| Catching these fish with conventional | | | | are looking for and where they are located. |
| spinning or casting gear is an experience in | | | | Angler of the Year Award, and one of the best |
| itself, though there is another way to fish | | | | known and most loved TV fishing |
| for smallmouth bass that gets overlooked by | | | | personalities, Jimmy Houston is a bass |
| most anglers. That other way as you might | | | | legend. Whether he's fishing with sports or |
| have guessed from reading the title of this | | | | political celebrities or with his children, |
| article is fly fishing for smallmouth bass. | | | | Jimmy's tips and tales are insightful, |
| Catch a minnow with bread if you wanna waste | | | | instructive, and laugh-out-loud funny. |
| your worm then catch a minnow with a worm. I | | | | |
| would do this in a man made lake, they have | | | | Striped bass mingle with both bluefish and |
| tons of minnows. | | | | false albacore as they fatten up on the |
| | | | shoals of a myriad of baits including bay |
| Rivers are an excellent place to fish for | | | | anchovies, menhaden, and herring. During the |
| bass. Water temperatures tend to be more | | | | fall months we have countless opportunities |
| moderate then that found in lakes. Rivers | | | | to attain the "Northeast Grand Slam" as well |
| provide one of the healthiest habitats, due | | | | as some of those 20 lb. Striped bass do not |
| to the highly oxygenated waters from the | | | | tolerate handling as well as Largemouth bass. |
| rapid current. In order to fish bass from | | | | Extra measures to minimize handling should be |
| rivers, it is best to seek out breaks in the | | | | taken when releasing legal or sub-legal sized |
| current, perhaps from a fallen tree, a stump, | | | | fish. |
| or rocks. | | | | |
| | | | Largemouth bass like a quiet, more vegetated |
| Cranks baits are a good lure of choice since | | | | water than other black bass, but will use |
| their wobble and flash action attract hungry | | | | submerged logs or anything else similar |
| lake trout. Along with crank baits, spoons, | | | | that's around. Nests are built usually in two |
| jigs and spinners are also good choices. | | | | to eight feet of water. Largemouth bass are |
| Crank baits with are longer/larger lip are | | | | found around thick weed beds, but the |
| made to dive and should be used in deeper | | | | smallmouth bass prefer to hide out where the |
| water. Cranks baits and soft plastics worked | | | | rock ledge drops off sharply. Largemouth bass |
| slow will produce best. As water continues to | | | | prefer to nest in quieter, more vegetated |
| warm the bass will move into their deeper | | | | water than other black bass, but will use any |
| holes along the river channel, sloughs, | | | | substrate besides soft mud, including |
| creeks and grass beds. | | | | submerged logs. As in Guadalupe bass, once |
| | | | the female has laid eggs in the nest (2,000 |
| Anglers who catch big bass all the time don't | | | | to 43,000) she is chased away by the male who |
| do it because of mere luck. They know what it | | | | then guards the precious eggs. |
| takes to catch lunker bass, what the big bass | | | | |