| I'm sure you've read thousands of different tips | | | | It's best when fishing for smallmouth bass, and |
| and techniques on how to double the amount of | | | | most types of fish, to simulate patterns and |
| smallmouth bass you catch or how to land the | | | | appearances of live food sources such as crayfish |
| biggest bass of all. There's literally thousands of | | | | or minnows, etc. Here's a few tips to effectively |
| so-called secrets out there, some of which people | | | | achieve this. |
| actually try to charge for! So, to make this article | | | | 1. Smallmouth bass prefer the deeper waters in |
| different than every other How To catch more | | | | summer and one of the best baits to use at this |
| Bass Than Your Boat Can Hold guide, we are | | | | time is a live frog fished near the bottom. |
| going to lay out in plain English exactly what small | | | | 2. An effective surface lure is a tiny-plug with a |
| mouth bass look for in terms of food and then | | | | propeller at the rear. Use an erratic, but gentle rod |
| cover some tried and proven baits and techniques | | | | motion to simulate a crippled minnow. When using |
| that will hopefully increase your odds of landing | | | | a bass bug on the surface remember to use an |
| more small mouth bass. Let's jump right in! | | | | even more gentle rod motion as the smallmouth's |
| What do smallmouth bass like to eat? | | | | respond better to ripples, wakes, and tiny |
| Smallmouth bass prefer fast moving bugs when | | | | splashes than to loud pops or big splashes. |
| they are younger and small fish and crayfish | | | | 3. When smallmouth are located in rocky or |
| when they are older, typically after one year old. | | | | weedy areas feeding on crayfish try using a black |
| When crayfish are plentiful they will usually make | | | | twin spinner with a green frog added to the hook. |
| up two thirds of a smallmouth's diet. | | | | Cast this as far out as possible and use the |
| Finding where smallmouth bass hang out | | | | bottom bouncing technique as you reel it back in. |
| Just as important as what smallmouth bass like to | | | | 4. Try working a dark colored jig across the |
| eat, is where they congregate. Start upstream | | | | bottom of the lake/river. This is a good technique |
| and work your way down toward the tail, casting | | | | to imitate a crayfish. |
| at various angles and various depths. Once you | | | | 5. And finally, when using a spoon as a bait try |
| get a bite or catch a fish, keep working that | | | | bouncing it across the sandy bottom of the river, |
| general vicinity. | | | | allowing the sand to stir up a little. This will get the |
| Bait tips | | | | smallmouth's attention. |