Fun day playing with smallies...

I know of a pretty good 400 acre lake with some nice smallies that the shallows and lots of milfoil keeps most all powerboats out. Lake is only about 4' deep and really fills up with salad in the spring and summer so it's a perfect kayak fishing lake.

This  morning it was 70 degrees, zero wind and blue sky. Water temp 59 to 64, Lake has pretty clear water, no houses on it, gravel bottom near shore and very little typical smallie structure.

The beaches as mostly covered with large driftwood and grounded stumps. Water is only a foot or so deep at the outer edges of the driftwood, not smallie country for sure but this lake is a exception it seems. Sounds more like largemouth country but very few largemouth.
 
Caught 6 smallies in three hours, ranging from 12" to a 16" and to me a monster 18 1/2" smallie. This lake isn't a real hot smallie lake but due to zero pressure it has some pretty impressive fish in it.

All were caught on 4" green Senko's in water depth ranging from, 6" to 24", again not traditional smallie places. In water that shallow smallies are jumpers and do a lot of acrobatics, fun in shallow, clear water.

My ride is a 13 1/2' homemade by me sit inside 'yak, a great little flatwater fishing boat. As compared to my OK Prowler Big Game 11 it's a Corvette.

As here in N Idaho we are a little shy on salmon, halibut and lings so have to make due with what we have. I invited the two largest smallies home for dinner and they were great to night!..Gotta love those brown bass, great fighters and great fish and chips!...

  Sounds like fun! Would like to see a picture of the 'Vette!

Sounds like a lot of fun! I never thought I would have as much fun battling smallies, until I moved to Washington. I will always be a trout bum, but smallmouth now have a special place in my heart, ha. Pound for pound they are powerful even in the ones on the small side.

Just got back from another smallie trip, caught two dinks. Knew fishing would suck with the barometer crashing yesterday and today. Cold fronts and catching bass  don't go well together. Oh well, it was a nice paddle anyhow..

  Sounds like fun! Would like to see a picture of the 'Vette!

I 2nd this! Pics please! Sounds interesting.

Haven't figured out yet how to post pictures here. Try googling up Gem Watercraft's site, find the Freedom 13 kayak, that's mine only all tricked out with the usual fish yak stuff, makes a pretty neat lightweight fishing yak...I built it from the full size patterns, the plans printer made a little mistake on the plans as they were a wee big oversize so the yak ended up  thirteen ft. 6 inches long and a inch wider at  thirty one inches, not a problem as I like the bit larger boat better I think...."bigger is always better"..lol..