They sure do fight hard. It almost seems like their tails are on fire.
The smallies i caught on my trout streams were caught on size 9 panther martins.
They are the first 2 photos in this thread.
Have not caught any this year on my trout streams yet.
I went to my mother’s today for my Wednesday morning visit. My mom is 84.
After our chat I went down to the dam in Gays Mills on the Kickapoo River
This smallie made the other ones look like panty waists.
It skied and did a couple power runs. It hit on a size 13 jointed brown rapala.
This smallie was almost taken by me but I had second thoughts.
I remember my youth and trying to prepare smallies a couple times and being disappointed
in the taste. This big old smallie is back at its home at the dam in Gays Mills.
