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2465 more small mouth stocked
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torchedplatypi
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I've never caught a smallie, but I've been thinking about making a trip up to blue ridge to try. Good to know!
Great to hear,,,, come on up here if you want to catch some smallies,,,,
spkoli
Senior Member
Super excited about this. I hope they flourish. I love smallies.
I'm not optimistic, if there are still spots in the lake. The smallmouth were already flourishing there until some idiot dumped the spots in.
And yep, smallmouth are fine fish. I wouldn't trade catching one smallmouth for a dozen largemouth. I am lucky to live where they are common-I can walk out of my driveway, go a couple hundred yards down the road, and be catching smallmouth.
ripplerider
Senior Member
I've been lucky enough to catch several nice smallies this year both in Lake Blue Ridge and Lake Hiwassee. A 4 lb. smallmouth on 8 lb. test line is a world of fun. We fished Chatuge Monday talk about frustrating we had fish breaking all around us most of the morning but could only put 3 spots in the boat. They were nice ones though. We threw everything we could think of at them in addition to free-lining and down-rigging blue herring. All 3 came off free-lined bait. We got to watch a bald eagle for quite a while.
torchedplatypi
New Member
Any suggestions on where to find them when I do make it up there?
Do they park up on main lake points and med-deep timber/cover like spots? I was under the impression they behave more aggressively than largemouths, somewhere between them and spots, but on the whole I'm unfamiliar with them.
Do they park up on main lake points and med-deep timber/cover like spots? I was under the impression they behave more aggressively than largemouths, somewhere between them and spots, but on the whole I'm unfamiliar with them.
