at the size of fish on some of the spots I showed him... 1 spot put out 3 smallies over 4lbs... I've been mostly leaning on the dropshot with xzone slammers either a smoke/minnow color or a green/brown gobie color... VMC spinshot hooks and a 16-18" drop line with a 3/8 or 1/2 oz weight... Also hitting the flats with spinnerbaits... And a bit of tube dragging... Anyways... Here a few fish from the past few weeks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassins Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Tanks boys WOW! Good on you to pick it up so fast. Look forward to many more of these reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dontcryformejanhrdina Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Nice catches! Got to love the fight those smallmouth put up. What's slow walleye fishing for you, 8, 9 hundred a year? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 What's slow walleye fishing for you, 8, 9 hundred a year? lol haha I was kinda thinking that too. Good stuff Mike, now you have bass-fishing as an option too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigs Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Nice fish. I'm glad you find the walleye fishing slow too. I was starting to wonder if I was losing my touch lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Well done Mike, it's always good to diversify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhickey Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Now all you have to do is figure out when to fish for what. Don't forget the top water lures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplumma Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Very nice day of fishing Mike. You can add a few rattle traps with chrome/blue to fish with. I also use tubes with a yoyo retrieve in the deeper water fishing applications for smallies. Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitespinnerbait Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Now we're talking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Nice bronze tanks !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistyriver1 Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Some beauties there Mike. Well done ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Sweet fish mike! Way to go! Some gorgeous colora on a few of those fish!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preroller Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 ^ yeah, like that tiger one on the last pic on the right! I'd settle for those any day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted July 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Thanks everyone... It was fun trying a new technique for a species I don't normally target... And wouldn't you know it... Walleye like the dropshot too... Lol.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted July 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Very nice day of fishing Mike. You can add a few rattle traps with chrome/blue to fish with. I also use tubes with a yoyo retrieve in the deeper water fishing applications for smallies. Art I have one... I'll have to try that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted July 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 BTW... I am not with xzone... Just loving the baits... Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Field Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Nice bronze tanks !!!! x2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Good going on catching the smallmouths. Maybe the best smallmouth bass fishing in the world is found there around you.. Check out this link.... http://www.charlessim.com/media/PressRelease_NewCanadianRecord.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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