Crushing BIG Pre-spawn Smallmouth Bass

[@patrickempey3584]

Tom is totally right about northern Wisconsin smallie fishing. It’s walleyes or nothing for most guys. If you can’t eat it don’t waste your time. Hope it stays that way for my future trips 👍 great content as always.

[@poimendave9536]

Love your teaching/fishing videos. I should be getting my new Picifun Carbon X 2000 in the mail tomorrow because of your recommendation. Your teaching me a ton. Thank You 😊

[@raymondnoah6394]

Pound for pound one of the best fighters to catch. They are loads of fun to catch. Thanks for the info included in your videos. The bite has been tough this cold spring in west central Minnesota.

[@mikepavlak7404]

Thank you for the smalley video! Please keep them coming throughout the year. I’ll definitely be applying the info.

[@greyhunter9287]

Love your small mouth vids. Not sure why they would get less views as smallies give ya such a great show and can't think of much more that is more exciting than a big smallie on light gear. Keep up the good work sir! I'll be up there in two weeks so save a few for me. Already saving some of your videos as reminders of stuff I want to try when I get there.

[@keithhill7572]

Love smallie fishing Tom and always watch your videos all the way to the end. We usually catch more than enough walleyes to eat while smallmouth fishing that we don’t target walleyes until summer.

[@wisconsinfishingadventures]

Thanks for the side imaging screenshot of beds. Your videos have helped me find a few fish!

[@mikek3638]

incredible fish at the 9 min mark. beauty!

[@gregbroyles2908]

I think it would be interesting to see multiple screen shots of different species on SI and DI. Also discussion of frequency, sensitivity, etc settings. Great SM video.

[@Piscifun]

Slayfest! Nice work Tom!

[@bc4071]

Appreciate this video, bass opened a month early in my zone and I'm picking apart my lake fishing this exact stuff, lol. Thanks for the encouragement, looks like I'm tying on some hair jigs, I've been throwing square bills.

[@AjLynn45thParallelFishing]

You were wearing those fatties out ! Love those days where that little hair jig is like a brown bass magnet ~ Nicely Done . . . Congrats

[@Gloch9]

Love smallies, they fight so hard! Great video keep them up

[@willfredregill9064]

Love love love the smallie stuff. And the walleye content.

[@boilerplate5068]

Huge smallmouth fan. Love the unique build of Northern Wisco broad backs

[@bobnelson1286]

Great smallmouth action. I’ve always been a bass guy but anxious to try walleyes more after watching your videos. Like to watch both kinds of fishing

[@kenelliott846]

Thank You Tom Great Video and Info!!!!

[@bigdaddys73nova]

Fished smallies a lot when I was growing up on the river, excellent videos Tom enjoy them 👍

[@DaveDangles]

I’m a bass guy and I watch you to learn about Walters, so I’m never upset with smallie content.

[@stevepederson1736]

Great as always Tom, from Oregon’s high desert.

[@codyphillips977]

Can’t get enough of the smallmouth vids. For not being a bass guy it’s crazy how you wreck em. Tough weekend on greenbay for me only got 1 over 5lbs 🙄

[@WarnerOnTheWater]

Nothing better than big footballs!! I will be posting some smallmouth videos soon 👍👍👍

[@outdoorsman9384]

Haze obviously respected your video and let you have the rains, didn't make that switch to the hair jigg candy thay wanted,,great video Thomas

[@czykrepublic4323]

Love smallie vids, keep em coming!

[@johnlytle996]

Love the smallie content

[@adamwarweg6298]

dig it, Heading to Mille lacs tomorrow for the first time. Hoping to get Eyes and Smallies.

[@markmcgough7900]

Tom love your channel. Meet you in scheels once and totally going to get a guide trip this fall. I think I was in the lake you were in the day you shot this. I struggled some but did manage a few nice smalles on the jerk minnow jr.

[@jamiehartzell5286]

Another awesome video I am not a big small mouth fishermen but wanting to try to target them , will be using thus information next time we go out.

[@ronstrohman516]

I love the smallmouth videos. There not a harder fighting fish.

[@samwilcox10]

Your killing it with all your videos. Do you think that the ML is heavy enough for smallies? Don't most bass fisherman use a bait caster with MH rods? Or is that more just for large mouth?

[@tonystraw7901]

Will be in Vilas Co first week in june, I can't wait!!!

[@mikek3638]

I appreciated the comment when you don't have enough wind for a jerkbait bite, to throw the hair jig. I'm gonna remember that tip. I'm always looking for when to throw a hair jig. thanks. What pound braid do you like to use as the mainline?

[@outdoorsman9384]

Thomas with those little 1/8 jiggs are you feeling the bottom well, and do you use high visable line, windy days probably could be difficult on 1/8 would you then just up the ounces, or punt🎣

[@raoutdoors8099]

I ordered some Kaylins products you link like the Marabou jigs and jerk minnow JR. plastic do you have a promo code? I ordered the Piscifun Carbon X and got an extra spool was thinking of having one with 10 pound braid and the other with 8 pound fluorocarbon. Do you ever run straight fluorocarbon or do you need the sensitivity of the braid? Also used you Sub15 promo code thanks for all your advice I’m going to target those walleye hard this year!!

[@tannervanasten]

were up there year round chasing the bronzies my guy. Ill take a 6lber over a 30 inch walleye 100 out of 100 days.

[@fishinforlikes1611]

Another great vid Tom...and it has me begging to pick your brain about where to find walleye vs smallies. Just got off the lake this weekend with the exact same temps...46F climbing to 51F by the end of the day. Deep, clear water, with plenty of rock and sand in that 5-20foot range. Hammered all the spots I expected to find walleye, and got these crazy aggressive smallies in every spot. Only found eyes at night stacked up at the rivermouth. So the burning question is, were the smallies just outcompeting the walleye in all those prime spots, or should I have been fishing deeper all day to get eyes? Just thought it was weird that at this time of year I could only get the eyes at night. Would love your input, thanks!

[@victorsimonsen921]

love the smallmouth vids what rod was your friend fishing?

[@curtadams3281]

I made it ! Hmmm but I watch all of yours to the end, you put out exceptionally informative content... 👍

[@Hill_Billy_Without_A_Hill]

Trying to get better at walleye, they seem harder in Eastern states. We only got one 16.5" last weekend 4-6 foot deep mid day. As clear as the lake is, only thing I can figure is maybe it was hanging around weeds or their was some structure down there. Id think the clarity and light would have drawn them a bit deeper. I saw some what looked like walleye on the finder, but no hits on those and they were deep in the 20ft range. They but yellow bass in the lake a few yrs ago, and man I think they taking over. They good eating when you get them with size, but annoying especially when using worms. Water temp 60-64 degree range here.

[@leterrip2816]

🔥

[@loganlease1]

What line you using for walleye jiggin??

[@ronaldkulas5748]

Your description of loading and sweep setting the hook for large smallies sounds very similar to crappie fishing technique.

[@jdean1851]

Epic" from Idaho!!!!

[@blahblahmilbury]

do more smallmouth videos!

[@Sapper19]

Awesome video, just put the hammer down on them yesterday..great fun.

[@geraldbalciarjr651]

Nice.

[@denezellmer64]

I have learned a lot about hummingbirds fish finder Do you have a email so that I can ask you more about the hummingbird fish finder thank you I really appreciate your U tube channel

[@allDayFairway]

Looks like obnoxious safety pants guy wasn’t doing so hot