@bassnager Smallmouth bass are on points in current durring pre-spawn, but near spwning areas. As it gets near the spawn the bass make there move to shallow 1-6 feet of water and out of current for the spawn for the most part. Places to look for are bays or ponds fed by culverts from the river. Bass will swim thru culverts over 100 feet long to get into warmer backwater areas. So in prespawn I find lots of smallies in 15 to 4 feet of water but just before the spawn I find them in 2-6 feet deep.
I will do a video of the kind of places I catch smallmouth bass in rivers. within the next two weeks. Current is the key. Try fishing points with current. Look for current seams down stream of the point. Fish the seams. Good luck! Roger
I know your pain buddy. This will be the third time I am fishing at a small mouth hatchery this year out of my canoe, still not a bite. I must be doing something wrong...
hey is to much waight good or bad i ussaly fish in shore in california in san luis resivor lots of striped bass and large mouth bass one time my dads friend got a striped bass as big as a car trunk
As a rule of thumb you should try to fish with as light a weight as you can and still get to the fish. Many people NEVER fish a senko with weight. I have found that a small amount of weight do not hurt the acction of a senko and will place the bait infrom=nt of the bass faster so I can place my bait infront of more bass over time and than = more landed bass. To much weight is bad at times. The lighter your weight the more hits you will get. It's just more natural.
This is a small area off the Ciolumbia River in Oregon. I am trying to show you how I fish a wacky rigged 3 inch senko for small mouth bass. Yes I almost always use some weight, You may ask why and the answer is it is more effective that way! I just catch more bass using the weight. It helps me get the bait down to the fish faster and I can put the lure infront of more bass in less time and that = more bass!
Are fish usually shallow in pre spawn as well as spawn?
bassnager 1 year ago
@bassnager Smallmouth bass are on points in current durring pre-spawn, but near spwning areas. As it gets near the spawn the bass make there move to shallow 1-6 feet of water and out of current for the spawn for the most part. Places to look for are bays or ponds fed by culverts from the river. Bass will swim thru culverts over 100 feet long to get into warmer backwater areas. So in prespawn I find lots of smallies in 15 to 4 feet of water but just before the spawn I find them in 2-6 feet deep.
exbassguide 1 year ago
@bassnager
yes
Hopdity3 8 months ago
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bassnager 1 year ago
@bassnager A inline spinner and a 3 inch senko.
Roger
exbassguide 1 year ago
the 3 inch wacky senko is probably my best lure for any fish
drummer5o 1 year ago
wat river?
flurbsmcgurgs 2 years ago
Columbia river
exbassguide 2 years ago
i can never catch river smallmouth, iv only caught 1 the first time i went and ive been like 20 more times there?
flurbsmcgurgs 2 years ago
I will do a video of the kind of places I catch smallmouth bass in rivers. within the next two weeks. Current is the key. Try fishing points with current. Look for current seams down stream of the point. Fish the seams. Good luck! Roger
exbassguide 2 years ago
@exbassguide thank you
flurbsmcgurgs 2 years ago
I know your pain buddy. This will be the third time I am fishing at a small mouth hatchery this year out of my canoe, still not a bite. I must be doing something wrong...
Rudetube69 1 year ago
@Rudetube69
Well try somthing that will piss them off like a chatter bait or o bright colored lure
Hopdity3 8 months ago
Was that near Bateman Island? You bring back wonderful memories of fishing on the Columbia.
Northwestrebel 2 years ago
YES not far from there!
Roger
exbassguide 2 years ago
@exbassguide I have caught smallmouth and largemouth in that exact spot!
Northwestrebel 2 years ago
I love that wacky rig senkos I rip smallies yesterday on the susquehanna river here in PA near harrisburg Smallies love it
G3115jet 2 years ago
the smallies there love jigs too my cousin and her boy friend caught about twenty small moutn on jigs there
BassAnglerMike33 2 years ago
nice....a fish is a fish right.... as long as i caught somtin
golfer15963 2 years ago
wacky rig is the best set up for smallies. works in soo many different situations. its my go to lure
puckawayking18 3 years ago
sweet!
pretty smallie
freedomfascist 3 years ago
Awesome. I am getting a kayak to hunt them down! Look @ my catch in your video response.
carag001 3 years ago
seems to be a nice smallie!
jrsect2 3 years ago
I wish there were smallmouth around here.
NCbassfishing24 3 years ago
come down here to the cal delta 7 inch senkos and 6 or 7 #ers all day
chamberpotman 3 years ago
i live in oregon too. what part of the columbia were u fishing? near what city?
dashit503 3 years ago
At The dalles
exbassguide 3 years ago
hey is to much waight good or bad i ussaly fish in shore in california in san luis resivor lots of striped bass and large mouth bass one time my dads friend got a striped bass as big as a car trunk
lovefishing13 3 years ago
As a rule of thumb you should try to fish with as light a weight as you can and still get to the fish. Many people NEVER fish a senko with weight. I have found that a small amount of weight do not hurt the acction of a senko and will place the bait infrom=nt of the bass faster so I can place my bait infront of more bass over time and than = more landed bass. To much weight is bad at times. The lighter your weight the more hits you will get. It's just more natural.
Roger
exbassguide 3 years ago
NICE FISH MAN! fish on.
IBG67 3 years ago 2
This is a small area off the Ciolumbia River in Oregon. I am trying to show you how I fish a wacky rigged 3 inch senko for small mouth bass. Yes I almost always use some weight, You may ask why and the answer is it is more effective that way! I just catch more bass using the weight. It helps me get the bait down to the fish faster and I can put the lure infront of more bass in less time and that = more bass!
Roger
exbassguide 3 years ago