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Well, I went back to basics. Took Sparky, went in at the North end, walked 4mi along the East shore, climbed down to the shore line, caught several nice smallies in a couple of hrs, and walked out, total 8mi. I was pooped but we finally found em and caught em, from shore no less! Sparky was still rareing to go though. Caught them all on pumpkin reapers, texas rigged.
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My question is, where did you get the idea to fish reapers?
The new kids like to fish senkos, and the hot new baits like that.
Most of the guys fishing reapers are the old school guys who are old seasoned smallmouth pros.
Thats a bait that gets overlooked in all the hype and popularity of the hot new baits.
Very interesting to see guys fishing reapers.
Ever try Joe Buchers reapers? That guy catches tons of HUGE smallies on reapers.

I believe he has a couple line class world records for smallmouth bass. He has 6 world records total. He makes a good reaper.

Glad to see you getting back into the smallies up there.
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being new to the whold bass fishing idea, i too only really hear of senkos for producing some nice smallies, what are reapers and what do they look like? are they a plastic, and what ways are most effective to fish them.
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Predator, ya know,
The more I talk with you, on or off line I learn you know a lot. [url "javascript: addTag('shocked')"][shocked][/url] I think you and tube should hook up. As far as reapers go, I read something about them in a fishing thing I get about how well they work on smallies in the Snake, etc. a couple of years ago and thought I'd try em out since I can't get my favorite anymore. When I go back to the Snake I plan on using em. I'll have to look into Joe Butcher's reaper. I'm looking for one that's a little more delicate (flexible).
By the way, the green bitsy tube with a chartruse tail that I showed ya works good too, at least at Pineview. [url "javascript: addTag('sly')"][sly][/url]

fish4fish,
They are a plastic and the particular ones I bought recently were made by Kamakazee and either the pumpkin or guacamole II work good. Beware - they just happen to work for me at Pinview and Jordanalle. They are just one of the many lures that work well on smallies. You can't go wrong with anything that looks like a crawdad that is fished slow on the bottom.
Get out there and fish, especially these guys, and report back!!!! [url "javascript: addTag('cool')"][cool][/url] Good luck.

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