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Smith Lake

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Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Spring (Current)
4 Fishing Reports
6 Followers

Smith Lake Overview

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Top Techniques Reported for Largemouth Bass + Spring

Soft Body Swimbaits (Large)
  1. Soft Body Swimbaits (Large)
    1
Total Fishing Reports
4
Top Species Reported for Spring
  1. Largemouth Bass1 Report
  2. Panfish / Bluegill1 Report

Fishing Reports

4 Reports on Smith Lake

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  • Dylan Sluis

    Gold Ambassador

    5/15/22

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Pre-Spawn)

    • Technique

      Soft Swimbaits (Lg)

    • Structure

      Open Water/Basin

    • Forage

      Bluegill

    • Water Temperature

      63°

    Very good lake for some bass. Has a lot of smaller fish, but some better sized ones mixed in. Went out here on open water and put big swimbaits in my hand all day long. It is my favorite way to catch prespawn bass, and if you have never tried it. Definitely give the products above a try. All I was doing was working shallow flats with the magdraft, and if I found some isolated cover I would then pick up the S-Waver.
  • Omnia Community Member

    Silver Ambassador

    5/28/23

    • Species

      Panfish / Bluegill

    • Season

      Spring (Spawn)

    • Technique

      Vertical Jigging 0-9'

    • Structure

      Laydowns

    • Forage

      Minnows

    • Water Temperature

      61°

    Casting jigs and bobbers in shallow layed down reeds in 2-4 fow and caught limits of 11-14" crappies
  • Dylan Sluis

    Gold Ambassador

    7/17/22

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Large Hair Jigs

    • Structure

      Ledges

    • Forage

      Bluegill

    • Water Temperature

      78°

    Caught some good ones that morning. Stayed a little deeper that morning and decided to lock the big hair jig in my hand that day and it paid off. If you don't have some large hair jigs in your arsenal, definitely give these a try. Just use a sweeping motion with the rod, and follow the bait down. Because almost all of your bites will come as the bait is falling. Using a longer rod like a 7'6 Md Hvy is a great rod for this type of fishing. And match that with Sufix Advance Flouro in 17lb and you're set.
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