big smallies

[Duck-Slayer]

Well went fishing with my best bud Neil on May 2 - Friday... i.e. the title, took him too the best smallmouth spot I could get too with the low water in the snake, was trying too get him his personal best, but for some reason they were biting light on his little jig..... I was using a rip n rap a small spinner bait and a large spinner bait and even caught a couple on Neil's sinking rapala..... had a great time with a good friend,
Matt

start out with a small one 17 1/2"

I believe this was the big one at 18 1/2"

Followed by 2 18"er's

Than I got a cool sequence with Neil catching a nice one than a pic of it jumping and the hook pulling, you can see the fish in the air and his jig half way between the fish and his pole.....

 

[Hem]

Man,those smallies are porkers.Looks like fun,..they must be females on their beds with such big bellies.Makes me think when i was a "ute", catching bass and pickerel.

 

[Sytes]

Nice!

 

[kansasdad]

Matt those are some big well nourished fish. Congratulations on the outing.

 

[mtmiller]

Much better weekend than mine. Thanks for sharing the experience.

 

[dcopas78]

Nice ones! The creeks around here were getting really good, then we got almost 4 inches of rain and it muddied them up.

 

[worm]

Nice smallis. Congrats on your catch.

 

[Southwind]

Footballs, excellent!

 

[kenton]

Great pics, pound for pound best fighting fish around.

 

[sluggo6850]

hard to beat a nice day on the water, especially when the fish are biting! Definitely some nice ones!

 

[duckhunt]

Nice fish. Im jealous. All the rivers are running bank full here.

 

[Colberjs]

Took my boys to the lake today and tried to catch some crappie. Not even a single bite. It was a little windy but they had fun. Game warden came by and checked my license. I love having my lifetime!! First time I've ever encountered a warden in the field. He was very nice. Spent some time by my truck with his binos spying on some other folks on a dock.

 

[Duck-Slayer]

Nice ones! The creeks around here were getting really good, then we got almost 4 inches of rain and it muddied them up.

Same here, the river is dirty but really really low and cool congregating the fish,
Matt

But a lot of rain here is 1 inch....

 

[What Map]

Working on my boat today. You've got me motivated. Great looking fish. Thanks for the post.

 

[Big Sky]

Now that looks like a great way to spend a day. I've caught a lot of smallies but none anywhere near as nice as those. Color me smallie-green with envy.

 

[1_pointer]

Well done! We have a few creeks/rivers around here with them, but I've never caught one. My goal for this summer is to get firsts for both me and my oldest son. Might be a bit tricky wading with a 6yo, but we're gonna try.