Spring in the winter

[sbalewitz74]

Beautiful day today (2/25/17), hard to sleep in late. Had to give the river a shot and glad I did. Got two smallies in about 20 minutes. The wind began to pick up and I figured it was time to go. Only got picture of one but it was the larger of the two.

[Lard Almighty]

Very nice bronze! Today was a real gift, I hope everybody got outside to enjoy it.

[sbalewitz74]

Thanks, was a perfect day until the wind picked up.

[AndyS]

Nice SMB ! What river ?

[sbalewitz74]

Raritan

[sbalewitz74]

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[thmyorke1]

Any tips for a noob targeting them? Next time it warms up im thinking about focusing on smb, but idk if fishing the upstream parts is a good idea, like around lamington.

[Jigman13]

Find a hole and you'll find the smallmouth. Water is still very cold. Fish slow.

[thmyorke1]

Find a hole and you'll find the smallmouth. Water is still very cold. Fish slow.

Does it matter what part of the river? Such as upstream in the lamington? I was thinking they'd exclusively prefer the main channels for deeper water.

[MudCat08]

Very nice smallmouth for cold weather! They prefer rocky sections of rivers. partly because of all the crayfish and invertebrates they feed on there.

[sbalewitz74]

Any tips for a noob targeting them? Next time it warms up im thinking about focusing on smb, but idk if fishing the upstream parts is a good idea, like around lamington.

I fished for about 1/2 hour in shallower water and not a hit, moved to a deeper stretch and fished the jig slow and found 2 in about 20 mins.

[AndyS]

I like the Lamington, home waters as a kid. North Branch and South Branch has a good population of smallmouth. Do what i do, go back and watch Lard's videos !!!:D:D

[thmyorke1]

I like the Lamington, home waters as a kid. North Branch and South Branch has a good population of smallmouth. Do what i do, go back and watch Lard's videos !!!:D:D

I already do that haha, if anything he made me get this urge to fish for them.