Posted by earthworm77 on 2002 AM:
What would you do part III
Non tournament situation. Late August. Bluebird sky. 90 degree air temp. Small Creek averaging 2 feet deep but some pools available that are 6 to 8 feet deep. You are wading. Rock substrate with chunk rock and boulders being most prevalent. Smallmouth only. Creek is 30 ft wide, craws and shiners main forage. Slow gradient flow of water. Small feeder creek that feeds the 100 yd stretch you are working. Water is crystal clear. upstream 100yds there is a small waterfall. It flows in to a good sized pool and trickles down to a riffle. What is your gameplan??
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Posted by Paulie D on 2002 PM:
Craig, I would start by
tying on a POPR in Chart. 6 ft spinning rod with 6lb test. I would cast 45 deg
across steam and work near the boulders and these pools. The Smallies depending
how tehy are position will often come up to take topwater any time of the day
and bluebird never bothers me in river / creek systems. If I found the top
water bite off. I switch to a rebel wee craw or Klawdad in the Brown/Green/Blue
Colors. This time I would cast futher up stream and rip the bait through the
pool. If the fish are aggreassive they will hammer it even compete for it cause
they are probably stacked up in the pools. Plan C would be to toss a 4"
watermelon s/t grub into the pool and work slower and walk it on the bottom.
One last method I would employ would be to take a rapala contdown minnow and
throw up into the current ant bring it through the pool. I would also go back
to topwater cuz I find it to be effective at all times of the day on these
sized streams.
Smallies can turn on really quick in these environments.
ciao
paulie
Posted by Paul Mattie on 2002 PM:
Floating rapala 3 hook
one; #11 or #13 in perch
or
pop-r
Posted by wnybassman on 2002 PM:
Small inline spinners for
me. Smaller streams are ideal for inlines. I would wade into the current when I
can, and cast at an angle across the stream to cover every square inch.
If fish are in a aggressive feeding mode, they should be positioned in the pool
where the riffles empty into it, waiting for food to drift to them.
At the mouth of the small feeder stream would also be a good feeding spot.
Again, fish will sit there and wait for food to come to them.
I would also key on the large boulders, like with trout, smallies will spend alot
of time in the idle water behind the boulders and dart out after the easy meal.
If inlines are too active for the fish. Small lightweight dark colored hair
jigs rolled along the bottom should do the trick. Along with the craws,
smallies also feed very heavily on hellgramite larva, which a small black hair
jig represents very well.
If none of that works, I would then go home to get my flyrod, and go
"super ultra light" ,or take a dip in the cool water and get
refreshed 
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Posted by JPBass on 2002 PM:
I would sneak up to that
little waterfall real quite like and cast a small spoon, grub or a Silverbuddy
right into it and let it sink down to the fish waiting right below. If you
could get above the waterfall and let a grub or something drift over it that
should work better yet.
A stealthy approach is the key to wading in shallow clear water like that.
Then I'd work the pool and everywhere else since I got all day and I'm too lazy
to walk very far.
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Posted by Jeff.G on 2002 PM:
Well i think my game plan
would be to down size my baits . Like a small crankbait or snoozers small tube
and maybe a inline spinner or small jerkbait . and if that dont work ill get in
my boat and fish some real water ..lol
Posted by Charlie on 2002 PM:
I like this one Craig!
I have to go with twin tail grubs and small worms, drifting down stream and
raising the rod tip as the bait enters a pool or rock formation, then letting
it "die".
Smallmouth are killers in those situations especially when it get too hot to
expose themselves in the main creek. That moving water will pull the temps down
considerably from the "air temp's" so I would go with "free
flowing baits" and light line in the 8 to 10lb class. I go heavier if the
rocks looked like a potential snag for those beautiful "bronzebacks"
Tight Lines!
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Posted by rightsidefight on 2002 AM:
i would throw on a riverside craw and rig it backwards texas style wit abullet weigh no bead and cast a little past one of the pools.i would jig it moderatly fast throug one of those 6-8 foot pools and see it that worked.if it doesnt i would probably tie on a terminator inline unskirted spined in either chartruese or nickle.if all else fails i would try to catch some real craws an use them.
Posted by earthworm77 on 2002 AM:
This situation is actually dead on to a couple of small creeks I frequent upstate. I wade them for miles....it seems like it anyway. I always scale down to 4 or 6lb test. I use my Cabela's Tourney Trail IM7 rod with a Tica SB500 Cetus. I love to throw soft plastics to these fish. True, I started out using inlines but slowly gravitated to small 2 1/2 Gitzits and to 1/16oz MMJ's....1/8oz for the pools and current. At times I've used a Teeny Wee craw. I've dropshotted a small senko and madtom by Case baits. But my absolute favorite bait for these creek smallies is a 3" Slug Go. They rip it up better than anything else. These are small fish up to 15" Most being 10 to 12 but lots of fun. I always approach from down stream so I don't kick up silt in the direction I'm fishing. Cross current of with the current is my preferred way to fish.
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