Gator, Guntersville, Smallmouth, 1/22/21, A friend

[Gator]

My friend and I fished today below the Chick Dam here and there all the way past Old Combustion Engineer. We had 8 dozen big shiners from Jack’s as our bait. We fished water from 2 to 14 feet deep using 10 lb test with bream hook and a couple split shots. This is a technique he was showing me and it worked really well. We each boated 15 or more smallmouth and almost as many Spots along with 2 huge Drum. We fished from 11 am until 5:15 nonstop. Water temp was 45. A great day in the river.
Sorry no pics.

 

[Aries 181]

That's the Jack Ernie, the big pond is one more lake down.

Bill

 

[Gator]

Man oh man! I knew that but must have been really tired when I typed it last night. Sorry. I would edit but can’t.

 

[jhold]

Good to be out wherever

 

[Aries 181]

Were you hooking them in the back Ernie?

Bill

 

[Gator]

We hooked the shiners their the bottom of the mouth and between the nostrils. That seemed to work well.

 

[Aries 181]

Excellent. A bud and I are going to start doing the same type fishing once I learn how to half way throw a bait catcher that I picked up on FB market place for a song. I'm going to the dam dock tomorrow while it is nice outside and practice throwing it.

You tube videos don't look incredibly hard to do with practice. Too much free bait in the river not to give it a try.

Bill

 

[tennfisher]

Thanks for the report Gator.
Tennfisher

 

[Netman68]

What was your biggest small mouth

 

[Gator]

The biggest was approximately 4 lbs

 

[Netman68]

Good fish I hope we can catch some like that in 2 weeks when we have our club tournament