why are you staring at a fish like that? creepy man real creepy.

I caught one over 6 1/2lbs on Bridgeport and a fair number in the 4lb range. I am sure this is not a popular view but I think smallmouth are way overated. I will take dragging a largemouth out of thick, shallow cover any day.

Biggest I've ever caught was 6 lbs 2 ounces.

Had a tournament on the Columbia river back in the '80s where my buddy and I weighed a 10 fish bag that weighed 36 lbs 2 ounces. That was with 4 fish over 16" and the rest RIGHT at 16". That was state law at the time. We were culling fish all day with a balance beam.

Next day, same spot during the tournament we managed 10 fish for 34 lbs 12 ounces.

Biggest smallie caught during those two days was 7 lbs on the nose.

There are some HUGE smallmouth on the Columbia river. There was a fish over 11 lbs taken in the Indian nets below Priest Rapids dam.

Best day of smallie fishing I ever had was up in the Hanford Reach area of the river. We ran up in a jet sled anchored up, jumped out and took our float tubes into a slough that had been cut off when the river dropped. This slough was on the Hanford side of the river and normally one would not be allowed to fish there but we were fishing with the WDFW doing a survey. It was a day filled with smallies over 4 lbs. I caught my 6.02 that day and numerous fish over 5 lbs.

I love to catch those smallies. Ever since I caught one at Texoma I have been hooked ever since. Great fighting fish and love the colors