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Smallmouth bass

I went to Great Herring for the first time a month ago and caught my first smallie. I went with a guy from another forum on his nitro z8 and that was probably the coolest fishing day of my life. 45 mph feels like 100 in choppy water.
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Posted Tue Jul 28, 2015 2:05 am

The day I caught my 1st Smallmouth is the day I got THE FEVER, there's nothing like fighting a Big Smallie!!!
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Posted Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:23 am

Went to the "top secret" pond in Plymouth today. First pond had a couple of strikes. Made my way to the "honey hole". Got a big white perch and a LM around 2lbs. within the first 5 minutes. Thought it was going to be good. Wrong! Fished another 2 hrs, got a couple more white perch and my first smallie of the season. A whopping half pound! Got my 1st smallie anyway. Hope I don't blow the place up! Laughing
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Posted Fri Jul 31, 2015 5:22 pm

Quick Question: Do you need to use a plastic that floats when throwing a dropshot or will sinking plastics work just as well or better?
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Posted Fri Jul 31, 2015 5:57 pm

Even the small ones think they are 6+lbs lol! I have had more smallies spit my hooks than all other fish combined. They sure are feisty!
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Posted Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:26 pm

baystateangler

Quick Question: Do you need to use a plastic that floats when throwing a dropshot or will sinking plastics work just as well or better?


I throw ANY and ALL soft plastics on a dropshot
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Posted Sat Aug 01, 2015 1:11 am

I recently bought drop shot set up need to try it out. Do u recommend fluoro for use?
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Posted Sat Aug 01, 2015 8:04 pm

Pline fluroclear
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Posted Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:04 pm

Definitely Fluorocarbon or fluorocarbon hybrid. I use Yo-Zuri Hybrid Fluorocarbon/Nylon Line, but ONLY for dropshot fishing. Just a personal preference.
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Posted Sun Aug 02, 2015 4:58 am

I dropshot A Lot, last 10 years I've been Mono Only on my dropshot set up,this spring before fishing the spawn on Winnie I relined with FlouroCarbon,I LOVE IT, very sensitive but seems tough as nails, I will always use it dropshotting now. Next I gotta try it on my Texas Rig again I didn't like it 1st try.
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Posted Sun Aug 02, 2015 6:11 am

The rig definitely catches fish but can be a PIA! Especially when a fish jumps it can become quite the tangled mess. I've had to put it down after catching just one fish because I didn't want to waste time retying the thing! Rolling Eyes Yeah, flouro has very little stretch and you can get a much better hookset.
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Posted Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:27 am

Hamblins and Ashumet pond on the cape are great small mouth ponds.
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Posted Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:40 am

i use 8lbs floro for dropshottin
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