Savvy anglers know that when the water temperature reaches 52 degrees smallmouth bass begin to migrate out of the creek channels and into the main lake. “When the water is 56 or even 54, the smallmouth all run back in the creeks and they chase down all the shad and crawfish they can eat,” says smallie expert and fishing guide Jim Duckworth. “When the water hits 52 degrees they come out to the main lake where they suspend. They stay there all winter long until the water temperature rises above 52 degrees.”
“The suspended fish will be on the main lake bluffs and the main lake points,” says Duckworth. “The little cracks in the bluffs and the little bends in the bluffs will hold smallies. Say you have a straight bluff; right where the river hits the bluff is a sweet spot. Right where the river leaves the bluff is a sweet spot. Anywhere there is a nick in the bluff, or any point on the bluff is a sweet spot. Those are the kind of things you want to look for.
Duckworth anticipates this occurrence each year so he can fish the suspended smallies with a technique called float and fly, a simple system that suspends a fly 8 to 10 feet below a bobber.
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