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rambo51

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River Smallies From Shore?
« 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?
I only fish on days that end in Y

stripernut

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Re: River Smallies From Shore?
« Reply #1 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...
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danny b

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Re: River Smallies From Shore?
« Reply #2 on: Apr 05, 2013, 01:22 AM »
I catch em from shore all the time using small crank baits and mepps spinners

NYSporty

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Re: River Smallies From Shore?
« Reply #3 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.
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rambo51

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Re: River Smallies From Shore?
« Reply #4 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.
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black55

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Re: River Smallies From Shore?
« Reply #5 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.
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mr tip up

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Re: River Smallies From Shore?
« Reply #6 on: Apr 06, 2013, 05:37 PM »
top waters baits,jigs,spinners,spinnerbaits
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panfishman13

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Re: River Smallies From Shore?
« Reply #7 on: Apr 21, 2013, 12:10 AM »
i do well with twistertails and tubes dragged across beaches, weed flats, and rocky outcroppings.

BisketJr_11

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Re: River Smallies From Shore?
« Reply #8 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.

 



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