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What Lure Caught Your First Smallie Of The Year? 2024


fishing user avatar*Hank reply : 

What lure cuaght your first smallmouth of the year? And how big was it?

Mine was 3.5lbs on a heddon super spook jr.

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fishing user avatarjjconnaire reply : 

Keitech easy shiner 3.5" in smallmouth magic color. Rigged in a 1/4oz jig head. I was bed fishing.


fishing user avatarCeeJay reply : 

Pumpkinseed Berkley power grub rigged on a 1/8oz jighead.

It wasn't huge :)  But it was my first smallmouth, not just of the year, but ever.


fishing user avatarRingonu reply : 

First ever and the year. 2.25lbs on a SK bitsy tube in watermelon chartreuse.


fishing user avatarEvanT123 reply : 

1/8oz mushroom head with a chopped up senko


fishing user avatarFrenchman83 reply : 

1/2 oz spinnerbait White & Firetiger.


fishing user avatareverythingthatswims reply : 

I was hopping a 3/16oz rippin rap on 4lb test in January


fishing user avatarDwight Hottle reply : 

Smithwick rogue DD jerkbait. As I remember it went 3.5lbs.


fishing user avatarRoLo reply : 

I have not caught one smallmouth bass this year, they do not like Florida  :sad78:

 

Roger


fishing user avatarDwight Hottle reply : 
  On 6/10/2015 at 10:07 AM, RoLo said:

I have not caught one smallmouth bass this year, they do not like Florida :sad78:

Roger

It's hard to catch them when they are not there.


fishing user avatarBluebasser86 reply : 

Custom painted 110 (by Doc Drew), not sure what it weighed.

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fishing user avatarSteveo-1969 reply : 

First smallie of the year was caught on an 1/8 ounce ball head jig with a 3" Berkley Powerbait Rippleshad. About 12" long.


fishing user avatarDubyaDee reply : 

My first smallie ever was on a perch xrap 08 on the Big Rideau. Still my go to lure when nothing else is working. 

 

This years first was on a watermelon tube & 3/8 tube jig on Lake St Clair. Tubes work all day long up here.


fishing user avatarJ Francho reply : 

Spinnerbait.


fishing user avatarCgrinder reply : 

Still looking for my first this year. So far it's been all green fish.


fishing user avatarC0lt reply : 

Blue smoke Gizit tube on a 1/8 tube head. 2lbs flat. 


fishing user avatarfisherrw reply : 

Gitzit brown craw salt and pepper.


fishing user avatarBasshunterJGH reply : 

Strike king 1.5 sexy shad.


fishing user avatardanno054 reply : 

Caught my first SM of the year today! Probably a pound and a half. It was my first ever sight fish and it was the first fish I caught on a jig I tied myself. 3/8 oz. arkie in a brown craw w/ a SK Baby rage crawl in Alabama Craw on the back. Pretty special fish even if it wasn't very big.  


fishing user avatariceintheveins reply : 

Haven't fished for smallies this year yet, but last year a 3/8 ounce cavitron black skirted buzzbait caught my first smallie of the year, a 13" 1.25 pounder. A 1/4 ounce buzzbait of the same color and make caught my biggest smallie of the year at just over 4 pounds.


fishing user avatarMSWV reply : 

First smallie of the year was a small one.  I caught it in a small stream while dragging a Strike King Bitsy tube back in January.  

 

Here it was:

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fishing user avatar*Hank reply : 
  On 6/11/2015 at 8:12 PM, MSWV said:

First smallie of the year was a small one.  I caught it in a small stream while dragging a Strike King Bitsy tube back in January.  

 

Here it was:

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Perfect hook placement!


fishing user avatarFishTank reply : 

It was 5in Green Pumpkin Senko for me.  I just wish I could catch more of these fish.  They seem either hard for me to catch or hard for me to find.


fishing user avatarChrisWi reply : 

War Eagle Gold Series Spinnerbait. about a 3 pounder


fishing user avatarVtSmallmouth reply : 

Albino fluke on a Swarming hornet head spin


fishing user avatarBASSPATROL247 reply : 

Caught mine pulling a lindy rig or spinner harness and crawlertrolling for walleye. Guessing it was a hair over 3lbs


fishing user avatarDon Reeves reply : 

Flyfishing with a full sink line and "Scotty's McFly" streamer. Fish was about 2.5 pounds.

