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Title: River Smallies From Shore?
Post by: rambo51 on Apr 04, 2013, 07:07 PM

How many guys fish for river smallies from shore, I have caught maybe two or three bass in my whole life on minnows but never on a lure. So can anyone give a rookie a couple pointers?

Title: Re: River Smallies From Shore?
Post by: stripernut on Apr 04, 2013, 10:59 PM

In the NorthEast here we kill the smallies from shore. Swimmers and jigs are good goto lures, but once it warms up I will do most of my river fishing at night with Jitterbugs 3/8 oz, (for small mouth) darker the night the better...
Good Luck!

Title: Re: River Smallies From Shore?
Post by: danny b on Apr 05, 2013, 01:22 AM

I catch em from shore all the time using small crank baits and mepps spinners

Title: Re: River Smallies From Shore?
Post by: NYSporty on Apr 05, 2013, 07:14 AM

I use jigs almost exclusively with allot of different colored twister tails my go to collore is peanutbutter and jelly. Look for Rockey shores, highways that run near a river will have allot of large rocks lining the shore to prevent erosion.

Title: Re: River Smallies From Shore?
Post by: rambo51 on Apr 05, 2013, 09:05 AM

Thanks everyone for the info, I am probably going tonight and will use an orange jig with a minnow.

Title: Re: River Smallies From Shore?
Post by: black55 on Apr 05, 2013, 04:59 PM

I do it all the time, i use my home crafted jigs with soft tails and some times adding a saftey pin type spinner . When it warms up i start wading using same setup. You will not only catch smallies but many other gamefish i have caught walleye sauger ,white bass, crappie,and largemouth.

Title: Re: River Smallies From Shore?
Post by: mr tip up on Apr 06, 2013, 05:37 PM

top waters baits,jigs,spinners,spinnerbaits

Title: Re: River Smallies From Shore?
Post by: panfishman13 on Apr 21, 2013, 12:10 AM

i do well with twistertails and tubes dragged across beaches, weed flats, and rocky outcroppings.

Title: Re: River Smallies From Shore?
Post by: BisketJr_11 on May 14, 2013, 10:48 PM

NorthEast Rivers are killer for smallies, I grew up bass fishing on a boat. Now that my fathers moved away, I'm left to shoreline fish or kayak fish. It's a matter of where and when, that's pretty much the secret to catchin them. They'll bite on almost anything.