Finding Smallmouth Bass in Streams

S mallmouth Bass Fishing

Finding Smallmouth Bass in Streams

Streams offer some very good smallmouth bass fishing. When fishing
streams, anglers can typically wade through most areas and not even
be waist deep. Streams will have some deeper areas, but most of the
water is shallow. You might think that big bass can't survive in streams if
the water is so shallow. The best streams have many pools with deeper
water and the fish can grow very big.

In good streams, 4 pound smallmouth are common, but the streams
don't have the populations of fish that the rivers, lakes and reservoirs
have. If you find a stream that produces quality smallmouth on a
consistent basis, you might want to keep your spot a secret and also
practice catch and release. While a 4 pound smallmouth won't surprise
you in some of these streams, they are not loaded with them.

When fishing streams, there usually aren't any huge movements
throughout the seasons. They will move up the streams in the spring to
spawn and again in the fall, but the fish aren't going to be stacked up at
the dam in the hundreds like you will find in some rivers. Many bass
stay in the same pools throughout most of the year. You can catch fish
in the pool or in the riffles near the pool. Dams are great places to fish
on streams because there will be fish congregated there most of the
year. The most successful stream fishermen typically have 4 or 5 spots
that they know will produce bass. If you hit the dam first and catch 2 or
3 smallmouth, then catch 1 smallmouth at 4 other spots, you just had a
6 or 7 fish day. Don't be afraid to move. If you catch a couple of fish in
a pool and the action becomes dead, move to another spot. That is
how you will find more smallmouth in the streams.

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