Pacemaker Fishing Forum

I got out to hit a spot I like to try for topwater smallies this time of year.  Plan worked out.  I saw surface activity and my little popper (black color with white feather tail) got the skunk out pretty quick.  I was lucky because I had a tangle in my line I was working out when the fish hit.



A few casts later a smallie launched out of the water and missed the popper.  I let the popper sit and it did it again.  This time I pulled the lure a little bit and I thought that may have blown it, but a smallie grabbed it and took it under.  It was not a big one, but a blast to see and get hooked up.



It was pretty chilly with fog delaying the sun for a bit.



No more topwater bites.  I threw a wacky rigged senko for a bit.  I lost the first one on a bite and then no more bites after that.  I left abut 8:30am or so.

That area of the river looked really blown out with shoreline erosion and big trees knocked over.  I had not caught a smallie since August, so mission accomplished.