Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

Green pumpkin red flake watermelon red flake n actually many more 👍🎣

Uncle_T Loc: Georgia

If you get bass pro shops stick-o go for a color called “double trouble “ otherwise just get something you think a fish would like or something that you like looking at, you never really know what the fish are going to want

Uncle_T Loc: Georgia

And what Grizzly said

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

Uncle T one I forgot is PINK.
I aways carry a pink crankbait Crappie Maxx form BPS n a pk on floating worms n a pk of stickbaits.
Natural shad senko has been very productive over the yrs.
It's a guessing game.

All fun 👍🎣🎣

Uncle_T Loc: Georgia

Yes I use pink trick worms sometimes but I’ve never used a pink senko type bait

Cybersnow Loc: McCall, Idaho

I am pretty much stuck with buying on line as i live 2.5 hours from the nearest city and my little town doesnt sell fishing tackle other than trout lures. I see a lot of different stick o worms on the bass pro and amazon websites. These worms seem to come in various lengths and so many colors. Is there a better place on line to shop and what is a good length?

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

At times they are great 🎣👍

Uncle_T Loc: Georgia

I would go through bass pro or cabelas but that’s just me, I would recommend using the 5 inch size, I use all the sizes but I think the 5 inch is most common, sometimes with wacky I use the 3 inch but the 5 should be good

Uncle_T Loc: Georgia

I’m going to try and remember to get some

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

I buy 4 and five inch Yamamoto senkos from Amazon in green pumpkin pepper. I have tried others, but just haven't been happy with the sink rate. They are a bit more expensive than some others, but to this point, their catch rate justifies it for me. I have used other colors, but in Idaho the pumpkin has worked best for me. Just a 1/0 hook on o-ring and 10 pound leader with no weights or swivels. Fish rocky areas casting to about a foot of shore and yo yo out. Lots of snags, but most can be recovered by moving the boat to just passing the rod over the snag and pulling in the opposite direction. Most snags are just caught in a V of two rocks rather than hooked into something. When I get to approximately 10 feet depth, I will often let the senko lay on the bottom for 5 or 10 seconds before lifting to let fall again. When I see the line move, I lift very gently to feel extra weight then set hook. If you miss fish, let senko fall again. Surprisingly, many of my bites are within a few feet of the shore. Be thorough. I have often caught fish on both sides of the same rock. When I see a very large rock under water, I will cast all around it.
I am not sure what part of Idaho you are in, but my most successful smallmouth lake in Idaho is CJ Strike. I have caught bigger bass at other locations, but you can't beat it for constant action. My favorite areas are the north end where the river comes in, but still in sight of the dam and in the narrows. If fishing the narrows, you will do best fishing the shaded side. Fish the narrows early as the crappie fishermen will start taking over the banks later in the day. If you are interested, the crappie fishing in CJ is outstanding with many monster fish in early spring on the opposite side of the narrows from the damn. I have also done fairly well on bass in Brownlee Lake using the same method.

Cybersnow Loc: McCall, Idaho

I found green pumpkin with black flakes in 4&6 inch size. Going to Brownlee week befire Memorial day. Live in McCall, I understand it is not bass territory, too cold. Have heard if CJ Strike…maybe later in the summer!

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

If you have a boat and you can find rocks or riprap, you can find smallmouth in Brownlee. Head downstream from the dam until you get out of the heavy current. There is a guide that fishes the outfall of the damn, but I would recommend a heafy boat to do that. Besides, fishing below dams scares me. Even the boat ramp at the dam has more current than I like to deal with in my boat. As for the guide, I don't know his name, but my brother fished with him and said he caught smallmouth on the wacky rigs until he got bored with it. We fished down stream from the dam as I mentioned and caught a lot of bass, but nothing like CJ. If I were to go back to Brownlee, I would fish by the ramp in the current for channel cats from the bank, or go straight across the river from the ramp in a boat, to a clear spot on the bank and again fish for cats. Be careful, that current can be dangerous by the dam.

Cybersnow Loc: McCall, Idaho

Thanks, great info! We will be camping in the large campground above the dam. I was going to fish the rocky points in the reservoir. My fishing boat is a aluminum 14.5 foot with a side console and a trolling motor. I have never used the trolling motor except on a couple of trout lakes that wont let you use an outboard. Not sure how it would handle in heavy current. I think this trip is more of an exploratory trip.

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

Uncle T I've convinced a few over the yrs.
The guys I fished tournaments with saw me use pink but their insecurity as a man they wouldn't use the.
Guy in my boat saw me take 3 smallies if in last 45 mins with the pink crappie Maxx. Another guy saw me land several nice smallies with the chartreuse/white Maxx.

I've tried senko sticks yum dingers Ochos all pink.
Fairly equal success with all.

I think some fish them too fast 👍

Uncle_T Loc: Georgia

Someone told me about pink that’s why last year I used it quite a bit, and I got quite a few bites, I know a lot are too manly to use it but it works, I’m always conscious about fishing too fast but then I’ll get bit and don’t change it because it worked