The Best Early Summer Baits for River Smallmouth 

I appreciate you actually taking the time to explain your thought processes when choosing areas and baits to use. Here, in WV, the fishing can be tough, so any additional knowledge is appreciated

Took this knowledge out to the St. Croix River and caught my PB smallie (4 lb 14 oz) on a jerkbait. Thanks for your help!

I’ve been bankfishing the Mississippi near St. Cloud, MN. And using your videos as a guide. I love the information and effort you put in to your craft. Been pulling in fish 16-19” every time I go out, but the 20 inchers have been evading me so far. Keep the videos comin, big dawg!

Another great informative video. I like the choices and alternate topwater lures depending on the fish's mood. If they're going hard I like a Plopper, if they need to be coaxed then a Popper or Chug Bug. I do like the crawfish dragging bottom but when the algae slime shows up its weightless flukes and a 4 inch Yum Dinger. If we're playing in a little deeper water then I add a tiny split shot. Good stuff brother, northern IL rivers and creeks fish similarly to what you are seeing. Blessings

Love jerkbaits in summer! Great stuff, thanks.

Another awesome video! What size jig head do you like to use on your Dirty Jigs swim jigs?

Great video. Just found your channel and really enjoy it. Have you ever made a video about the tackle you choose fishing a smaller river from kayak? Curious if you tend to stick to shorter rods? Specialized or all purpose rods? Fishing line types? Thanks again for having a great channel.

June here in east Tennessee and the rivers are 70-74* with some of the rivers already at low levels usually not seen until Sept. The smallmouth are still here in the same sections as last year and still killing the dark sleeper and any 3" goldish brown paddletails or underspins in the same colors that look like the little suckers or Darters. They are not hitting any topwater lures though, no whopper ploppers, no spooks, no jerk baits so that is odd. I've been checking out other rivers and streams but none produce 15-20 fish in a quarter mile float like my honey hole. Some locations near Newport that are easy to fish from the banks near large farms using migrant labor have been picked clean. I floated 12 miles of what is labeled a trophy smallmouth river over a 2 day period and caught 4-5 small bass. I'm learning to just skip areas where it looks like people have been fishing from the banks...the hunt continues

Does a tube factor into your bait selection at all for summer river smallmouth?

Any tips on how to get a plopper out of a tree when trying to sneak it up close to cover? Asking for a friend…

For the jerkbait what power of rod are you using on your spinning set up? Just got a vision one ten jr but my medium rod seems hard to consistently jerk like you do in the vid.

So basically you are not going out working the bottom, you only switch to the Ned rig after for example missing one on a top water bite or when they are not hitting on top or middle of water column?

Hey there! Just have a question for you. I just ordered my first fishing kayak (pelican angler 100x) and an anchor wizard. I am stuck on where to mount it, bow or stern. I usually try and go upstream on the river to start so I have the current to get me back to the car when I am tired. I like to anchor and break down areas for a few minutes, move up 100 ft and repeat. I got the anchor wizard as its streamlined and quick. I don't really want to use an anchor trolley, just seems like a pain if I want to stay anchored for a short while and keep moving up nor do I want to buy another anchor wizard for both sides as it was expensive (canadian) With that said what would you recommend for me? Bow or stern? Also do you mainly cast up stream or down stream? I keep reading its better to cast upstream to let your lure flow in the direction fish are facing but I use a light ned rig a lot and the current just takes it continuously creating slack and also hard to impart and action like popping that way. What are your thoughts on that? Loving your channel as a beginner river kayak angler!

Que hey man what shoes you got there?

Have you ever thrown a soft jerk bait like a Zoom Salty Fluke?

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Good info. New sub here!

Buen video amigo

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