so far my brother and i have never been skunked at the river, but i was just wondering what everyone's favorite river lure is for smallmouth? so far we have found our favorites are rooster tail and mepps spinners. however, we have caught a lot on rebel craws and double tailed jigs (not sure of the official name). I'm just looking to broaden my arsenal of river lures. any input would be appreciated!
Try 3 in' tube jig 1/8 jighead. Or same thing with curly tail grub. Tube color I usually go for crayfish colors-green ,brown, rusty orange. Grubs I use silver, white, copper, chart. These are very productive for me. Either just cast & retrieve or slow jig it. GL!
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I like Panther Martins as far as inline spinners are concerned. The tempered blade makes it way easier to get spinning. We do our best with the orange dressed tails. Gold or silver depending on water clarity
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Im new to the smallmouth game but I've had good luck with both a 3.5" strike king coffee tube rigged on a 1/8oz jighead (make sure you get oversized jigheads), and also a Rebel wee craw. In the last month I've caught a handful on each bait. Nothing huge yet but quite a few in the 12-15" range.
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Also, my minimal experience tells me that when you find one there are probably more there. Once I caught the first one, I've grabbed another 3-4 in the same area.
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Can't choose just one, so I will give my top three.
3) Black Pond Magic Buzz Bait w/ a Chartreuse grub trailer
2) 2.3 Inch Big Joshy Swaggin' minnow in either Sugar or Salt & Pepper
1) 2-3/4" Original Floating Rapala in Silver and Black, which in my humble opinion is the greatest single lure ever made in the history of man.
White buzz bait (cavitron specifically) small square bill crank bait in copper green shad color (lucky craft). Any tube really, color depends on time of year. I have been successful with green, grey, white, copper, and others. The most versatile is probably a grub on a colored jig head. I like blue, white and chartreuse jigs with something green for grub. Purple is a surprisingly good color as well.
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Homemade foiled crank that dives to about 3-4 feet followed by dardevle imp spoon. If topwater is on buzzer, sometimes nip-i-diddee (casts far) or jimmy. Also like the 5/8 oz subwart and rapala husky 13. If topwater is really on (fall water releases) ill chuck a luhr jenson woodchopper for the big gals (it also catches just above dink size). And i like the rapala countdown 13 too, especially in rainbow trout. And pretty much any spoon.
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My go too is a size 5 jointed shadrap in baby bass....
I had one of those and loved it. Lost it to a snag and found one on ebay. When it arrived it was a small container of hand sanitizer?!?!
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I like and have used a lot of the lures mentioned above but one I haven't seen and has been terrific for me this season is a wacky rigged Yamamoto senko 3 or 4" in a variety of colors. I have thrown bubblegum on some days and crushed them but each day is different it seems.
I like and have used a lot of the lures mentioned above but one I haven't seen and has been terrific for me this season is a wacky rigged Yamamoto senko 3 or 4" in a variety of colors. I have thrown bubblegum on some days and crushed them but each day is different it seems.
x 2 on this. All you need is some split/drop shot hooks and a pack of senkos. I like the 4 and 5 inch variety. The Yamamoto Senkos work the best IMHO. Not sure why. I think they sink faster than other brands.
Also, the tiny torpedo has been great for me this year. Color unimportant. Retrieval nuances are. Nothing beats the top water strike!
Favorite river smallie lure?
Favorite river smallie lure?
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