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I catch more spots on jerkbaits and little tail spinner bait made by Charlie Brewer. Lately...it's been on the grass..or what's left of it. Last trip we caught a rogue Largemouth that looked like it was raised by smallmouth. It had all these wierd spots on it's back like a smallmouth....it was about 3.5 lbs.

However, I agree with the previous post in that they're going to finally move to the bluff walls. You should be able to put a nice sack of smallies and spots together if you stick with the fly.

One more thing....specifically on the 12 you'd like to catch and I was thinking about your recent post on your KY trip. Do you really think the next WR smallie will come from KY lake like so many say? I've never caught the size down there that I do at Dale. Numbers maybe.....they need a slot like Dale. I've broke off some that might have pushed 6-7 range, but nothing even near 10.