Our smallmouths have always hung around rock piles and shallow areas during the spawn and also very easy to get to hit. They will hit anything you can throw at them when spawning around the end of May to mid June. I have been getting messed up without my big boat going. Using the canoe is a great way to fish but you are limited on where you can go with it. The wind really messes things up on me.. Now with those largemouths only a few lakes up this way has them so it is a completely new ballgame for me..But, I have been enjoying it for the challenge it gives me to try and figure them out..