 

God Bless,

Don


fishing user avatarhawkoath reply : 

5" Yamasenko, 301 or 298 color. 


fishing user avatarDanturner reply : 

Heddon tiny torpedo....21 1/4


fishing user avataregladding reply : 

4+ lber on a blue/silver Rapala rippin rap while pike fishing.


fishing user avatar*Hank reply : 
  On 6/19/2015 at 9:33 AM, egladding said:

4+ lber on a blue/silver Rapala rippin rap while pike fishing.

Wow great smallie to start the year!


fishing user avatarBassNut reply : 

I catch my first smallies every year on a 2" paddle tail on a 1/4oz football head jig.

 

And, on the few I have left, I bought 300 after yum decided not to make the 3" yum dingers.

 

A 3" yum dinger rigged weightless, baby bass color, on a wide gap hook, it's a killer.

 

Wish Yum would bring the 3" yum dingers back, best Small mouth bait I've

ever used.

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fishing user avatarRadford Wooly reply : 

1/4 oz. Jig with zoom salty chunk trailer


fishing user avatarRobeng reply : 

Livingston EBS technology with sounds. Caught smallies, rock bass, white bass, walleye, and a pike on Lake St. Clair- Michigan this past Saturday. Versatile lure. 9 fow. 68 degree water. Overcast - 70 degrees.


fishing user avatarNeil McCauley reply : 

Rapala DT crankbait


fishing user avatarWatterBoy reply : 

Saturday, May 9 (MN bass opener) -- Third cast of the year using a Zoom Speed Worm (Watermelon Red) without the paddletail -- 3lb 4oz, 17.5"

 

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fishing user avatarKevO reply : 

homemade 1/2oz tailspinner


fishing user avatarDevinFishing29 reply : 

Probably my first one was on a nightcralwer. I think it was around 1 to 2 pounds.


fishing user avatarKDZ-9 reply : 

Dragged a 5 inch watermelon candy senko at Table Rock Lake in MO. Smallies love this color. Popped up a 4 lb on my first cast of the season.


fishing user avatarstepchild reply : 

3rd cast with a KVD 1.5 in sexy shad...never used a squarebill for smallies before and was delighted to see they're just as effective as they are for largemouth.


fishing user avatarDrew03cmc reply : 

Zoom Ultravibe Speed Craw.


fishing user avatarFurther North reply : 

Don't know size (I seldom measure or weigh), but call it 15"- 16".  It was on a orange Yamamato Hula grub on a 5/16 oz. stand up jig head.


fishing user avatarHurricane reply : 

Rapala Shadow Rap Jerkbait. .


fishing user avatardropshottah reply : 

1) Rapala Countdown CD5 Rainbow Trout while trout fishing (3lbs)

 

2) Rapala Husky Jerk HJ08 FireTiger while walleye fishing (4.5lbs)

 

3) Rapala Rattlin Rap Gold while bass fishing (3lbs)


fishing user avatarSteveo-1969 reply : 
  On 6/20/2015 at 5:05 AM, BassNut said:

Wish Yum would bring the 3" yum dingers back, best Small mouth bait I've ever used.

 

I feel the same way about the 3" YUM Mighty Bug.  I love that bait and only have a couple left.


fishing user avatarNEBasser101 reply : 

3:5 lbs on a small swim bait along a dock.

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fishing user avatarBassNut reply : 
  On 7/8/2015 at 7:34 PM, Steveo-1969 said:

I feel the same way about the 3" YUM Mighty Bug.  I love that bait and only have a couple left.

Yep, I bought all the 3" Yum Dingers I could find, I maybe have 50 left, so I know what you mean Steveo!


fishing user avatarCeeJay reply : 
  On 7/8/2015 at 11:45 PM, BassNut said:

Yep, I bought all the 3" Yum Dingers I could find, I maybe have 50 left, so I know what you mean Steveo!

 

I could have sworn I read somewhere that they were bringing back the 3" Dinger....can't remember where I read that though.

