River Smallmouth

  • netman
    Wisconsin
    Posts: 74
    April 11, 2009 at 3:35 am #1321149

    Well it’s that time of year again,the Smallmouth males are staged to spawn and the females aren’t far behind.
    I took the opportunity to take my son Cole and his buddy Cameron fishing today for some prespawners i’d found last week and they were still there for the boys and myself to enjoy.
    We had a great day with around 25 fish ranging from 13″ to 20″. The largest was caught by Cole,a beautiful fish measuring 20″ and about 4 lbs.Cameron managed to catch his first Smallmouth ever,a good sized male measuring 17.5″ and about 3 lbs.I managed to catch a dandy river Northern,our tape wasn’t long enough to get an accurate measurement,sorry,we guessed it at around 34″.
    The biggest and majority of fish came on a wh/chart dbl willowblade spinnerbait.We managed to catch 5 fish pitching plastics,guess they were Hungry.
    We managed a few doubles during the day,which are always a blast.
    I can’t think of a better way to spend a spring day than with family and friends,especially with two young pups ready to set the water on fire,like Cole and Cameron.
    All in all it was great to see them two have a blast and make some memories.
    Most of our fish came in 3-5 fow and on a fast retrieve and the water temp started at 48 degrees and ended up at 51 degrees.



    milkdud
    WI
    Posts: 4
    April 11, 2009 at 3:41 am #767562

    yea that was a good time. man i love that smallie i caught! haha but ur toothey critter was the biggest by far. cameron did a good job fpr his first time to.
    thanx for taking me to dad

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    April 11, 2009 at 3:53 am #767569

    That is totally awesome guys! Great job and thanks for sharing!

    sean-lyons
    Waterloo, IA and Hager City Wi.
    Posts: 674
    April 11, 2009 at 4:03 am #767572

    Nice smallies guys, and nice gator dad!!!! We have a ball with skinny water smallies down here in Ioway this time of year too, geared up to chase some tomorrow if the walleyes aren’t willing. Thanks for sharing!

    sliderfishn
    Blaine, MN
    Posts: 5432
    April 11, 2009 at 4:12 am #767575

    Thanks for taking the time to report your day of fishing.
    I am officially jealous of you guys.
    Thanks for making my itch even worse

    Ron

    bucketmouth1
    Lancaster, WI
    Posts: 562
    April 11, 2009 at 5:27 am #767582

    Great job guys….looks like a lot of fun

    Jack Naylor
    Apple Valley, MN
    Posts: 5668
    April 11, 2009 at 6:50 am #767584

    Looks like a very fun day on the river.
    Nice.
    Jack

    birdman
    Lancaster, WI
    Posts: 483
    April 12, 2009 at 10:21 pm #767847

    Nice fish, looks like you had a blast!

    Joel Ballweg
    Sauk City, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3295
    April 13, 2009 at 9:57 am #767911

    Looks like a fun day on the water for the Clark family!

    River smallies sure are a lot of fun this time of the year.

    Boog

    Whiskerkev
    Madison
    Posts: 3835
    April 13, 2009 at 12:49 pm #767933

    Nice fish Kev, you should’ve brought them here and we could have tested their tackle on some non-baitfish.

    netman
    Wisconsin
    Posts: 74
    April 13, 2009 at 3:20 pm #767974

    Quote:

    Nice fish Kev, you should’ve brought them here and we could have tested their tackle on some non-baitfish.

    Maybe when it slows down,Cole,my brother and myself went the following day and had more action that the day before.We caught around 40 fish in about 2.5hrs,took some pics but they turned out really blurry.Anyway i’ll try to make it soon to go kitty fishing.

    boods
    Lancaster, WI
    Posts: 225
    April 13, 2009 at 7:01 pm #768043

    Nice job

    bosman
    DeSoto, WI
    Posts: 914
    April 13, 2009 at 11:39 pm #768129

    Awesome guys!

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