im happy to catch an 8 inch smallie let alone somthing like that there my favorite fish by far. that was a chunky boy for sure thats great to see. ive caught some chunks out of there too in the past but havnt been able to get out as much lately so its been a couple years. a few years ago i caught 2 19's in 3 cast on a berkly chigger craw on a weedless football jighead just dragging it along the bottom real slow. great video. i hope i can find some time to get out here soon.
@AnticipateTheBite
7 күн бұрын
The chunks are either becoming incredibly smarter OR, what I believe, is they either don't exist anymore, fell victim to meat eaters(i don't believe this is the case), migrated away to more stable water, or are in a bad cycle the last few years. Whatever the case, big smallmouth are rapidly becoming increasingly harder to come by close to home. Love me a giant smallmouth -as you can tell in the video! lol. -Try hard to prioritize getting in some time on the water. It's good for the soul 🙂🤝🎣
@swere1240
7 күн бұрын
yeah the drought the past few years probly is a contributing factor im sure. theres been alot of water this year which is great though i hope we get a few years like this to help them bounce back. when i was younger it was so much different. the average size smallie was 12-14 inches on the squaw and skunk and would also hook into 18's or bigger from time to time. but then there was a big fish kill from a farm spilling somthing into the skunk that they tried to say only affected a few mile stretch of the river but i think it killed all the baitfish in a much larger stretch and the river never really was the same after that sadly. i hope it gets back to how it was back then in my lifetime.
@AnticipateTheBite
7 күн бұрын
@@swere1240 2020 was the last year fishing was really good on the river. I could catch at least 1 or more 15-17" plus smallmouth EVERY TRIP. And back in 2020 I didn't even know what I was doing. There has definitely been some kind of (very noticeable) change.
@DreadyEDDY710
17 күн бұрын
Great smallie man!
@AnticipateTheBite
17 күн бұрын
For sure! I was thinking about cutting out how worked up I got about it as I was reeling it in, but ya know, it was just a darn nice fish for my neck of the woods! The question now is how long will it be until I see another? lol
@DreadyEDDY710
17 күн бұрын
@AnticipateTheBite no way haha I liked the reaction as mine would've been the same, especially out of a quarry
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