I keep throwing the swimbaits and drop-shot and catch a few, but every time I pick up the blade bait something bites. I can't count how many smallmouths I have caught with it, but it is the number of species that has been cool to see.
I've caught pike, crappie, walleye, trout, perch, "northern pikeminnow" and smallies on them in the past few trips. They all bite the same, but you can usually tell how they fight what species they are.
Here's one of several walleye I have caught on Long Lake recently. We never used to catch them there but it is usually at least one every trip now.
This was the shot of some crappie stacked up right before we caught a few. This Lowrance shot is proof that you don't always need the newest unit to still see fish if you get quality, to begin with. This was my buddy's HDS Gen 2 that still shows fish clear as day.
I haven't any giant smallmouth this year, but plenty of fatties in the three-pound class like this one have been biting the metal.
Hopefully I have a few trips left this year, but if we don't, it has been an awesome fall bite this year.
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