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Re: Smallmouth trip [Re: ElkHunter] #3222163
09/17/20 09:35 PM
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If you go to Wheeler Dam - cross your fingers the dang buzzards don't eat the rubber seal off from around your windshield! They destroyed a truck owned by a friend of mine...

Re: Smallmouth trip [Re: Lonster] #3222183
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Originally Posted by Lonster
Originally Posted by poorcountrypreacher


Thanks for all the info, and Elkhunter, I didn't mean to take over your thread. Good luck on your trip. We have decided to go to Wilson in October and fish an afternoon and the next morning. We both just wanna catch one smallmouth, so maybe that will be enough time to land one.


Wilson in October:
1. Catch some shad OR buy some;
2. Launch below Wheeler Dam;
3. Launch boat and motor up to dam;
4. Fish with spinning rod with 6lb. line, #6 hook, small split shot about 1’ above hook;
5. Hook shad through lips, drop straight down over the side of the boat about 7’ deep and drift down about 400 yards;
6. Wash, rinse and repeat.
You’ll catch plenty of smallmouth.

If you have any questions, just watch the other boats (locals) and mimic what they are doing. There will be a few there doing just this.

Lonster

Ill be trying this next month. Looking forward to it. Ill let yall know how it goes.

Re: Smallmouth trip [Re: Uokman2014] #3222333
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Originally Posted by Uokman2014
If you go to Wheeler Dam - cross your fingers the dang buzzards don't eat the rubber seal off from around your windshield! They destroyed a truck owned by a friend of mine...

the buzzards are tough. scratched my truck hood and top. looked like all my ex"s took turns with a hand full of keys.

Re: Smallmouth trip [Re: ElkHunter] #3222393
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Lonster's advice is spot-on.

If you don't want windshield-eating buzzards attacking your car, you could park at Fisherman's Resort and motor out to the lake.

Good luck, gents.


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Re: Smallmouth trip [Re: ElkHunter] #3222471
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Thanks for all the great info!

But I gotta say that fishing for bass with live bait has always seemed to me like something similar to shooting a turkey out of a tree. smile

No doubt that it works, but something just doesn't feel right about it for me. And I've always disliked fishing in a tailrace, or off a pier, or anywhere I am crowded in with a bunch of other fishermen. Plus, I would have no idea of how to go about catching shad.

So instead, our plan is to run way up one of the creeks and bounce a shaky head worm off the rocks. Think that will catch one? Or maybe fish rocky points or banks in the river, if such places exist up there. I can catch spots and red eye without resorting to minners; I'm thinking those smallmouth can't be that different. But maybe we are in for a rude awakening.

So how would I get some shad if it comes down to either that or go home skunked?


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Re: Smallmouth trip [Re: poorcountrypreacher] #3222483
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Originally Posted by poorcountrypreacher


Thanks for all the great info!

But I gotta say that fishing for bass with live bait has always seemed to me like something similar to shooting a turkey out of a tree. smile

No doubt that it works, but something just doesn't feel right about it for me. And I've always disliked fishing in a tailrace, or off a pier, or anywhere I am crowded in with a bunch of other fishermen. Plus, I would have no idea of how to go about catching shad.

So instead, our plan is to run way up one of the creeks and bounce a shaky head worm off the rocks. Think that will catch one? Or maybe fish rocky points or banks in the river, if such places exist up there. I can catch spots and red eye without resorting to minners; I'm thinking those smallmouth can't be that different. But maybe we are in for a rude awakening.

So how would I get some shad if it comes down to either that or go home skunked?


Your plan of finesse fishing up the creeks is usually good for at least a few fish. They might not be trophy sized, but you have a very good chance at catching largemouth, smallmouth, spots, and rock bass following that plan. If you want a chance at some big smallies, find the schooling fish and throw a shad imitating swimbait, jerkbait, crankbait, etc. You don't have to use live bait to catch them in the tailrace, you can fish the current edges and seams with artificials and catch them too. You can catch all the threadfin shad you want with a throw net or even a long handled bait dip net around the dam walls, rocks, etc. There are millions of them in the tailrace area. I should add this since someone seeing this thread might decide to come up and fish Wilson or Pickwick and not have any experience fishing around hydroelectric dams: Please use caution fishing the tailrace area. Life jackets are required by law when within 800 feet of the dam. Both Wheeler and Wilson Dams are massive and create huge amounts of current and undertow, and both also have scattered boulders in the tailrace area.

Last edited by Cibola; 09/18/20 01:45 PM.

He never promised that the cross would not get heavy & the hill would not be hard to climb.
Re: Smallmouth trip [Re: ElkHunter] #3222494
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Can’t speak to what they will like on the lakes you’re going to PCP but down here on the Broad River, white flukes/swim baits, Rapala cranks or jerks that resemble a shad, and in-line spinners (silver blade with white skirt) will catch them. Finding eddies and rips between rocks tends to be the best places to hook em, with logs and feeder creeks being a close second. Not sure if that will translate to where you’re going but once you hook the first one with some size to it I think you’ll be glad you chose to chase them.

Re: Smallmouth trip [Re: ElkHunter] #3223022
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Thanks again for the info. Cibola, the dangers involved in a tailrace I've never seen before also make me wanna look for a safer way to fish. We will try the other way first, and try to get in the tailrace as a last resort.

Headed to get in line to fish Lay Lake this morning.


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Re: Smallmouth trip [Re: ElkHunter] #3249581
10/26/20 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ElkHunter
Well it is getting close to October and my semi annual Smallie trip. Ole Nick is not going to be able to go with me this year. He just started a new job and can't get the time off.

Taking a ole buddy that has never been Smallie fishing before.

We will be there from Oct 6-9. I am bringing my fish cooker for an evening fish fry. Any of you local guys want to meet up for some fish, give me a call.




How did your trip go?

We are planning to go to Wilson and fish Wednesday and Thursday. We set the date last week and now it looks like a hurricane is gonna center the place while we are trying to fish. Maybe it will run the buzzards away at least.


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