Personal best smallie

Rebbasser · 07-17-05, 03:04 PM

Hit the lake yesterday evening after the storms rolled through and was not having any luck in the usual spots I fish, so we decided to try a steep rocky bank. One of the baits I hardly ever use is a hula grub but had decided a couple of weeks ago to try it on some steep rocky banks so I had a football jig head tied on. I rigged up a smoke pepper grub and on the second or third cast had a hard hit. Set the hook and landed a beautiful pound and a half smallie. Considering I am in south Texas the fact there even are smallies down here is surprising. I missed a couple more-still getting used to that heavy jig head, but considering all I usually catch are largemouths it was a nice surprise, not to mention the biggest smallmouth I have ever caught. Forgot the dang camera, though

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Nitro-we were on Canyon on the south side of the lake east across the cove from Comal Park. There is a real steep bank and we were sitting in about 25 feet of water about 30 feet from the bank and threw up shallow and stair stepped the jigs down into deep water.

Justin Case · 07-17-05, 05:32 PM

Rebbasser, Way to go, Remember the hula grub can be dropshot bait as well, remember to use a slender cylinder type weight in weeds to come through the weeds. Your on your way to be the Texas smallmouth Guru.

P N J

lizardsrule · 07-17-05, 07:33 PM

Congrats, makes me jealous just reading it.

Lizards

Marty · 07-17-05, 07:41 PM

I'm sorta surprised to hear that there are smallies that far south. That 1.5#er probably fought pretty well if it was anything like northern smallies. To paraphrase Will Rogers, "I never met a smallie I didn't like."

Rebbasser · 07-17-05, 08:05 PM

It did, Marty-felt a lot bigger than it was. Sure was fun, though!

JB · 07-17-05, 08:13 PM

I wish we all could go up to Lake Eric and fish for the smallmouth up there around middle bass island.

There other spots to, but that is closest to us, its about 200 miles,
Ya throw twister tails or tubes, just like bass fishing, we take a ferry over and most days the waves wont swamp ya, a big red tourist boat comes in close every hour and throws a helluva wake that almost floods out any ranger,
but its well worth it...every smallmouth up there is 3-4-5 or bigger, they look like footballs, bad thing is, most anglers go up there and keep the smallies to eat..

07-17-05, 03:04 PM	#1
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	Personal best smallie Hit the lake yesterday evening after the storms rolled through and was not having any luck in the usual spots I fish, so we decided to try a steep rocky bank. One of the baits I hardly ever use is a hula grub but had decided a couple of weeks ago to try it on some steep rocky banks so I had a football jig head tied on. I rigged up a smoke pepper grub and on the second or third cast had a hard hit. Set the hook and landed a beautiful pound and a half smallie. Considering I am in south Texas the fact there even are smallies down here is surprising. I missed a couple more-still getting used to that heavy jig head, but considering all I usually catch are largemouths it was a nice surprise, not to mention the biggest smallmouth I have ever caught. Forgot the dang camera, though . Nitro-we were on Canyon on the south side of the lake east across the cove from Comal Park. There is a real steep bank and we were sitting in about 25 feet of water about 30 feet from the bank and threw up shallow and stair stepped the jigs down into deep water. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3 Last edited by Rebbasser; 07-17-05 at 03:11 PM.

07-17-05, 05:32 PM	#2
Justin Case BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bath, NY Posts: 70	Rebbasser, Way to go, Remember the hula grub can be dropshot bait as well, remember to use a slender cylinder type weight in weeds to come through the weeds. Your on your way to be the Texas smallmouth Guru. P N J __________________ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxx

07-17-05, 07:33 PM	#3
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	Congrats, makes me jealous just reading it. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

07-17-05, 07:41 PM	#4
Marty BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,580	I'm sorta surprised to hear that there are smallies that far south. That 1.5#er probably fought pretty well if it was anything like northern smallies. To paraphrase Will Rogers, "I never met a smallie I didn't like." __________________ Meeting expenses is easy...they're EVERYWHERE The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits Rochester, NY

07-17-05, 08:05 PM	#5
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	It did, Marty-felt a lot bigger than it was. Sure was fun, though! __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

07-17-05, 08:13 PM	#6
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	I wish we all could go up to Lake Eric and fish for the smallmouth up there around middle bass island. There other spots to, but that is closest to us, its about 200 miles, Ya throw twister tails or tubes, just like bass fishing, we take a ferry over and most days the waves wont swamp ya, a big red tourist boat comes in close every hour and throws a helluva wake that almost floods out any ranger, but its well worth it...every smallmouth up there is 3-4-5 or bigger, they look like footballs, bad thing is, most anglers go up there and keep the smallies to eat..

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