Smallie fished 6/27.Although low the river was murky, a good thing since it keeps the weeds in check.All I got for an afternoon's effort was 1 tiny lmb and 1 16" smb.Even "The Spot" where the last 3 times out produced 17+" smallies was fishless. Fished topwater the entire time.Might've done better going subsurface but I doubt it.
With river smallie fishing being slow I decided to take advantage of the heavy cloud cover good for lmb fishing and again went floatubing for lmb on 6/30.I haven't done much of it in recent years even though I enjoy it as much as smallie stream fishing because results were poor.Have done more of it this year with improved results.Fished a swimming frog the entire afternoon.Although I hit only 4 all were good size.Caught 2 at 17 + 17.75" and lost 2 in the lily pads, 1 on the strike and 1 that tangled me up in the pads after a water clearing jump.When fishing lmb around cover you can expect to lose some even with an 8wt.It becomes a fun tug of war with the big guys.
With the clouds holding I returned on 7/1 expecting another productive outting.Not so.Got only 1 decent size at 16". The other 2 were only about 12 or 13". That's fishing.
6/27,6/30,7/1 fishing report
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nice stringer