Me and my Grandfather were out on this nice body of water about a week ago. We were looking for smallies as we had heard they got to be very nice size. We were only able to haul one in and it was about 3 pounds. Not trying to snag any spots but does anyone have any idea where these beautiful fish hide??
Thanks 
Lake Ida in Douglas County?
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Yes sir
I’ve found most of smallies out there this year in 12-15fow, on rocks with cabbage. Good Luck!
A Denny’s tournament was held out there on the 18th of June and the top bags were all dominated by smallies, but none of the top 5 teams had a 4lb fish. It wouldn’t surprise me if that was a bed fishing deal. My bass club had a tournament on Ida in mid July in 2009 and I’m pretty sure not one of the 114 fish weighed was a smallie. We only had 1 fish over 4lbs that day, but it was a 6-6. That quite possibly could have been the biggest bass in the whole lake.
Hey Joe would you mind telling me where any of these cabbage and rock spots are? If u don’t want to it’s fine I’m just really struggling out there
Ida does have some really nice smallmouth but after the spawn they are rather hard to target and locate – They tend to move around a lot during the summer months. If you find one there should be more in the area. Deep weedpoints and rocks with a dropshot is your best bet.
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