Whats ur bigest smallie?

take-em · 05-15-2006, 03:04 PM

Whats ur bigest smallie and what did you catch it on and what lake did you catch it on?

My bigest is a 5 ponder on a green sprinner bait on Eltrut Lake in Ontario Canada.

Champlain Islander · 05-15-2006, 03:23 PM

I get lots of 4+ pounders but never a 5 pound fish. My largest run about 20" and I usually catch several over 16" daily. A fat 18" is around 3 pounds and they are 4 pounds when they get over 19". The other day I was throwing a 3" white twister tail on a chartreuce 1/8 oz jig and landed 4 out of 6 just fishing off my dock. Two of them were pre spawn 4 pound females.

pa_yote_hunter · 05-15-2006, 04:35 PM

i only fish streams for smallmouth.The biggest was 17 inches that i cought on a 3 inch pearl grub.

take-em · 05-15-2006, 05:03 PM

Champlain Islander what lake do you fish on

take-em · 05-15-2006, 05:05 PM

Most of the fish we catch are 3.5 pounds but we have caught two at 4 and 4.5 and then my five

My five was 21 inches

Oneshot7 · 05-15-2006, 06:11 PM

never seen one in the wild lol

Grasshopper13 · 05-15-2006, 11:36 PM

I really don't have a weight for my biggest smallmouth. I recently found a creek near my home that's what the Missouri Department of Conservation has tagged a "Trophy smallmouth management area." MDC rules state a smallie has to be a minimum of 15" and the creel limit is 1. So smallmouth are everywhere. I caught one 2 years ago that was 18" long and fat. I'm guessing it was about 3 pounds. My brother in law caught a 19.5" smallie the same day. We guessed it around 4# or so. Both were caught on Rebel wee crawls, ultralight rods with 6# test. Heck of a fight!

GH

bigpapa · 05-16-2006, 01:14 PM

Went out with a friend at the end of the summer last year and caught a few 1 lb 'ersand threw them back in kept saying all afternoon "probbably wont catch any more" then hit up a3 lb. monster right before we turned in(looked like one compared to the others).

Phil from Maine · 05-16-2006, 01:45 PM

I really do not wiegh them but once in a while I will measure the big
ones and my biggest one was a 24 incher I guessed it to be around
4 1/2 -- 5 pounds somewhere. I caught on the St. Croix River and
its quite common to catch some big ones there. A friend from Mass.
came up last year and caught one about 3 pounds and was jumping
around like a young fellow and told me it was the biggest fish he
has ever caught. It brought a big smile from me seeing this. The biggest
one I caught was with a rubber crayfish and some mud I would throw
into the water. After throwing the mud I would bounce the crayfish
off the bottom. It works for me.

huntingbuddy419 · 05-16-2006, 01:57 PM

whats a smallmouth? jk I have never caught a smallie before, dont go bass fishing much, I plan on going more this summer maybe I will catch some