Favorite river smallie lure?

[celtic11]

Originally Posted by gerb

caught 6 more bass today with my redfish magic spinnerbait. if you dont have a lot of confidence in spinnerbaits, this is the one to throw.

I don't know anything about it but it sounds like I should look it up. Who makes it?

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[gerb]

strike king makes it. this thing puts out a serious vibration in the water.

i cast as close to banks or structure as i can, and just go with a steady retrieve about 1' under the surface.

[Joeb8741]

I am a big fan of no snags and top water early and late, Zera Pups seem to always produce quality fish and got to love the top water action. Have to twitch them back and forth and change up the speed!

[Saugeyefisher]

Post is going strong,ill chime in.........Buzz baits my fav for river/creek smallies!

[Bubbagon]

Think of covering the water column more than the bait. Smart man once said "They're either lookin up, or lookin down."

1. Full sized white spinnerbaits and black buzzbaits. Gotta have 'em.
2. Plastics - 3" green tubes, 3" grub, 4-5" white fluke, Senko
3. Cranks - any good 2-4' diving square bill, Rattletraps, and a Lucky craft Pointer 100

Those are what I think to be strong baits in each category for catching bigger fish. And you can cover the water column top to bottom in each category. Then you just let the fish tell you what they're digging that day...or pooch off your partner...whatever.

I always try to start a float making sure I throw something different than my partner until we figure out what they want.

[MDBuckeye]

Originally Posted by gerb

strike king makes it. this thing puts out a serious vibration in the water.

i cast as close to banks or structure as i can, and just go with a steady retrieve about 1' under the surface.

I think I have a few of these I used in the salt. I just need to dig them out of my saltwater gear.

[gerb]

right on, i mainly use them for bass. have the most luck with the color as shown.

[BigRed89]

rebel craws, try different colors