smallies at the bank on pool 9

My spring milk run on pool 9 looking for smallies yielded only pint-sized fish…until Friday when the big gals came to the ol familiar places and started whacking spinnerbaits

Light penetration was a factor Friday with fish lookng for warmest water. This has since changed. Now the location seems to be geared to staking out the best spawning area—and Chompers are starting to pay off more than white tandem spinnerbaits as of yesterday

It’s a wild thing about some of the "milk run" bass spots on pool 9…when the smallies get done the largemouth move into the same habitat. Rat-L-Traps, spinnerbaits and plastics all seem to work. No whoppers over 20 inches yet this spring…but its only a matter of time.

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tedpeck

Retired pro firefighter/medic, guide 30 yrs, outdoor writer & broadcaster since '73, power stick for ICE TEAM, fish/hunt 225+ days/yr.

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  1. Under old man rivers dock theres some, the third tree in the first chute I had some, the 3rd wingdam is stacked, and Duncan’s pond is loading up with em. So just go to those “spots” and you’ll do good. Just joking.

  2. Ted has posted more than enough info already.
    Thanks for the post but if you can conceal the background a little more some of us tourney guys would be willing to send you a little money to keep it hush hush.
    The BFL guys will be beating the heck out of it on saturday just like last year.
    jc

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