Understanding Smallies - Fishing Edge TV

From tactics to biology, Al Lindner and Jeremy Smith take a closer look at one of America’s favorite fish, the smallmouth bass.
Originally aired on the Outdoor Channel in Q1 of 2018.
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[@mainemicrofishing4960]

Great episode. Love smallmoth bass, i have a lot of respect for them now. A lot of fishing trips that might have made me skunked instead I was blessed with a decent fight with a smallmouth. I don't target spawning fish either for this reason. It makes sense.

[@Tighterlinesfishing814]

Great video loved it!

[@ogbassfishing2428]

This was awesome. So great to see you use the platform that the Lord has blessed you with to present His word to your viewers. You are very inspiring, Al. Much love, God bless!

[@LindnerMedia]

Thank you, God bless!

[@falconfishing6305]

It is nice to see someone speaking out for ethical bed fishing.

[@cliffordwheelock5441]

How do you catch Small mouths in heavy pressured areas

[@mitchsing1109]

Smallmouth have a home . Catch an release! Thanks Gord and Al to get the message out there. From the Lagoon take stay safe

[@Tilbily]

Here in Canada season starts 4th Saturday in June, that's after the spawn. Vital. The research shows that catch and release during the spawn results in adult bass not returning to the nest, becoming delinquent parents. Much higher fry mortality. Then their surviving offspring follow the same pattern.

[@cathymazzittello1671]

God bless, thanks for all you done for so many years,

[@no_regerts5176]

Something I’ve done is become more aware of other fishing opportunities throughout the calendar year. There is always something to catch that will have the least impact on the population.

[@MrBurkj]

Enjoyed the video. Curious, when you are fishing the hair jig and or Ned rig type presentations are you "dragging" the bottom or swimming it in the water column?

[@LindnerMedia]

With the ned, it usually help to have bottom contact. The hair can be fished both ways.

[@Cornuts1000]

Its about time someone with some credibility posted information on the effects of fishing during the spawn.Gord Pyzer is highly respected all over North America. Thanks Al and Jeremy

[@JLeeChron]

Mike Reynolds but nothing will be done. Unfortunately. Ppl/corporate will still continue to sell their products by means of a tourney, thats all it is. 💴 And because there is $ involved ppl will still pull fish off beds, transport them miles away bouncing them around in their boxes to try to cash in. Its stupid.

[@colinbrown9044]

Awesome. Up here in Nova Scotia...we are blessed with great smallmouth fishing. Especially topwater. And nobody keeps them. We eat fish from the ocean. Haddock...Cod...Smelts and of course lots and lots of lobsters. Leave the Brook Trout and Bass to grow.

[@taylorlufflongchamp7992]

I live harrisburg pa on the susquehanna river and I always catch record and release.i love smallies it’s big reason I fish and thank u for all the videos and let’s start and movement (#catch,record,release)

[@Xaiddy]

I agree. We should do this for all game fish during the spawn. Immediate catch and release only during the spawn! I hate tournaments taking place during the spawn as well.

[@GabooNx]

What about continous flooding in a river system during small mouth spawn? 2nd year in a row my local river floods, mud for days on end. The system starts to clear and flooding again.. River hasn't been normal pool in years.

[@nicksabo2536]

anybody know what mount Al is using on his boat for the front graph? I like how high it makes it and it looks like it can be folded down if needed.

[@robertculpepper1508]

I loved fishing for smallies when I lived in washington State. I really should try to fish the Colorado River sometime for them.

[@WarnerOnTheWater]

Awesome video! Thank you for the tips.

[@jimknowles5483]

The real problem of evolution is it is a deceiving distraction from the truth of God...!! The deceptive lie keeps people from choosing Christ....! Great fishing show ....great God! Keep up the good work! just jim

[@augieisaacson5906]

I love the incorporation of the bible at the end of these videos. Al has come this far as an angler because of his faith and it drives his passion for fishing. He deserves success.

[@jeramyh9344]

I didn't even catch a small mouth until I was in my 20's. Now they are tied with Walleye as my favorite fish to catch. Though I have never caught a 5lb smallie.

[@johnjohnson1657]

GREAT idea... you want to fish a tourney and host it? MAKE THEM catch and release on the spot. MAKE THEM. Make it law.

[@nicholasspry563]

Chipmunk into a human.....yep, that’s how she goes!

[@ansmerek]

When you explain the impact of invasive species and climate change, you are explaining evolution, as evolution itself is just change over time. If you look at how fishing has evolved over the last 500 years you see just how much has advanced over a small time scale. This is exactly how evolution works, things change over time. Over hundreds of millions of years the small changes that occur generation after generation all add up to significant changes. It is not easy to fathom things on a time scale much larger than our own life span. People in 2019 will not stone to death unruly children or gay people even though the 'good book' explicitly tells us to do that. Churches all over the country are also changing over time to ensure their survival. Even religion is subject to evolution

[@jaredlucky9990]

I would say invasive species and climate change being propogated by humans at a much higher rate than nature could can have devastating extintction level effect on ecosystems and animals as they dont have enough TIME to properly evolve and adapt to those rapidly changing conditions. Its an anomoly when native species actually benefit from these changes and is worth noting.

[@dmarksvr]

@@@jaredlucky9990 Yep

[@johnjohnson1657]

If you're gonna quote "the Big Book says that" etc... you should probably understand the source you're quoting and the context it's in and time frame. Think.

