South Branch Bronze!

[iamtheavalanche]

Hit the South Branch on 6/8/2015 in some of my usual spots. The river was perfectly stained and with the prefrontal conditions the river was perfect. Hit the bridge by my house at noon and hooked up almost immediately on a smallie I caught last year. It weighed 3.11 last year and now 3.3 figuring she was spawned out. Then was going to go to a retention pond for largemouth but upon inspection the wind shifted the muck cheese looking stuff so I couldn't punch and frog in the area I wanted to so I went back to the river. Hit another spot north on the South Branch that is a lot deeper. Immediately started throwing cranks and spinnerbaits. There is nothing like bouncing the bottom with a crankbait and a smallmouth just slams it. Through a bunch of stuff like shakey head worms, jigs, and a few swimbaits but the crankbait was the ticket. I thought the shad patterns were the right move but one hit a old Fat Rap in a craw pattern. I used to fish the same spot after school years ago in high school and would use shiners and catch lots there. Those river smallies are opportunistic feeders eating a lot of stuff that comes down in the current.

Baits I used...
1/2 ounce Booyah Snow White spinnerbait with a custom hammered silver blade
Glass Fat Rap number 5 in crawfish with KVD 2xshort 1x strong hooks
Bomber 4A crank Tennesse Shad with KVD hooks again

Get out there and try catching them they fight like no other!