my suggestion would be to use some of those suckers for catfish bait. cut them up into 1 inch chunks and the catfish love them. I have caught ton of them that way and plenty from the spot you were fishing.

 

all those miussed hits are just the suckers,they just nibble more'n take as they are actually alage eaters. A smaller hook and a small piece of bait wil get them if you really want to hook suckers.Walk up from the bridge and hit where the riffle where it dumps in up top w/ minnies or craws,the suckers won't bother them,TC1

 

That's a good hole if you hunt around a bit. Muskys and Pike have been found there on rare occasions. Try small crawlers hooked just once through the band (as opposed to wadding them up on the hook) for the smallies.

 

For more smallies if thats what ur after use minnows soft craws and today what worked for me very well was a rooster tail that was silver and white.