Ben knows the river well and got us into crashing fish right away. I rigged the WISCO rod with 15 ft of badger light floating line, and 6 ft of 10lb test Mono. This gave me all the reach I needed to drop casts into target zones while staying clear of the feed. While I tried to make my beloved "Pass Lake" produce, it seemed to lack the size, shape and color of the bait-fish the bass were hunting and it quickly became apparent that I'd need to adjust. A lightly weighted, silver and white #4 Clouser minnow with a wide gape hook proved to be just the ticket. As you can see here in the last picture, we got into some White Bass here and there - they put up a solid fight too! The fish ranged from about 12-16 inches and were pure "big river" muscle. Every Smallmouth puts up a great fight, and challenging them on a fixed line rod is a thrill like no other.
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