Cold water smallmouth

  • jstoefen
    Eldridge Iowa
    Posts: 55
    March 22, 2009 at 7:50 pm #1321138

    Fished pool 2 on saturday to no avail. Just wandering what presentations everyone likes when the water temp is below 40 deg.

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    March 22, 2009 at 8:09 pm #761254

    Jerkbait, with long pauses.

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5623
    March 22, 2009 at 8:46 pm #761261

    Quote:

    Jerkbait, with long pauses.

    Yup…Give it a jerk, pause until mid April or maybe May, then hit it again

    Nice meeting you guys at the ramp yesterday. Glad to see that you survived your “drain plug incident”.

    I’ve caught Smaillies in Early April on Paddle Tails fished slowly along the rip rap, but they were few and far between.

    Rootski

    Walleyeman1
    Posts: 26
    March 22, 2009 at 9:39 pm #761274

    Rootski, was that you with the chocolate lab at Lilydale yesterday (Sat. afternoon). Was the park patrol giving you a hard time about the dog not being on a leash? Those guys need to focus more on the riff raff going on around the launches then about dogs.

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5623
    March 23, 2009 at 12:01 am #761308

    Hi Walleyman,

    Nope, that wasn’t me. I launched out of the 494 access (I live about 2 miles from that ramp).

    Rootski

    nick
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 4977
    March 23, 2009 at 12:11 am #761310

    Was that you if the super nice green Ranger? I was out fished teh confluence for a hours or so, didn’t catch ANYTHING didn’t see ANYTHING caught called it a day early.

    jstoefen
    Eldridge Iowa
    Posts: 55
    March 23, 2009 at 3:28 am #761373

    I’m assuming you are asking me. I was in the z-520, it’s actually black and silver we were fishing the confluenece in the later part of the afternoon. Unfortunatley we were unsuccessful despite looking good.

    nick
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 4977
    March 24, 2009 at 1:23 am #761790

    Yeah same here, all show no go I was out in my 190 reata by myself.

    photocycle
    Posts: 7
    March 24, 2009 at 5:34 pm #762053

    its tough out there… no sign of fish. I’ve only been able to locate some fish in 30-40ft holes on pool 2. Even then they don’t seem to wanna bite. Been thinking bout throwing live bait down there but I’m too lazy to make a run to the bait shop… *sigh*

    jstoefen
    Eldridge Iowa
    Posts: 55
    March 25, 2009 at 2:37 am #762212

    I’m also too lazy to pick up some minnows. Minnows also go against my core bass fishing beliefs. I’ve thought about carolina rigging a super fluke to get them down deep.

    bassbaron
    eldridge, ia
    Posts: 709
    March 25, 2009 at 12:29 pm #762303

    Get in touch with Jimmy D (Steve Dezeuriks dad) and get some hair jigs- 1/8 or 1/16 oz and fish on current edges in relatively deep water.

    photocycle
    Posts: 7
    March 25, 2009 at 2:51 pm #762390

    well my case isn’t about getting my bait down there… i’ve drop shotted (gulp minnows, tubes, 4 inch worm to 6inch worms), tried regular jig/grub, bounced heavy jigs, spoons on these 30-40ft depths but still no takers… tried a reaction approach and a super slow finesse approach… nada. Might just have to stay put till the water temp moves into the 40’s…

    here’s a shot of them bastids:

    bassbaron
    eldridge, ia
    Posts: 709
    March 25, 2009 at 5:14 pm #762459

    yeah, id say 34.9 might be a little chilly. They probably are not eating much down there. If you can do a hair jig float and fly style might get one to chomp- the hair is such a subtle action sometimes better in cold water. Also could be rough fish?? Im not good enough to read a graph to tell the diff but that is a nice pic!

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