CG_Fishes Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 Been on a river smallie pattern for a while now but couldn't get em to touch the big stuff. Tried out the mikey Jr. I'd had for a few years without fishing it, figured I would try it out. They were all over it, caught 5 or 6, these 2 being the biggest, with one around 4lbs bending out my hook and a few 2-3s swiping at the bait and missing Unfortunately I casted off the bait today, gonna have to get a few more now, never seen bass react to something like they did to this. dean_d, 168 Rookie, CaliforniaRigged and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B2C Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 Nice fish! Nice when you find the bait they want, Too bad you cast it off ... CG_Fishes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG_Fishes Posted September 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 1 hour ago, B2C said: Nice fish! Nice when you find the bait they want, Too bad you cast it off ... Thanks, and yeah, that's the 4th bait I've casted off this week, never had bad luck with it like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim137a Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 River smallies are so much fun - very nice catches. CG_Fishes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG_Fishes Posted September 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 46 minutes ago, Jim137a said: River smallies are so much fun - very nice catches. Agreed, they are a whole other breed from lake fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaRigged Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 Awesome catches man! Have one of those Jrs sitting around somewhere. Might have to tie it on one of these days CG_Fishes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG_Fishes Posted September 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, CaliforniaRigged said: Awesome catches man! Have one of those Jrs sitting around somewhere. Might have to tie it on one of these days hell yeah, never used mine for years, love em now, gotta buy more CaliforniaRigged 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harshwaters Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 Solid smallies!! Nice when you find out what they want. CG_Fishes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG_Fishes Posted September 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 Just now, Harshwaters said: Solid smallies!! Nice when you find out what they want. hell yeah, gotta love river fish man Harshwaters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrett Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 Dang man. Those are some big smallies I caught a 5 pounder out of the river and they fight hard. Its a whole other kind of fish. Great Day! CG_Fishes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG_Fishes Posted September 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 Just now, Barrett said: Dang man. Those are some big smallies I caught a 5 pounder out of the river and they fight hard. Its a whole other kind of fish. Great Day! jeez, I would love a 5 out of the river, hopefully one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrett Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 I hope you get one soon! One of the hardest fights of my life Stay on them like you are and you will eventually! CG_Fishes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG_Fishes Posted September 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 19 minutes ago, Barrett said: I hope you get one soon! One of the hardest fights of my life Stay on them like you are and you will eventually! they are in this river, albeit very few, gotta find a new bait to catch em with until I can get more mikeys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrett Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 (edited) Good luck man. A bait i would recommend for them is probably a small glide or jointed swimbait like the mikey. Edited September 23, 2020 by Barrett CG_Fishes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimbaitingthe229 Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 You can’t beat a small mouth bite, I’ve only caught a few and one or two river smallies but they fight CG_Fishes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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