Stroking for Smallmouths

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Thanks folks, that gives me the encouragement to at least give it a try.

dpage70 - when you are fishing in the fall and you say you catch them in the weeds ... are they smallmouth?

If they are smallies - mind if I ask what you're using? A football jig? Soft dressing?

Thanks folks
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I use an arkie head jig for it with a twin tail trailer rather than a chunk type. The way the arkie head is shaped seems to go through the grass a little better. Just lift the tip until it starts to get hung up a little and snap it. Smallmouth are so aggressive they just can't handle it. I usually find the weed edges and try to keep it fairly close to the edge. It seems to work better on sunny days so I guess the fish pull into the grass for shade.