How to catch small mouth bass?
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I am a young fisherman and on maybe my third trip to the pier I caught a 13 in., 2 pound small mouth bass, by far the largest fish I have ever caught. I caught it using a round goby as bait, which I later found out was illegal. I tried to repeat my success by using artificial lures that immitate yellow perch. I had no success. I am fishing on the windsor side of the Detroit River of a pier. I know it can be done. Any tips or recommendations.
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I’ve always had my best luck with bass using live worms or that pink salmon egg goop
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Small mouth bass likes cooler water unlike large mouth. This means there usually in deeper water on the bottom. Small mouth prefer rocky areas so look for shores with a lot of large rocks. I catch a good number of big small mouth on live bait fish such as minnows, shinners, or sawbellies. Just put the bait fish on the bottom. But if you dont want to use live bait you can use rapalas. Rapalas are great for all spiceis of fish but for small mouth get one that is deep diving and silver that always works for me.
Use goby-like lures. They make actual baits made to mimic a goby. Search them on Bass Pro.com or Cabelas.com, and you will find loads of goby baits. Try a live nightcrawler. That works great for smallies too.
Try a jig with a gulp minnow.
Smallies love gobies. I would go with one of the plastic goby baits that almost all the soft plastics companies are making. Fish it on a drop shot rig or with a jig head along the bottom. I would look into Berkley Gulp Goby that has some added extra scent.
We don’t have gobies in our lakes and rivers out here, but we have sculpins (which are very similar to gobies in both appearance and and habitat preference). When I’m fishing these I prefer using a 2 3/4 in. tube in Green Pumpkin pepper with an internal jig head because it is a close imitation of BOTH sculpins and craws. So here’s what you do, go to your local sporting goods store and find out what color the craws are out there (if you don’t already know). After that find a tube that is close to the color of both the craws and gobies. Find a spot that looks good. Throw the tube out there and let it hit bottom. Work it across the bottom very slowly. If you feel anything out of the ordinary SET THE HOOK. This should work, if it doesn’t try different colors, sizes, retrieves, ect until you start catching fish. Also tube fishing takes practice. You probably won’t catch tons of fish when start out but keep at it and you will start catching lots of quality fish.
The Float ‘N’ Fly rig.
Use a light spinning rod, 8 or nine feet long, rated for 4 to 10 pound line (using an 11 or 12 foot medium light action spinning rod will give you a greater casting distance). Use 4 or 6 pound test. Tie a small hair or marabou jig to the end of your line and about 6 or 7 feet above the jig, maybe even 8 or 9 feet, put a clear bubble float. No need for a barrel swivel or a fluorocarbon leader. Cast as far out as you can and if there’s any wave action on the water, the float bobbing up and down will give all the action to the jig below. If there’s no wave action, hold the rod high and give the tip subtle twitches and jiggles.
Try to find boulders and rock piles.
first if you ever catch a goby in the great lakes kill it they’re little pests second,if you really want bait thats live fish than use a bluegill thats legal right? still use a small one or your could get some minnows. or the classic a worm that stuff works