Spring in the winter
 

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.

Re: Spring in the winter
 

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

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

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Nice SMB ! What river ?

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Raritan

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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.

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

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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.

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