Post by: RB on July 30, 2023, 03:04:30 PM
Thanks
Post by: benhuntin on July 30, 2023, 05:32:29 PM
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Post by: 10thmountainarcher on July 30, 2023, 06:09:36 PM
Post by: RB on July 30, 2023, 06:44:26 PM
Lots of smallies.
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Never caught one, do they go after bait? and can they be fished from shore? Thanks
Post by: RB on July 30, 2023, 06:45:03 PM
I think there are still some Northern Pike as well. The Tribe has been doing their best to remove them.
They go after spoons correct? Thanks
Post by: ganghis on July 30, 2023, 07:18:24 PM
https://doh.wa.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/Documents/Pubs//334-302.pdf
Definitely kill pike if you catch them though, even if you leave them on the shore to rot.
Post by: RB on July 30, 2023, 07:51:48 PM
I haven't fished there too much but have had luck catching bass when casting towards shore with spinners (I'm sure there are better rigs, I was just going w what I had for trout). Resist the urge to have too big of a feast... especially big pike:
https://doh.wa.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/Documents/Pubs//334-302.pdf
Definitely kill pike if you catch them though, even if you leave them on the shore to rot.
Oh wow had not seen that thanks!
Post by: birdshooter1189 on July 31, 2023, 06:35:27 AM
Post by: RB on July 31, 2023, 10:47:05 PM
Lead head jig with a soft plastic curly tail works great for smallmouth. Spinners and spoons work pretty well also.
Cool thanks!
Post by: Southpole on August 01, 2023, 07:51:42 AM
Lots of smallies.:yeah:
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We’ve been making that a yearly trip to either Metaline or Ione to camp and fish the Pend Oreille river. It’s nowhere close to where you’ll be but the sections we’ve fished were almost all smallmouth and a few largemouth. The section between Box canyon dam and Boundary dam I’m convinced is all smallmouth. Above Box Canyon dam is where we got the occasional largemouth. The Indians has been making a great effort to get the pike out of there so that’s gotten to be a rarity. We have used a vast array of lures (rooster tails, plastic swim baits, crank bait, spinner baits, jigs of all shapes and sizes) and they all work but when it got fussy the tube jig in pumpkin seed color worked excellent. Smallmouth are super fun to catch, they’re very aggressive and make you think you’ve got something huge on the end of your line, they fight like hell.
Post by: benhuntin on August 01, 2023, 08:30:19 AM
They will eat just about anything. We like rapalas and top water stuff. Bait works well also.Lots of smallies.
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Post by: RB on August 01, 2023, 09:37:30 AM
They will eat just about anything. We like rapalas and top water stuff. Bait works well also.Lots of smallies.
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Never caught one, do they go after bait? and can they be fished from shore? Thanks
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Cool thanks!
Post by: Scott19d on August 01, 2023, 09:54:45 AM
Lots of smallies.
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Never caught one, do they go after bait? and can they be fished from shore? Thanks
Throw a ned rig around rocks, rip-rap, any type of underwater structure and you will catch smallmouth if they are there. I like a 1/4oz jig head with a split tail Stick-o. I also use ones without the split tail but I swear the split tail works better. Its a cheap set-up that I started using for my kids because they like to get stuck, but after we started catching a bunch of smallies with it, we don't use many other rigs now haha.
https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/bass-pro-shops-split-tail-stik-o
Post by: RB on August 01, 2023, 10:15:07 AM
Lots of smallies.
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Never caught one, do they go after bait? and can they be fished from shore? Thanks
Throw a ned rig around rocks, rip-rap, any type of underwater structure and you will catch smallmouth if they are there. I like a 1/4oz jig head with a split tail Stick-o. I also use ones without the split tail but I swear the split tail works better. Its a cheap set-up that I started using for my kids because they like to get stuck, but after we started catching a bunch of smallies with it, we don't use many other rigs now haha.
https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/bass-pro-shops-split-tail-stik-o
Awesome thanks!