Smallmouth Bass Details
- Water Type: freshwater
- Latin Name: Micropterus dolomieui
- Common Names: Sally, Smallie, Bronzebacks, Brown Bass,oswego bass
- Water Temp: 60-70
- World Record: 11lb-15oz Dale Hollow Lake, TN Jul. 9, 1955 David Lee Hayes
- Last Modified By: nefisherman92 on 06/18/15 12:47 PM
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Baits and Tackle for Smallmouth Bass
Other Check Prices
- Inline Spinner, Dropshot
one 6" and 4 other between 10" ans 11" Smallies - Dropshot
- Inline Spinner on the 8"
Popper for the 12" 3-4lb, 1/2lb, 9" - Dropshot
- 1 Keeper barely 12"
The rest were in the 8"-11"range - Dropshot
- Drop Shot
- 1lb, 3/4lb, 11', and 8" on the Drop Shot, 10" on C-Rig
- Drop Shot
- Dropshot
1st was 3lbs
2nd was 2-1/2lbs
3rd was 1lb
4th was 1-1/4lbs - 6 Smallmouth in the 8"-12" range
- Drop Shot, and Spider Grub
1st was 2-1/4lbs
2nd was 2-3/4lbs
3rd was 1-1/2lbs
4th was 1lb - Half a dozen shorts in the 8" to 11-3/4" range
- 10"-11" range
- 2-1/2lber on c-rig
1-1/2lber, couple 1-1/4ber, 1lbers, and shorts on spinner bait, and dropshot - 2-1/4lber was my best
Bunch 1lbers, and shorts - 1-1/4lber & 3/4lb in the limit
the rest were 3/4lbs and smaller - Keepers were:
2.77lbs
1-3/4lbs
1-1/2lbs
1-1/4lbs
One 11" short - Only one keeper out of the 5 I caught and in was 12" 3/4lbs
Smallmouth Bass Description
The Smallmouth Bass is one of the most valuable gamefish anywhere. Pound for pound, it is one of the gamest there is, giving an untiring fight right to the end. It can be easily seperated from the Largemouth Bass by examining the upper lip, the lip of the Largemouth extends beyond the middle of the eye, while that of the Smallmouth does not. Unlike the Largemouth, this fish prefers the cool, clear water of lakes and streams with a gravelly or rocky bottom. It too, is solitary and will be found around ledges and reefs where the water is from 3-20 feet deep. In streams it usually lies in the protective backwaters of large boulders or stumps or at the heads of pools with an upstream riffle. It retreats to deeper water in winter and remains semi-dormant under rocks and logs till spring. Smallmouth Bass are fine eating and feed mainly on crawfish, but also on insects, fish and worms. Like the Largemouth, feeding takes place mostly in early morning and evening. It may be taken by fly-casting, trolling or casting with plugs or spinners. Another common and successful method is still-fishing with worms, baitfish or crawfish. Smallmouth generally run about 2-3 pounds in NH waters, but occasionally may reach 4-6 pounds. The largest recorded from NH waters was caught from Goose Pond in Canaan in 1970. It weighed 7 pounds 14.5 ounces and was 23.25 inches in length.
-Massuchusetts State Record is 8 lbs 2 oz caught by Barbara Sasen in 1991 at Wachusett Reservoir
-Connecticut State Record is 7 lbs 12 oz caught by Joseph Mankauskas, Jr. in 1980 at Shenipsit Lake