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Well... Ain't nothing about fishing ever going to be easy, I guess. Only got to fish for 3 hours before the trolling motor burned up. We did a little bit of long lining and fished ten or so docks...

I'm thinking about giving it a shot tomorrow. It'll be my first time fishing there and I'll probably be near Clear Creek. I'm just wanting to know what to target. Should I try long lining or hit the...

Not a bad trip at all. I've also noticed the current being awful every time I've been this winter too. We haven't had near the rain we had last winter and Smith's level has been right where it's...

Mud, I think I'm going to be up there for a good portion of next week. I know it's a the worst week of the year to try to fish up there, but I'm thinking if I can catch them then, I can catch 'em any...

Firstly, I'm really pumped to see this forum up. Secondly I grew up catching bream on Bankhead where it's so easy it's almost unfair when finding huge beds and catching 70 or 80 keepers in a couple...

Nice report. Those are some monsters. I'm going to be fishing Smith most weekends from now 'til August. I fish Rock Creek exclusively. Are all those lights mentioned up by Swayback underwater lights?...

I did it. Long lined for a total of about 11 hours Friday and Saturday afternoon. Caught 15 slabs. Learned a lot, ranging from how uncool tangles and invisible snags on the fish finder can be to how...

At least those poor fish on Logan can rest at ease for a few days.

I've only been that lucky once, 3 or 4 years ago in April on Smith Lake. I actually caught my 30th fish and kept fishing for a while longer just to catch #31 to say I threw one back. Haha! On a side...

The 2 or 3 crappie that I've been catching on recent trips seem to have their all out spawn colors on but I'm getting really tired of beating on the same ol' spots over and over with no decent...

We made it to Smith last Friday, 4/11, and got skunked on the crappie. Never had a bite that we even thought was a crappie. We did manage 11 lb and 8 lb stripers though. I guess all of the rain has...

It all depends. Sometimes we troll during the day and use umbrellas, not A-Rigs, the real umbrellas with 9 1 oz. bucktails on them. When we fish the regular lights we use live shad or sometimes extra...

If fishing on 2nd the most difficult lake in the world (Bankhead) weren't enough, I'm going to try Smith(most difficult) next weekend. I'm wondering if anybody knows a water temp or anything??? After...

Sounds like a pretty excellent idea. I'm down for more info. PM on the way.

That thing looks like it could've eaten a baseball. It's nice to see toughing it out paid off for you... Easier to brag that way. If that thing is number 2 then what kind of inches/weight beat it?

Ikard77, I don't know if I would describe us as "braver" but thanks for the credit! Haha. LarryDavid, you are correct, I plan to eat about half of those fillets by myself when the fish fry comes...

Yep. We did it today. 247 mph winds.(Ok, maybe 24.7) 30 foot chop. (Alright.. it was 3 feet) 6 degree air temp when we quit. (Give or take 40 degrees, mostly give) 14 slabs on ice after 3 hours....

Well, I'm not going to be of any help but I said I'd post Friday's results. Only managed 2 in the tops. I'm about to head out again so I'll post tonight or tomorrow whether it was any better or not.

Other than G's, the only place that I can guarantee to have minnows is Birmingport Grocery. It's a BP on 269. That may be too far out of the way, depending where you want to launch though. Hope I've...

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I've been having some success, 8-10 per trip, fishing in large tops in creeks in 12-15 FOW with jigs and minnows around 4 feet deep. Crappie fishing is extremely tough here sometimes. Black and...

The Saturday part is really encouraging. I fish Rock Creek almost exclusively when I go to Smith and never do any good with the water that cold. Did you go as far as White Oak or up in Crooked? Just...

Have to agree with y'all on the stripe. When I fish Smith Lake I'll always try to get a couple of 10 pounders after dark for the grill. It's all about getting the red meat out of them. I cut them in...

I know the thread is a little old now but do y'all have good luck fishing in and around Lost Creek? The section of the river between Bluff Creek and the Gorgas steam plant is a part that I haven't...

I haven't tried lately but this time of year is usually really tough. I never catch more than a few and I have to fish the lights to get those. I do really well when the water temp gets to 65 or so...

Went yesterday and had much better results. Caught 13 in the tops in 15 fow, fishing 4' deep with minnows. We caught 1 over 15" and had 4 or 5 more 12"-13". I'll sure take it. I can't wait 'til next...

I tried it this afternoon. Launched at Howton's. Hope y'all don't mind the smell... Got SKUNKED! I'm going to try it again tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully there will be better results.

Yes sir, they keep them all year. I'll be going once for sure, probably twice this weekend. Let us know how you do and I'll do the same. Good luck to you.

Depends where you want to launch, but I stop at Birmingport Grocery on 269. Good folks there and they have tuffies, which I like better than shiners.

I've been a few times lately. Only success I've had was fishing large tops in creeks around 4' deep in 12' - 20' of water. They only wanted minnows and I've only had 1 hit a jig. I've heard of some...