 

About ~8 years ago I stocked up on 3" Senkos after landing my PB largemouth on one.  If that size Senko is discontinued I'll be heartbroken. 


fishing user avatarJar11591 reply : 

5'' senko....BORING. lol


fishing user avatar*Hank reply : 
  On 7/8/2015 at 11:45 PM, BassNut said:

Yep, I bought all the 3" Yum Dingers I could find, I maybe have 50 left, so I know what you mean Steveo!

Get the 3'' yama senko,even though it`s more $$$ it`s worth it for better quality and color selection.


fishing user avatarBassNut reply : 
  On 7/9/2015 at 6:46 AM, *Hank said:

Get the 3'' yama senko,even though it`s more $$$ it`s worth it for better quality and color selection.

Hi Hank, I have used the senko's, yes they work great, but no way do they hold up as well as the yum dingers

do.

I can catch way more Bass on one Yum dinger before it falls apart, the senko sometimes is falls apart on the first fish.

But they do work, I'll give them that much.


fishing user avatarArticulas reply : 

Black and white Hula Popper 17" 2lbs. To me it is Orca!

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fishing user avatarCeeJay reply : 
  On 7/10/2015 at 7:04 AM, Articulas said:

Black and white Hula Popper 17" 2lbs. To me it is Orca!

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Are you sure that's a smallmouth? :)

 

Anyway Hula Poppers are great, love those classics. 


fishing user avatarjtharris3 reply : 

Ned rig, PB&J elaztech w/ green pumpkin 1/6 oz. jig head.


fishing user avatarlooking4structure reply : 

Rage craw (blue craw) , 1/4 oz spot remover.


fishing user avatarFishingMN718 reply : 

Mister twister chartreuse grub... The fish may have been only 10" but it's still a fish


fishing user avatarFishingMN718 reply : 

Mister twister chartreuse grub... The fish may have been only 10" but it's still a fish


fishing user avatarFishingMN718 reply : 

Mister twister chartreuse grub... The fish may have been only 10" but it's still a fish


fishing user avatarFishingMN718 reply : 

Oops sorry about that ^


fishing user avatarRobeng reply : 

Livingston Howeller Dream Master Classic- chartreuse shad. Slammed them along with white bass, rock bass, walleye and pike. A 5 species day. This was after two concurrent bass tournaments went to weigh in. Fish were on for 3.5 hours after they left. Lake St Clair Michigan.


fishing user avatarRacerx reply : 

I always make sure I have a couple Rebel wee Craws with me, especially when stream fishing for Smallies. They seem to love them and Marabou jigs.


fishing user avatarst041986 reply : 

1/8oz rabbit hair jig in black that I tied up


fishing user avatarChris S reply : 

Custom (Doc Drew) Pearl White Jerk-bait 110, didn't weigh it

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fishing user avatarDerekbass02 reply : 

Bomber Crankbait of some type. It was 15" and whieghed about 2 pounds.


fishing user avataroffsidewing reply : 

Fat Ika. Green w/ Black Flake.


fishing user avatarcbass12 reply : 

Lucky Craft Slender Pointer 97MR in chartreuse shad. My first trip of the year to our favorite smallie lake and my first cast across the ramp after launching. Second twitch and wham!!!

 

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fishing user avatargardnerjigman reply : 
  On 6/10/2015 at 1:20 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

Custom painted 110 (by Doc Drew), not sure what it weighed.

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Yup yup, Another Doc-Drew custom painted jerkbait! 

 

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fishing user avatargardnerjigman reply : 
  On 7/10/2015 at 7:04 AM, Articulas said:

Black and white Hula Popper 17" 2lbs. To me it is Orca!

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Lol, heck of a disguise that "small mouth" is wearing! lol  :laugh5:


fishing user avatarA-Jay reply : 
  On 8/19/2015 at 4:43 AM, gardnerjigman said:

Lol, heck of a disguise that "small mouth" is wearing! lol  :laugh5:

 

The bass is thinking the same thing . . .

