Smallmouth Bass '05

[riverwader]

First time posting pics.

21 on the mississippi

21" measure

BWCA smallie 21 1/4"

[SledNeck]

Nice Fish, Riverwader.

Heres some lake vermilion Smallies my 7 year old pulled out with a senko. He does everything himself except tie on hooks and difficult hook removal. He actually fights me for casting spots!

Ely Lake smallie, also caught on senko....its all this kid talks about anymore, senkos, senkos, senkos...he woke up with a pack of senkos under his pillow last night cause he asked the toothfairy for them...boy was he happy.

[Corey Bechtold]

Me and Bailey went out last night for an hour to chase some Smallmouth Bass. We fished topwater baits for an hour and Bailey managed to catch this 18" Smallie.

The fish was caught with a Berkley Series One 7' rod with a Mitchell 308X Gold Spinning reel spooled with Fireline. The fish hit a Chartruse Skitter Pop and had 4 prolific jumps as she brought the fish in.

Good Luck,

Corey Bechtold

[Matt Johnson]

Nice fish Bailey! Corey always seems to find the fish, and that makes things really nice for those who fish with him... makes their job easy

Good Fishin,

Matt Johnson

[Corey Bechtold]

I hope to get that picture printed and sent to the ODN for the Rapala contest. She was pretty excited to catch that fish and also tired after she got it in! Gotta love those Smallies with shoulders!

Take care,

Corey Bechtold

[Matt Johnson]

Corey,

Looks like that DVD we watched worked wonders eh? Did you get to watch the fish bite?

Good Fishin,

Matt Johnson

[Corey Bechtold]

Nope, but at least my rod didn't break.

[Lights]

You guy's and gal's Have posted some nice smallies here.

I am adding a picture of my first smallie. I cought and released it in the BWCA back in June. It was cought on a skitter pop.

Later,

Lights

[Corey Bechtold]

Me with a river Smallie

[Mark Christianson]

Where the heck is my smallie from that day Corey????

[Corey Bechtold]

There, ya happy?

[Mark Christianson]

Thats the one.

And yes, now I am happy.

Look out MJ. We are catchin onto your photo techniques...

[Trouthunter]

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Look out MJ. We are catchin onto your photo techniques...

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Hah! That's funny...so Gus says "gimme a Johnson pose" It was a 20" fish.

[Matt Johnson]

BLB,

That smallie must be over 20 pounds! ...and I thought I held the fish close to the camera

Good Fishin,

Matt Johnson

[Mark Christianson]

I knew you would approve MJ.

PS - Corey took the pic and immediately said it looked stupid. I have no idea what his problem is....

[HawgTide]

There's no way that fish could be bigger than your Head!

[shamalex72]

here is a few pics from this evening. we caught nine between the two of us in about an hour. most were 16-18". we just walked along the shoreline casting topwater. we had three fish in our first four casts, including a double. it was a blast!

[Tyler Holm]

16" on topwater. Saw it chasing a frog about 20 feet away from our boat. The frog was jumping out of the water and so was this smallie. Pretty soon, no more frog. I pulled my skeeterpop right across the area I last saw the frog and WAMMO! That was neat.

[Royce Aardahl]

nice 30 incher blb! basskid would be proud of you jk now

[Royce Aardahl]

da pig

[Mark Christianson]

The beauty of C/R and getting a replica.

I ordered a 32 incher, cuz I can....

[ChuckN]

....It's just one of those days...

A simple spinnerbait - $4

Gas to drive to the nearest honey hole - $25

The look on Biglakeba$$' face when I hook my first 20" smallie that he cannot catch... PRICELESS!! LOL

BLB's fat 19" smallie (MJ style)..

[Mark Christianson]

Cripes.

Wait till we go duck hunting this fall. I am gonna push you out of the boat, head first into the loon sh!t.

Thats the last time I take ya out on the waters in search of smallies.

PS - Glad you could make it down for some smallies finally.

[ChuckN]

Thanks for the guided trip bub. You obviously taught me too much for only 7 hours of smallie fishing, in my life.

[Mark Christianson]

As always, I like to see my guests catch the fish.

It does me proud.

Just get down here again, so you can show me how to get a 20 you dirty rotten scoundrel!