Good day chasing smallies

bluebasser86 · 12-05-12, 07:56 PM

Drew and I headed to Melvern today for the last time this year before the cold snap next week. Water temps stayed pretty steady from 49-50 degrees. It was a grind all day but the quality of fish was making up for it. My first fish of the morning was a solid 3.37lb 18.5" smallmouth on a Ned Rig.

About an hour and a few fish later I got my second keeper of the day, 18" and 3.35 pounds, also on a Ned Rig.

Drew got in on the action with a chunky smallmouth on a jigging spoon.

Then I got a 17 3/4 incher also on a jigging spoon.

and Drew followed up with the biggest spot he's ever caught, also on the spoon.

We had a pretty long lull with only a few fish here and there. We decided to hit the outlet at the dam one more time before we left since we'd caught several of our fish off of it. Drew hooked up quickly on the spoon. The fish was fighting really odd. I thought he'd tailhooked a carp until the line came up quickly and a super stocky smallmouth went airborne. It was a pretty serious tussle before I got the net under one of the thickest smallmouth I've ever seen. She was 18.5" and 4.04 pounds!

You can really tell how thick she was in this picture even though it's kind of dark.

aikenyounggun · 12-05-12, 08:29 PM

Awesome pics. Sounds like a good day

WaffleJaw · 12-06-12, 12:12 PM

Man those are great looking fish!!

Jrob78 · 12-06-12, 03:21 PM

Awesome smallies!

Bassboss · 12-06-12, 09:11 PM

Some REAL NICE smallies ya got there. Wish I'd done more smallie fishing this year, but guess I'll have to wait a couple more months for that!

12-05-12, 07:56 PM	#1
bluebasser86 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Gardner, KS Posts: 605	Good day chasing smallies Drew and I headed to Melvern today for the last time this year before the cold snap next week. Water temps stayed pretty steady from 49-50 degrees. It was a grind all day but the quality of fish was making up for it. My first fish of the morning was a solid 3.37lb 18.5" smallmouth on a Ned Rig. About an hour and a few fish later I got my second keeper of the day, 18" and 3.35 pounds, also on a Ned Rig. Drew got in on the action with a chunky smallmouth on a jigging spoon. Then I got a 17 3/4 incher also on a jigging spoon. and Drew followed up with the biggest spot he's ever caught, also on the spoon. We had a pretty long lull with only a few fish here and there. We decided to hit the outlet at the dam one more time before we left since we'd caught several of our fish off of it. Drew hooked up quickly on the spoon. The fish was fighting really odd. I thought he'd tailhooked a carp until the line came up quickly and a super stocky smallmouth went airborne. It was a pretty serious tussle before I got the net under one of the thickest smallmouth I've ever seen. She was 18.5" and 4.04 pounds! You can really tell how thick she was in this picture even though it's kind of dark.

12-05-12, 08:29 PM	#2
aikenyounggun BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: aiken, SC Posts: 2,051	Awesome pics. Sounds like a good day __________________ <>< Rather be Fishing ><>

12-06-12, 12:12 PM	#3
WaffleJaw BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dallas,TX (DFW) Posts: 2,212	Man those are great looking fish!! __________________ [nelsoncustomrods.com]

12-06-12, 03:21 PM	#4
Jrob78 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 4,671	Awesome smallies! __________________ There are 3 kinds of people in the world…those who can count and those who can’t. HRN4L

12-06-12, 09:11 PM	#5
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Some REAL NICE smallies ya got there. Wish I'd done more smallie fishing this year, but guess I'll have to wait a couple more months for that! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

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