First of all who would have thought that I would break the 20 inch mark on a Metro Lake for Smallmouth. I’ve fished smallies about as hard as anyone over the last 3 years.
I have never broken the elusive 20 and finally got that monkey off of my back. I worked Sweet Beavers by Reaction Innovations about as slow as you could presentation wise. I saw a few fish sight fishing but could find no takers. I finally was able to connect on a few fish including my personal best. After that I had to move out as pleasure boaters were running right over the top of a shallow gravel/rocky area that I was working 
Oh well it’s to be expected when fishing on a Metro Lake 
Caught a few LM, but nothing special. I had to go get a few 
after that fish. I released her and once I got back to the boat launch later on in the evening I had heard someone talking about a 4lb fish they stuck. Not sure it was quite 4lbs at 18 inches, but still they kept it. 
Other than hearing that bad news all in all it was a greeeeeeeeeeat day
-Mike
