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Best smallmouth bass baits?
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10/12/18 06:35 PM
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Going to caddo river in Arkansa in a month to camp and fish. What are good smallmouth bass baits for fishing a river?
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PB between 8-9 pounds.
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10/12/18 06:48 PM
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Bass Buster1
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Small green pumpkin tube with a jig head inserted inside it. Fish it on a spinning rod on light line and cast it around every rock you can see.
See you on the lake and have a great day!
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10/12/18 06:49 PM
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Re: Best smallmouth bass baits?
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10/12/18 08:14 PM
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blackhawk19
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Re: Best smallmouth bass baits?
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10/12/18 08:48 PM
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Caddo River looks a lot like the Illinois River that I fished weekly when I was going to College in Tahlequah, OK. Here is what worked well for me-
In the deeper pools- Shaky head with small worm or speed craw. Just below the ripples- 0.5 size squarebills casting upstream and reeling down stream
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Re: Best smallmouth bass baits?
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10/12/18 09:55 PM
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361V
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I have canoed and fished rivers all over Texas, Ok and Arkansas for many years. The Caddo is a classic Arkansas smallmouth stream. Lots of lures will catch bass at different times. Favorite topwater is a clear tiny torpedo(small prop bait). Smaller squarebill and shallow cranks usually best in a crawdad color. Inline spinners and smaller spinnerbaits. Jointed Rapalas or jerkbaits. Soft plastics(worms, flukes & senkos) in slower stretches. Many choices for river bass but in all my years of river fishing one bait has been hands down the most consistent fish catcher. A 1/4oz lead head jig with a 3-4 curley tailed grub. Not the tiny crappie jigs but one with a decent sized hook for a decent sized grub. Any color....as long as its chartruse! . Great bait for largemouth and smallies alike. This bait has caught countless smallies on Arkansas rivers for me. Fish everywhere but really concentrate on the faster water and pools at the base of the faster water. As said many choices but if they are not biting this...they arent biting! Did I mention to bring some chartruse jig heads & chartruse curly tailed grubs? Beautiful place, yall have fun!
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10/13/18 03:50 AM
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Ibock
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Do you mean a traditional bass jig with a skirt or just like a ball jig?
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PB between 8-9 pounds.
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10/13/18 04:17 AM
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4 inch grub slow rolled just off the bottom.
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Re: Best smallmouth bass baits?
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#12931961
10/13/18 04:32 AM
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Last time I fished up there(Little Red), my uncle had us using a old laminate crawfish colored finesse worm on a 1/8 jig head-Jigworm
"Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway."
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Re: Best smallmouth bass baits?
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10/13/18 07:51 AM
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One of my favorite baits for smallmouth is a hair jig...just look up smallmouth bass hair jigs to get a idea what I am talking about if you have never heard of them...they out produce very other bait for me and are killer on local smallmouth for me.
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Re: Best smallmouth bass baits?
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10/13/18 11:20 AM
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Spent 9 years living in Kansas. Small mouths will chase the same lures as large mouths but when all else fails a 1/4oz jig head with a 3" tube bait.
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Re: Best smallmouth bass baits?
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10/13/18 11:59 AM
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I used to catch the heck out of them on Canyon Lake on a shaky head and green pumpkin 5 worm.
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Re: Best smallmouth bass baits?
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10/13/18 02:41 PM
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might try a whopper plopper or a walk-the-dog topwater. Smallies just seem to get mad at 'em.
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Re: Best smallmouth bass baits?
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10/13/18 03:54 PM
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361V
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Do you mean a traditional bass jig with a skirt or just like a ball jig? Not the "traditional" largemouth jigs with weedguards, skirts...just a simple ball head jig. When I said 'not a tiny crappie jig" I meant that style just not a tiny one. One with a decent sized wide hook and about 1/4oz lead head. Putting a tube on it is deadly also as mentioned above. I just like (and do well with) the swimming actin of the curly tailed grub over a tube but both are great.
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