Thread: Enroute to sc with boat

There was a 5 lb smallmouth caught on Murray a couple week ago down by the damn. It was caught on lakeworld's guide boat and they were fishing down rods using live herring and fishing for striper right next to the damn. Go figure how a smallmouth got in Murry and lived

Originally Posted by sinkermaker

There was a 5 lb smallmouth caught on Murray a couple week ago down by the damn. It was caught on lakeworld's guide boat and they were fishing down rods using live herring and fishing for striper right next to the damn. Go figure how a smallmouth got in Murry and lived

No idea how that smallie got there but my suspicions is that of the same (IMO) as how the spotted bass got started around here....bass fishermen.

Thank you for the posts, I was fortunate to book a resort an hour from my parents house that, for the most part, only had smallies and walleyes, no largemouth and few northern pike. Was catching 20 smallies a day on walleye rigs. Was a great time and the hardest fighting fish out there pound for pound in freshwater. An hour drive from my there are hundreds of major lakes to fish, joy of living in mn.

Have you ever caught a Shellcracker (redear sunfish)? They are right in there pound for pound with a Smallmouth. I've caught both and they are neck and neck except the Smallmouth likes to go airborne.

Originally Posted by gabowman

No idea how that smallie got there but my suspicions is that of the same (IMO) as how the spotted bass got started around here....bass fishermen.

In the Broad River they were stocked by DNR to see if they would thrive in the cooler waters. Seems they did as several of my green carp buddies target them successfully. As for Lake Murray, I agree it was probably a bass fisherman.