We had sunny blue bird sky all day. Temperatures ranged from 78 degrees in the morning to almost 90 degrees during the warmest part of the day.
River gauge readings were about normal for this time of year. Water levels have been fairly consistent for the past week or so. Visibility was about 3 feet.
Active fish were holding in deeper areas in and around current. The best pattern was current breaks in 3-4 feet of water with medium to medium fast current. The fish were definitely actively feeding in these areas.
The second best pattern was short deeper pools (4+ feet deep) with good current leading into them. They produced the best smallmouth bass. Fish were positioned at the head of these pools.
Deeper longer pools with little current were by far the least productive areas.
Top producing baits in order where:
1. Winco's smallmouth specialty Spinnerbait (Blue glimmar Hollagram Grub trailer)
2. Winco's baby stickworm (3 inch)
3. Blue Glimmar Hollagram Grub on 1/16 oz jig head or white twister tail grub
Presentations for all baits where critical today because the bites were tough to come by. Since the spinnerbait caught the most fish I'll comment on that presentation. The most productive presentation was bringing the spinnerbait "down" from a current shoot upstream then crossing over into a current seam/eddy. If you weren't doing this, your chances of getting bit were slim to none. Also, paralleling behind the shoals or ledges in the "nervous water" was a very productive presentation.
Below are some pictures from the day...enjoy!
The river chariots for the day. My ride 135 and 2008 Tarpon 120 and my buddies brand spank'n new T 120.
Nice smallie caught by "Go Deep" on a 3" stickworm
Two of my Smallies caught. One of a Winco's Baby Stickworm and the other on Winco's Specialty Smallmouth Spinnerbait
We had to run a nice little stretch of white water. I went down first to set up with my new waterproof camera. These guys made short work of it in their T-120 s! ...EDIT: OK I have to throw this in here. Did you notice "GoDeep" using his BB paddle upside down
I told him I was going to post this. Forgive him. He's only been out a couple of times in his new kayak. 
This one is just us messing around with the video on my waterproof camera. We had a lot of laughs over this one. It was a dink. I like the part where my buddy asks Juan Jr. what he was using... heck he had no idea. I had just thrown him the bait and said it was one of Al's. It's actually one of Winco's new grub creations that isn't on the market yet. We caught quite a few fish on it and I used one of the bigger grubs as a trailer on my spinnerbait.
