Hey DeeZee…..your right here about fishing smallies.
I have had a blast fishing them the last couple weeks. My neighbor hooked 5 smallies on 5 casts! the other evening. He ended up with 11 fish total in around 1 hour of fishing…..
If you hav’nt given them a try, your missing some great fun!
hiSteve, way to go on the great smallies, the few fish I caught a few weeks ago looked fantastic and very filled out, no skinny fish at all as compared to the walleyes which many are quite slim. am not familiar with the term stovepipe weeds, is that a type of weed to weed formation, or area. thanks for your good posts and updates. Jack.
Hey Jack,
You are right about the healthy look of the smallies. I fish for river smallies as well and there is no comparison from a 19″ fish from the river versus 19″ from Mille Lacs. Mille Lacs seems to grow them like footballs, and the river fish are long and lean from fighting the current.
Jack, Bobber, have you ever noticed any white scars on the heads (noses) of the ones you caught. At different times of the year crawfish molt (shed skin) and that is when the crawfish are a primary diet for these smallies up here. The white scars are from when they charge the rocks for an eluding crawfish dinner, and literally bounce off the rocks with their heads, it is really quite a sight to see. I have seen them sit in a slight daze for a moment after they hit.
As far as the weeds go, I have always called them stovepipe reeds. Some called them pencil weeds, etc…
You can see them in just about every bay on the southern end of the lake. The best “reeds” that I have found this time of year are ones with a little gravel, marl or even boudlers mixed in with the reeds.
Good Luck
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