Hi Folks, Ran the boat yesterday afternoon with clients for some early fall fishing for smallmouth bass. We were not disappointed. I love the month of September for smallmouth fishing. A fine time of year to hang a real big smallie. We had a nice afternoon with no wind and a surface temperature of 74 degrees. All of our water levels are low and we still very much need some rain. We fished in and around standing milfoil beds and found most of our fish in a little deeper water off the beds. All of our big fish came out of 12' to 15' of water. We worked the surface with minimal results. Had half a dozen come to the surface to eat, but without questions the slowly fished Senko was the method. We worked 4" and 5" Senkos in Red/Watermelon magic and Goby and landed 9 smallmouth bass and 1 largemouth bass. We missed or lost just as many. What was nice was the average size of the fish we caught was large. We had 5 smallmouths over 15" all the way to 18.5". Good strong fighting fish. Still some #14-#22 flying ants around. Looks like some cooler and maybe even damp weather on the way. I am off to chase smallmouth and walleye from the boat today. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. Have Fun, Willy
