Lake fishing for smallmouth bass can be frustrating for some anglers in the spring due to the difficulty in finding smallies. This article brings home the point that a smallmouth is not a largemouth and you need to adjust your fishing if you want to catch smallies, especially when a cold front comes through.ᅠ
Smallmouth bass tend to go deep and suspend, so target the areas outlined in the article for success.
We still have six weeks or so of off and on cold snaps. If you aren’t careful, they can really mess up your smallmouth fishing But if you fish the right …
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The nice things about river smallmouth fishing is that that water column isn’t nearly so variable so it is easier to find smallmouth bass.