Nice footage of spawning smallmouths (and turtles)

[MattM37]

This is my favorite fishing channel. This guy seems like a real sportsman, and he sure knows how to catch smallmouth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WxfmXUnM0o

[Solitario Lupo]

If he was a real sportsman then he wouldn’t be bothering the bass when there spawning. Just saying. They are so easy to catch. They are very aggressive and attack anything really. I read something that sometimes they do not return to their beds. That one sure did in a hurry.

[MattM37]

If he was a real sportsman then he wouldn’t be bothering the bass when there spawning. Just saying. They are so easy to catch. They are very aggressive and attack anything really. I read something that sometimes they do not return to their beds. That one sure did in a hurry.

Yeah, I thought of that, too, but I think the jury is still out on whether it harms the population. Especially in rivers: You do have baitfish, but you don't have the opportunistic schools of sunfish ready to dart in as soon as the bass is off the bed. I don't think this guy makes it a habit; here I think he was mainly taking advantage of the chance to get the underwater action on video. Point taken, though.

[fitch270]

Nice fish there. Two biggest smallmouths I've ever caught came out of the Mississippi River in Minnesota.

Did you go out Saturday Matt? The boy and I went out late morning, he caught three and missed a couple. I missed two at the boat and a third farther out. Took one home that swallowed his jig and was bleeding bad, didn’t look good to release it. Ate just fine.

[MattM37]

I didn't go out for bass, I just did the usual trout-streams -- the rain had them running pretty good. Got a couple of decent browns. I'll get into the river-wading for smallmouths once it gets hot out, and we have a couple of small lakes on state land that are decent shore-fishing for largemouths. Actually you catch nine or ten pickerel for every bass, especially once the weeds get going, but I don't mind them.

[Solitario Lupo]

Do have to say that was some nice footage. Neat to see the bass hit.

[jhjimbo]

This is my favorite fishing channel. This guy seems like a real sportsman, and he sure knows how to catch smallmouth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WxfmXUnM0o

Nice photography. I don't fish beds, why stress the fish ? But that is just me. The fish would probably hit a bare hook so I don't see the challenge either.