| Smallmouth bass can be found in Ontario's Great | | | | shocked by the dramatic and frequent jumps |
| Lakes as well as the glacial lakes of the Canadian | | | | coupled with the powerful ability to dive quickly to |
| Shield and in a number of rivers, creeks, and lakes | | | | awesome depths. That's how bass fishing |
| in this beautiful Canadian province.Largemouth | | | | becomes a habit and compulsion that is hard to |
| bass are commonly found in warmer bodies of | | | | give up and why bass fishermen keep migrating |
| water with shallow cover, usually comprised of | | | | back to Ontario for return visits. After battling |
| fallen timber and weeds or stone outcrops. Some | | | | one of these determined creatures the average |
| of the lakes with mixed habitat result in the | | | | fisherman is always surprised to find that the |
| largemouth region intersecting and co-mingling with | | | | average length for a smallmouth ranges between |
| that of smallmouth, making for a variety of | | | | only ten and about twenty inches. The current |
| fishing opportunities.In Ontario, smallmouth bass | | | | Canadian record for the biggest smallmouth bass |
| fishing success is usually optimised in more open | | | | caught in Ontario is a little over ten pounds.In |
| water, where you can utilize light to | | | | terms of the better types of lures to use, |
| medium-action six to ten pound test lines and | | | | crawling spinnerbaits or retrieving shallow-running |
| normally a six foot spinning rod. The fly fisherman | | | | crankbaits along the sub-merged weed patches |
| will also find smallmouth bass eager to attack | | | | are very effective. Both species of bass found in |
| top-water poppers or minnow-shaped ribbons in a | | | | in deeper water are attracted to diving crankbaits. |
| shallow water setting.During the Canadian | | | | Largemouth tecniques employed in most other |
| summer, deep underwater points, submerged | | | | locations are also effective in Ontario. Tactics |
| islands, rocky shoals and weed bed edges are the | | | | vary from flip-and-pitch styles used in the shallow |
| prime locations to snag these agile and spectacular | | | | weed beds, docks, and stumps, to the exciting |
| fighting species of bass.Ontario smallmouth bass | | | | top-water stroke on jerkbaits, poppers, and |
| fishing is somewhat unique when compared to | | | | hovering plastic worms.If you have never fished |
| other bass fishing settings. In the rugged Northern | | | | for smallmouth in Ontario there are a few points |
| Ontario lakes and rivers where some of the best | | | | to remember.Keep in mind that Ontario |
| medal smallmouth bass fishing can be | | | | smallmouth bass fishing is a little different from |
| experienced, smallmouths favor the unsteady | | | | the the largemouth bass experience. If you are |
| clear lakes with little plant life and congregate in | | | | used to fishing largemouth primarily in weed beds, |
| shoreline rocks and points. But don't limit your | | | | you will find the smallmouth bass would rather |
| fishing to the shoreline as some of the prize | | | | hide out where the rock ledges drop suddenly. |
| catches can be had in the deeper water.If you | | | | The popular baits are crawfish, minnow, leeches |
| really want to experience the great remote areas | | | | and hellgrammites. You will likely have success |
| you can charter with Wilderness Air and fly in to | | | | using everything that resembles a minnow such |
| your own exclusive lake. You can bunk in a deluxe | | | | as plastic worms or flag flies.Also when fishing for |
| outpost cabin, which are very well maintained and | | | | Ontario smallmouth bass you will usually find |
| comfortable. Wilderness Air charters is one of the | | | | schools of fish about the same size so if you are |
| best ways to experience the Ontario smallmouth | | | | not satisfied with the size of fish taken from a |
| bass fishing challenge!Smallmouth bass derived | | | | given location you should probably move on to a |
| their name from the anatomical fact that the rear | | | | fresh spot. If you' are releasing live bait from |
| end of the lower jaw does not extend past the | | | | your boat use as many lines as is permissible.The |
| eye, while the lower part of the jaw of a | | | | season from the middle of June through to the |
| largemouth does. There is also a low notch linking | | | | fall is the best time to plan your trip to Ontario. In |
| the dorsal fins to the body that resembles a | | | | the early part of the season the smallmouths are |
| series of dark broken bars.The smallmouth bass | | | | often found on the shallower beds, and by fall |
| typically matures between the ages of roughly | | | | they are found in the 10 to 20 foot deeper |
| two and four years and often has a life span of | | | | waters. At that time you should group rattletraps, |
| over ten years. On a light line, the Ontario | | | | cranks and jigs, and float a marker buoy to mark |
| smallmouth bass is a fierce competitor and pound | | | | the school area.Try it once and I guarantee you |
| for pound one of the best battles in Canadian | | | | will be telling your friends and planning a return trip |
| angling. First time bass fishermen are always | | | | next season to Ontario Canada. |