Well wanting to work on my deeper water fishing I decided to take off to Smith lake for a couple of days and do some fishing in the "Blue Sea". Knowing I was headed to one of the biggest recreation lakes in the state I was expecting alot of boat traffic. Well it did have it's times but the rain helped keep them in and the fishing good.
The first day I spent about half a day shooting some areas with sonar and looking for some deeper fish. After marking alot of stuff I pulled out the rods and 4-8lb line and went fishing. We started out on a small hump that showed a creek channel runing through it. Beth had never fished a drop shot beofre so it took a little time and missed fish to get the hang of the hook set. She caught on fast and before long was smoking em' putting them in the boat as fast as she could drop it back down. We had a great first day fishing several deep humps in nothing less than 45 feet of water. All fish were boated on Jackall Flick Shake Worms and Crosstail Shad in natural colors.
For day two we hit some more humps and deep structure. We got kinda "cocky" and went even deeper on day two fishing areas with 60+ feet of water. We did not have as much luck and broke off a couple of fish that did not seem to be bass. We went back to the Ryan's creek area and hit some points in about 3- feet of water and pockets with run in creeks. We fished those areas with Muscle 10 and 15 crankbaits and Wacky jig heads. We had a great time but cut it short with the storms and lightning seeming to hang around. One of the best trips to Smith in a long time.
I hit Guntersville on Monday with the boat traffic being just nasty. Weather wise it was a great day with only a few "pop up" storms during the trip. We fished several swimbaits (both hard and soft) as well as Lake Fork 10 inch worms and Muscle 10 crankbaits. The bite was good but not as good as it has been in the last few weeks. We boated solid fish and a couple of really good fish but the numbers were a little less than I was expecting.
Water temps are still in the low 70's but the grass seems to be getting better with clearing water and sun. I just hope the chemicals they put into Roseberry Creek to kill the grass did not hit the current and make it out to the main lake areas. We had a great Holiday weekend on the water and I got to spend it fishing with one of my favorite fishing partners, Beth. I have some open dates coming up in June and one the had to move his date this week if anyone is looking to get out and fish the grass. Also if you mention this article I will give 25.00 off a halfday trip and 50.00 off a fullday trip discount. Hope everyone had a great weekend and please remember the reason for it. Support our troops
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