Just got back this evening.
All of the locals said the fishing was slow. We landed 187 in 3 days. The size of the fish was a little disappointing to me. We only had one over 4lbs. The biggest fish of the trip broke me off when he surged right at the boat. It was the only break-off I had the entire trip. I was bummed, because I got to see him and I believed he was over 5.
Lots of 2.25-2.75lb fish.
My buddy threw nothing but a drop shot every single cast, and he probably beat me 2:1. If I had committed to the drop shot, we probably could have been close to 250 fish. But… when almost every fish looks the same, it's just not exciting to me to sit there and drop shot. I was trying a lot of different stuff hoping to find something magical. I caught them on a tube, Carolina rig, jerk bait, spy bait, several different swim baits, spinnerbait, bladed jig, and ned rig. I'm probably forgetting something.
Overall it was a lot of fun. I'm not sure I'd want to fish like that all the time, but it was definitely cool. It's sad to think I that 50-60 fish a day was "slow".
I don't have many pictures - my buddy took most with his phone. Here's the average size fish we caught.
. Stupid easy smallmouth fishing. Good luck & hope you have a great trip!!
