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What a day to be on the water!! First Smallie!!
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05/28/18 09:46 PM
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JavelinJ
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Great day of fishing today. Perfect amount of wind but could have used a tad less heat.
Nonetheless the fish were on fire today. Caught my very first small mouth that went 3.97 pounds @ 19.75".
I was super pumped and shakey after finally landing it. My wife said, "why are you shaking"....psshh. Silly woman. That fish fought harder than any fish I can remember in the last many years. Good times.
Last edited by txfour; 05/29/18 12:44 AM.
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Re: What a day to be on the water!! First Smallie!!
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05/28/18 10:12 PM
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ChuChu1
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Great catch! Smallmouth is on my bucket list.
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Re: What a day to be on the water!! First Smallie!!
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05/28/18 10:16 PM
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Re: What a day to be on the water!! First Smallie!!
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05/28/18 10:21 PM
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Mike Keenan
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Very good day indeed...what lake?
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Re: What a day to be on the water!! First Smallie!!
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05/28/18 10:37 PM
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Re: What a day to be on the water!! First Smallie!!
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05/28/18 11:18 PM
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James Biggs
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Re: What a day to be on the water!! First Smallie!!
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05/28/18 11:28 PM
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Re: What a day to be on the water!! First Smallie!!
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05/28/18 11:48 PM
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Re: What a day to be on the water!! First Smallie!!
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05/29/18 12:06 AM
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Donald Harper
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Glad you found them. Very nice fish. Thanks for sharing.
I am guessing they were on a hump or deep water contour?
Last edited by Donald Harper; 05/29/18 12:08 AM.
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Re: What a day to be on the water!! First Smallie!!
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05/29/18 01:57 AM
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Ken A.
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Congrats! Three point nine seven is bigger than any smallie I ever caught! Caught a bunch of them on Champlain and upper state Maine on the Penobscot River but none of them went over 3 pounds.
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Re: What a day to be on the water!! First Smallie!!
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05/29/18 07:22 AM
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Monty Wright
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Re: What a day to be on the water!! First Smallie!!
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05/29/18 12:18 PM
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Allison1
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Great fish tx.
Smallmouth are fun. I occasionally catch them but in Texas they are not as numerous. I remember when Squaw Cr had them. You could get a nice stringer some days by just running straight to the dam when it first opened and fish a spinnerbait slowly. Best one I heard of was over 20 pounds and I have had a couple that went that while fun fishing. I imagine they just did not reproduce on that lake since you don't catch them there anymore.
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Re: What a day to be on the water!! First Smallie!!
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05/29/18 12:31 PM
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dk2429
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The one bass I've yet to catch or even see in person is a smallmouth, and it is a goal this summer to do so at Belton/Stillhouse.
That's a nice smallmouth for sure! Have any pics? What lake if you don't me asking?
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Re: What a day to be on the water!! First Smallie!!
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05/29/18 12:46 PM
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The one bass I've yet to catch or even see in person is a smallmouth, and it is a goal this summer to do so at Belton/Stillhouse.
That's a nice smallmouth for sure! Have any pics? What lake if you don't me asking? They fight like a 3 pound bass on steroids. I say 3 pounds, because a bigger largemouth just doesn't fight as hard as you'd think. A smallie? They love acrobatics. Crazy ADHD bass!
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Re: What a day to be on the water!! First Smallie!!
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05/29/18 02:56 PM
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Mark Perry
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Looks like a great time....congrats on the smallmouth. Fun fish to catch and that lake has some big ones in it.
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