| A lot of fishing techniques vary in
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| | reservoirs and near channels where the
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| efficiency depending on what type of fish
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| | shoreline goes underwater at
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| one is aiming for, especially with bass.
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| | approximately 45 degrees.
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| One bass in particular, the smallmouth
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| | Drop off points, very rocky shoals, and
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| bass, can be very picky at times, but
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| | even fallen timber can be great covers
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| careful attention to detail can have the
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| | for smallmouth bass as well, so be sure
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| avid and casual fishing enthusiast alike
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| | to check a variety of areas for prime
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| reeling in their limits in no time.
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| | location.
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| It is pretty much common knowledge that
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| | Preparation is ultimately the biggest
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| the largemouth bass will eat just about
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| | trick to fishing for smallmouth. This
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| anything that it can, which is for the
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| | involves charting the area out months and
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| most part true, but the same isn't
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| | seasons beforehand; especially when the
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| necessarily true as much for the
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| | water is very low and you can note
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| smallmouth bass. The smallmouth, while
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| | particular great cover spots that are
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| not very picky in its diet, tends to
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| | hidden when the waters are higher. This
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| scale things down a bit more and will
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| | especially comes in handy in any season
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| prefer a few plump bites than many small
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| | where the weather works to make structure
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| bites or one really big meal. The
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| | invisible, such as snow and mud.
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| smallmouth will still go after insects,
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| | Smallmouth bass really enjoy being next
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| but its favorite food is usually the
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| | to objects for their cover, particularly
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| crawdad, or crayfish.
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| | solid objects (which is part of why they
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| Smallmouth bass also tend to like deeper
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| | aren't as fond of weeds as largemouth
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| and cooler water than largemouth, and the
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| | bass are), and they tend to be most
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| smallmouth will really get active between
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| | active from nighttime to early morning
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| 40 degrees Fahrenheit and about 65
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| | (especially if the water is very clear).
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| degrees Fahrenheit.
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| | Smallmouth will spook very easily, even
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| During this time, the smallmouth will
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| | if they are very aggressive due to
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| feed on the bottom near stronger current,
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| | fast-paced high competition areas with
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| especially near rocks and even man made
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| | low food supplies. Slow drags are the
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| items such as wooden support structures
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| | best ways to pull up a smallmouth,
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| of bridges that cut the flow.
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| | especially if the season and food supply
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| Other than using live crawdad as bait,
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| | prompt the smallmouth to be picky about
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| artificial lures in a wide range of type
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| | their diet.
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| will suffice for cooler smallmouth
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| | A good thing to keep in mind, also, is
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| fishing, with drop shot rigs, spinner
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| | that smallmouth will travel in schools of
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| baits, and jerk baits being especially
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| | smallmouth that are the same size, so
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| effective in most scenarios. Other great
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| | relocation may be necessary if you keep
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| live bait includes big worms and fresh
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| | hooking small catches.
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| minnows.
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| | I would not recommend trying to topwater
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| They key here is to keep things small and
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| | for smallmouth because you have a better
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| slow, especially with extremely warm or
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| | chance of spooking them than you do
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| cold weather (since in either case the
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| | attracting them, but it can be done with
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| smallmouth bass will be doing its best to
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| | skill. The reason that it is usually
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| conserve as much energy as possible due
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| | best to head for the bottom in shallower
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| to slow metabolism in the cold and risk
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| | water and about 30 feet down elsewhere is
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| of poor oxygen in hot weather).
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| | because that is where the food for the
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| Most of the time when the smallmouth bass
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| | smallmouth is, and that is also where the
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| retreats to deep water, it will do so for
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| | water is cooled to their liking. In
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| feeder fish and will do so at around the
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| | winter, schools can even get down to 55
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| thermocline, which will be about 25-35
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| | feet or more!
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| feet down. This will especially occur in
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