There are some really nice smallmouth in Patoka. I catch some everyyear while bass fishing or crappie fishing. Biggest one I've personally caught was right at 20" and it was a football. Caught it near the old river channel fishing rocky banks and bluffs looking for crappie brushpiles. Not long ago I got a new 9'1/2" FnF rod and new reel just for this type of fishing. When it isn't so cold we're going to go FnF fishing in those areas where I've caught smallmouth before. If that doesn't pan out in several hours we'll go back to crappie fishing those deep brushpiles that I have located over the years. There's always fish on them and there's always some biters willing to come aboard my boat.


Larry