 

:eyebrows:

 

A-Jay


fishing user avatarkatmandew reply : 

Alabama rig late February. Several around 4 lbs that day.


fishing user avatarwisconsin heat reply : 

Jackall Aska! caught them off my girlfriend's grandmother's dock on Lake Wissota.


fishing user avatar*Hank reply : 
  On 8/21/2015 at 9:31 AM, wisconsin heat said:

Jackall Aska! caught them off my girlfriend's grandmother's dock on Lake Wissota.

Askas are hard to beat!


fishing user avatarthefraz44 reply : 

I caught my first on a drop shot with a *** bento bait, fishing a river lol.


fishing user avatarj2015 reply : 

Plum Drop-Shot worm from a "Chompers", a very angry 3.5 lb smallmouth 


fishing user avatarPourMyOwn reply : 

Caught a bunch in February through the ice, but that's probably not the spirit of this thread...Rapala HJ 10 on 6lb Seaguar fluorocarbon, there was still a little ice on the north end of the pond where the sun didn't hit yet.


fishing user avatarBucketMouth15 reply : 

Either a Kvd 1.5 square bill in orange craw or a black/blue jig with chigger craw trailer. Both have be producing since then as well! Let's hit em hard until da snow flies! Tight lines.


fishing user avatarBucketMouth15 reply : 

Here's one of the bigger ones I've caught this year about 18" and 3 lbs

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fishing user avatar570steelie1 reply : 

Black hair jig


fishing user avatarbowhunter63 reply : 

Berkley chigger craw on weighted keel hook


fishing user avatarbigbill reply : 

The first smallie I ever caught was 3lbs caught on a joesfly 1/4 oz bass size in firetiger apache.


fishing user avatarMainebass1984 reply : 

1/2 ounce Jig

 

Early April

 

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4 lbs 1 oz


fishing user avatarWill Wetline reply : 

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Caught April 30. Water temp 48º. The jig head is from Do-It's Tapered Tube Skirt Jig mold. Bucktail w/Krystal Flash dress it and it wears a very slinky Z-man Elaztec split tail trailer. CPR without weighing it.


fishing user avatarScarborough817 reply : 

a live target pumpkin seed squarebill caught a nice 2 pounder on it 


fishing user avatarBurtonxj reply : 

Zoom Ultravibe speedcraw in green pumpkin. Fish was 16".


fishing user avatarArobb2012 reply : 

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4 inch zoom tab tail grub pearl white. It's about 16 inches I'm guessing 2and a half pounds.


fishing user avatarHoosierHawgs reply : 
  On 8/19/2015 at 4:41 AM, gardnerjigman said:

Yup yup, Another Doc-Drew custom painted jerkbait!

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Who is Doc Drew?
fishing user avatargardnerjigman reply : 

Member on here. He custom paints hard baits and they are SWEET!!!!!


fishing user avatarHoosierHawgs reply : 
  On 10/15/2015 at 10:16 PM, gardnerjigman said:

Member on here. He custom paints hard baits and they are SWEET!!!!!

Cool, I may have to hit him up over the winter for some baits. Thanks.
fishing user avatarSpankey reply : 

Rattlin Rap - gold w/ black back shad pattern. Have a pic here on my phone. Have to figure how to download it. Mid-April in a creek mouth.


fishing user avatargbryant04 reply : 

7" Berkley Powerworm in red shad

Texas rigged with 3/16 weight

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fishing user avatarEddy reply : 

My fist smallie of the year and of my life was caught on a booyah blade spinnerbait 1/2 ounce in chatruce


fishing user avatarStarchalopakis reply : 

Biggest smallie I have ever caught by far and the best part it was my first spinnerbait fish too! My previous smallie was from a  river and only about 6".

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fishing user avatarfisherrw reply : 

I fought mine on a strike King 5xd chart shad


fishing user avatarfisherrw reply : 

Caught*


fishing user avatarLeonidas reply : 

Dropshot Flick Shake worm. Watermelon Candy.

Funny that I can remember that.


fishing user avatarjjnosal@msn.com reply : 

coffee tube 1/8 oz.


fishing user avatarWI_Angler1989 reply : 

My first Smallie came on a brown and silver Mepps Aglia while I was walking the shore of a local river. I was looking for new spots and needless to say, I found some.




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