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basswacka19
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 Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:16 pm Post subject: smallies on october 29.yea boy!!! |
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| I went to the Thompson dam today 10/29,the conditions were clear/partly cloudy,water temp 50 deg. Started out throwing a white jig and a drop shot for about a hour without any bites.My brother was with me too throwing the same thing only a black and blue jig with no hits on that either.There where pretty strong wind gusts from time to time so i decided to throw a crank bait a little.I through the crank with a slow retrieve for about 20 min without any bites.Then i took one cast with a fast retrieve and about half way in a 2.5 pound smallie smashes it. For the next hour me and my brother both threw cranks with fast retrieve and picked up 5 more smallies between the two of us.we ended with about a 8lb 5 fish total. |
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Vikingned
Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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Sweet report bud. And ya gotta love them bronze backs. One of my favorite fresh water fish to catch.....Congrats  |
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SkeeterJim
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:55 am Post subject: |
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Nice job basswacka. Apparently you found the retrieve speed they wanted.
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Phish
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice work! |
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trogers96
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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| nice job ill have to try that lake |
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n8cas
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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way to stick with it... gotta love smallmouths.... where is that place??
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basswacka19
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah,its been really slow lately but i still manage to get a few here and there.the thompson damn is just off of exit 98 on 395.its not the best place ive ever fished but there are some pretty nice bass in there if you get lucky enough to get the damn things to bite. |
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basswacka19
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| heres a picture of my 2.5 smallie |
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jigman
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice job. It's alot of fun catching them on a crankbait bite. I've never had too much luck throwing a jig to smallies. |
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basswacka19
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:25 am Post subject: |
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| yea it's fun! Another rig i use that works awesome for smallies especially in rivers is dropshoting a gulp minnow.I use really small dropshot hooks and 1/8oz weights and it is killer. |
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ribrit4
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| Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice!!! |
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