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bronzeback6
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 Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:34 pm Post subject: River 8/27 |
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The river smallies are startring to school up in Benton harbor. I caught a bunch one after another using a rattle trap today. They were piled in current seams. No lake smallies yet.
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pigsmallie
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Dan
GIANT SMALLIE!!!!
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MultispeciesTamer
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| Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:03 am Post subject: |
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| theres been a few caught in berrien with jerk baits.
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gregvarnes15
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| Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:17 pm Post subject: river |
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| went up to the berrien dam friday hoping to pick up a few kings. no luck there were a few jumpin around but nothing seemed to be hitting. went down river caught several smallies on crankbaits. it turned out to be a good day.
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JDG279
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| Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| What exactly do you mean by a "current seam?" Is this the line where fast current and slow current /slack water meet? Or is it where the current pushes hard into the outside of a bend?
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Dan
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bronzeback6
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:44 am Post subject: |
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Right on Dan!
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JDG279
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks guys!
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MultispeciesTamer
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:08 am Post subject: |
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| I seen a nice smallie caught of the pier today. Everyone was amazed by it, I was like its 20 inchs and 4.5-5 pounds nothing special.
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TCook
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| You must be used to those 6 and 7 pound smallies you catch at magician every outing right? Nothing exciting about a 4.5-5 pound smallie but a big toothy trash fish well that will really get the blood pumping. I just dont get why the majority of fisherman get so excited fighting big acrobatic smallmouth even when there is hundreds or even thousands of dollers on the line, it makes no sense to me. Who needs competition just give me a big spinnerbait and some toofy action and now we are doing some real fishin boys!
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Kodiak
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:41 am Post subject: |
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| Yep, In my book a 4.5-5lb. Smallie is exciting no matter where I catch it.
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MultispeciesTamer
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| TCook wrote: | | You must be used to those 6 and 7 pound smallies you catch at magician every outing right? Nothing exciting about a 4.5-5 pound smallie but a big toothy trash fish well that will really get the blood pumping. I just dont get why the majority of fisherman get so excited fighting big acrobatic smallmouth even when there is hundreds or even thousands of dollers on the line, it makes no sense to me. Who needs competition just give me a big spinnerbait and some toofy action and now we are doing some real fishin boys! |
Lol I seen one caught out of magican that could have went 7.5+, I did not catch the fish tho nor do I know the angler that did. But I am used to the 23-24 inch smallies we pull out of the river in spring.
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MultispeciesTamer
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Kodiak wrote: | | Yep, In my book a 4.5-5lb. Smallie is exciting no matter where I catch it. |
It was a hard fighting fish there is no doubt about that, everyone was like thats the biggest smallie Ive even seen.
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fishingguru
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| I was there Sat. and caught a 24 inch that was over 6 pounds and a 22 in that was well over 5 pounds in back to back cast in the idle zone that where both lake smallies that had recently moved in. They where both very light colored. They haven't been in the river very long but were pretty far up in the idle zone.
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