hot, humid, warm water, wet wading, and smallmouth

Hi Folks, Really awful outside presently.  Rather have it be below freezing than this current weather pattern.  Anywho, hanging in there and fishing and guiding.  Trout are out of the question in a big river i.e. the Lamoille or Winooski.  The water is to hot and the levels are incredibly low.  Fish for smallmouth in rivers or lakes.  I have been on the lower Lamoille tugging on smallmouth with clients.  Water was temperature was 80 degrees at 5pm today and I have never seen the water as low as it was where we fished.  Easy to find the fish and no need for waders.  We used light spinning tackle and cast rebel crawfish patterns in natural colors.  Caught and missed most of our fish with the lure floating on the surface without any movement.  Eliminate the slack line and let the lure drift.  Did pick up a few strikes and smaller bass on the retrieve.  Best fish of the day was a scrappy 1.5lb smallie.  Good jumper!  All of the fish were holding in slow current channels with large submerged rocks on both edges.  Saw a few #12 isonychia spinners at duks, but insignificant to the smallmouth.  Looks like the weather will break this weekend.  We need rain and cool weather. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.