I fish in the erie canal (river, murky water) near a lock where there are 2 water falls (drop offs), there is also a nice rock pile or two. And i have been geting them on 3/8 ounce boohyah spinner baits, waky worms and other shad like soft plastics. I was wondering if there is a drop dead excellent smallie lure I shouldn't leave home with out?

Always gotta have that crayfish crank.  At least one type of it.

hard to say that there is just 1 lure. i throw stick baits, curl tail grubs and torpedo's for top water fishing

I was fortunate enough to have a letter published in the club mag and in return recieved a Rapala DT-10 in Brown Crawdad. While I have yet to use it, it looks like a great lure for smallies. I should have had it with me today while fishing Chicago harbor for perch, I might have raised a smallmouth. Tom

Hi guys have you tried the zoom fluke i never go after smallies without it watermelon green or watermellon seed red size doesnt matter but i have noticed the bigger the fluke the harder the bite

If the bottom isn't to  snaggy, you can always through a jig with a craw soft plastic.  I'd go with the smaller types which are 3 inches.

bitsy tube in watermelon lake or motor oil 2-3 inch tube texas rigged with a worm weight that is just enough to get it to the bottom. or fish it with a jig head inside the tube

4" tube (dark green pumpkin, avacado,green pumpkin,bluegill). Rigged with a gitzit glider and a 2/0 or 3/0 ewg worm hook. Bounce it off the bottom in or around the rocks, along the shore under low hanging branches and falldown.

Thank you guys for the help I just purchased some yum dingers (4 in), a wiggle wart (in phantom craw), and some bitsy bug jigs. I think that will fit the bill nicely, but will experiment with some zoom flukes. How do u rig your flukes?

I fish in the river a lot so i dont use sinkers or jig heads i rig the fluke so the hook comes out of the split in the belly just toss it in let it swim i have caught so really big smallies this way

smallies and crawfish(dads) patterns go together like movies and popcorn. jigs jigs and more jigs its hard to beat a jig .

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