Over fifty years ago David L Hayes pulled a monster of a smallmouth bass from the depths at Dale Hollow. The 11lb 15oz smallmouth bass was a record catch and recorded as so, until 1996 when the fish was pulled from the record books and marked up by the IGFA as a cheat. Rumors had surfaced that the smallmouth bass was stuffed with over 3lbs of metal.
After a long and thorough investigation, Hayes, now 80 will Read More …
Year after year many bass anglers find themselves in a state of frustration, while trying to boat smallmouth bass. This comes about for many reasons, but the most common is that so many anglers associate largemouth bass with smallmouth bass, they for some reason expect both to be common in habit and behavior. When in fact they are a world apart. The best way to find yourself skunked at the end of a day is to assume that bass fishing, is bass fishing, is bass fishing……. So lets take a look at some of the major differences that set smallmouth bass apart from its cousin the largemouth bass Read More …
