01-19-2011, 08:51 PM
Ok I think you got good points.....pretty good insights here, I know you fish pine likely much more than me. I'm gonna mention one other little nuance I see there. It looks like the truly big gal smallmouth there have no problem maintaining good girth. Apparently once they reach a size where muskie no longer threaten them, they just balloon out. But the smaller ones from 6 -12 inches still seem very skinny to me almost anorexic.
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