I throw live bait ( creekminnows) more in the spring. Now the Rock bass will start spawning/moving to spawn now and can be readily caught with small plastics and spinners once you find them. I have spots that they stack up in and you can catch 50 to 60 almost like pulling up on a shellcracker bed. Creeks have so many undercut banks when you find a good one you will find fish( they spawn in the big undercut root balls. The Smallies will go on bed after and write now they are hanging toward the shallow water gravel rapids where the minnows are staging and some have started to spawn. Original rapala and the 2.5 inch slider grub are good. If you can order online I am a firm believer in the jacks worm fished slow and weightless and in high water ad weitght to bump bottom( this is similar to the senko).
March is a great time to go.
Mike Dial
Stream Smallmouth Guide
The Angler Magazine
|