The baits were different - buzzbaits and crankbaits - but the results were similar: more quality smallmouth bass.įor fishermen who love to float rivers for smallmouth bass, they can certainly do so throughout the year. The next day, we floated the New from the confluence of its South and North Forks to Mouth of Wilson, Va. After some powerful runs, I landed the 15½-incher - just one of many good fish we caught on a float from Boggs Bridge to NC 88 Bridge. Lucas scored first when a quality smallmouth bass smashed his topwater bait, but a few seconds after he landed his fish, a nice brown bass engulfed my bait.
Lucas tossed a Rebel Pop-R at the base of the ledge, while I went deep with a 5-inch, soft-plastic jerkbait. We paddled down a shoot on the left side of the river, pivoted the canoe and entered the current break below the ledge. Last July, when West Jefferson’s Ben Lucas and I glimpsed the deep-water ledge 50 yards downstream from us on the South Fork of the New River, we knew exactly how to double-team it.
The New River produced this fine smallmouth bass the North Carolina section of the river has four fine floats.
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