About every year, I fish Smith Mountain Lake with my brother-in-law. He inherited a small lakehouse on the lake. He is ate up with striper fishing but when I come and visit, I want to target smallmouth, being that I'm from Florida. We catch quite a few small ones (about a pound) but never a decent smallmouth. What gives? Are there a good number of larger smallmouth in Smith Mountain Lake?
Quote from: FlatsNBay on January 13, 2022, 08:37:25 AM
About every year, I fish Smith Mountain Lake with my brother-in-law. He inherited a small lakehouse on the lake. He is ate up with striper fishing but when I come and visit, I want to target smallmouth, being that I'm from Florida. We catch quite a few small ones (about a pound) but never a decent smallmouth. What gives? Are there a good number of larger smallmouth in Smith Mountain Lake?
doing a very quick search for smith mountain lake virginia smallmouth led me to this
https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/outdoors-bound/bass-numbers-climbing-at-smith-mountain-lake/ (https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/outdoors-bound/bass-numbers-climbing-at-smith-mountain-lake/)
https://thebasscast.com/smith-mountain-lake-may-2021-fishing-report-by-captain-dale-wilson/ (https://thebasscast.com/smith-mountain-lake-may-2021-fishing-report-by-captain-dale-wilson/)
Thanks Coldfront. That was interesting. Anybody have any tips or tricks for catching a bigger small mouth? We usually drop shot around the rocks for them towards the damn.
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