[@K3Flyguy]

Stone to death? Dude you either got sold some bad dope, or your dope went bad!

[@ansmerek]

@@K3Flyguy The body count from churches is in the millions. If you think people didn't get stoned to death in the name of religion you need to check your dope, and get some history books

[@joshuapeterson4388]

Good video other than the ending. No issues with the church stuff but just because Al doesn’t understand evolution doesn’t mean it’s false.

[@CookingandFishing]

It's true whether you believe it or not lol...

[@joshuapeterson4388]

Cooking and Fishing. Yeah.. it’s dumb for people to reject things that they don’t understand. I don’t understand calculus but I know it’s not bullshit.

[@wetfoot7782]

Evolution is extremely hard to swallow when you take DNA and RNA into account. So many things Darwin had no idea about. The bible is true whether you believe it or not.

[@randyfonk575]

Those with faith, have faith!

[@apugali]

Everyone else says natural colors for smallmouth,and these guys always say crazy colors...Do the wild colors work up north better than in the south?

[@AllSeasonFishing]

I live in Canada and the crazy colours seem to work well with reaction baits for smallmouth

[@mgaamerica9185]

I love the UV colors in the crank and jerk baits and have used them well from Minnesota to Tennessee.

[@ansmerek]

I find it depends on water clarity more than anything. In very clear water natural colours seem to work the best. When the water is murky I don't think it is so much the specific colour that matters but rather the contrast

[@colinbrown9044]

Pink works awesome here in Nova Scotia. Yellow in the spring.

[@derrick15]

Thanks for making me feel guilty as fuck. Guess I'll just stop fishing...fuck sakes

[@CookingandFishing]

Al apparently doesn't understand the basics of natural selection/evolutionary theory. Still enjoyed the video, but man, what an astounding display of ignorance at the end.

[@ZinoxOneWay]

Love this comment

[@ansmerek]

When he says it is easier to believe the bible he pretty much sums up his position. It is easier to believe you were made in the image of a god than it is to ponder the process of evolution or abiogenesis. It is also easier to smoke pot living in your parents basement on welfare than it is to go to work every day. When someone says they believe something based on avoiding thinking and taking the easy out, you know their position has no credibility whatsoever

[@richardpichola891]

Ingorance? Darwin himself questioned his conclusions before he died. Where does that leave Darwin's followers?

[@ansmerek]

@@richardpichola891 And mother Theresa questioned religion before she died, so what? Darwin was a Christian as was his wife. He struggled greatly with the fact what he observed in nature could not be reconciled with the bible. Darwin lived 200 years ago. Since then massive advancements in evolutionary theory producing over 250,000 peer reviewed scientific papers have been published. By the way, questioning yourself is how the scientific method works, you come up with a theory and then try to prove yourself wrong. Darwin never once said "I am right because I say so and you must believe me" like the bible does. The evidence is the truth and speaks for itself

[@joshb.6166]

So you just talk about managing fish and then completely deny that evolution is the cause of the problem. Come on.

[@colinbrown9044]

I believe in Gods creation. And I believe he created Evolution. I may be wrong on both counts. I'm simply not smart enough to know either way and I accept my limitations.

[@wadesteven4270]

Al I was finally able to get 5 days off from work in June 11th-16. I am needing to catch some Small Mouths and a few Walleye. What lake should I go to in Minnesota or Wisconsin and where should I stay. I will need to rent a boat. Thanks and God Bless!

[@KJCFishing]

Hey man I live in Minnesota and there is no better lake than Mille Lacs Lake

[@curtisholt4703]

Saying chipmunks can turn into human beings shows you do not understand evolution. No disrespect.

[@rhodesianhunter9360]

Hey Al, do you believe in the sun? Of course you do. What happens to the sun if you remove every single person off of this Earth? Nothing, it still shines every day....untill it runs out of energy. Now what happens to religion when you remove every single person off this Earth? Well, it doesn't exist anymore.

[@therealsideburnz]

Describing evolution as chipmunks turning into human beings is so inaccurate it doesn’t even qualify as a caricature. A claim was made that evolution is full of holes, yet no evidence of these holes was presented.

[@FishingSeattle]

I clicked to learn more about “Understanding Smallies”. Instead, I found this video was produced solely to promote sponsored products and a bonus of Christian ideology at the end.

[@patrickempey3584]

Then you obviously didnt watch the entire video, like, at all.

[@paulbaker4248]

That's a load of crap. Large or small mouth. Return to the nest. Even if there releasted back at the ramp ! You look at 1 study. D.N.R. finds the exact same fish. Time and time again in the same spots. When they do electro shock surveys. Mind you. The fish are released back at the boat ramp after they collect there data. I dont feel your info is correct.

[@seanlandsman7516]

Bass do return to the nests after spawning, but that’s not the problem. The problem is what happens while they’re gone and NOT tending the nest. You’ve clearly never watched a bass be removed from a nest by an angler, and then its brood destroyed by egg predators like bluegills while the angler smiles for the camera. Even if the bass goes back quickly, the process of angling it is stressful and the bass may not resume its parental care duties until its recovered. Even if the nest isn’t completely destroyed and only a portion of eggs/fry are consumed by predators, it might take only a few anglers catching and releasing that bass before its nest is destroyed.