Aggressive

Hi Folks, Took anglers river fishing for smallmouth bass yesterday morning.  Beautiful day for fishing with calm over cast skies.  Water temperatures was 62 degrees.  Quite the cool down from a week a go.  I like classifying fish activity as aggressive, neutral, or non-aggressive.  I think it is fair to say that the smallmouth bass were super aggressive yesterday morning.  We landed 20 smallies and missed or lost another dozen fish.  Every hole we fished has bass that wanted to eat.  We were able to get them to take off the top and down below.  Small poppers on the surface worked great.  A 3" watermelon Senko on a Red Octopus hook cleaned up the fish that did not want to eat the popper.  The water we fished is very clear and we were able to sight fish a few bass.  Many of the fish were holding on the up stream and dow

n stream edges of large rocks.  You could watch them materialize from the rocks to eat or lures each time.  I think in the clear water earth tone lures and small presentations are the key.  The bass fishing was so good that I am off to do it this morning again and then trout fishing in the afternoon.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy