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Really?There are plenty of places to catch smallmouth up here! Try the sloughs around the Columbia, especially over the next few months.
I almost feel like you're pulling my leg...Really?
Would this place be a good spot to try?
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
1071 S Hillhurst Rd, Ridgefield, WA 98642
(360) 887-4106
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I almost feel like you're pulling my leg...
Nice!
Haha why? I had been looking at that spot for ever, just never been because I didn't know we had bass up here. Thought is was all steelhead and Salmon.
Thanks for all the help! Will bring my little 4lb spinning rod and striper fly rod. Should be fun .
The Columbia River system has become one of the premier smallmouth fisheries in the country. There are lakes in WA that make the BASSMaster top 100.
Smallies, hmmmm. I've mostly fished Brownlee, Oxbow, and Hells Canyon Pool. But have also caught a bunch on the Umpqua near Elkton, and of course the John Day is just crazy. Think rocks or just off the rocks. Mud bottoms no good for smallies. My wife and I knock them hard with 2" and 3" grubs. But also small crankbaits. However, where current drifts the boat, all you need to do is trail a grub just off the bottom behind the boat.
Hey Taco, you have a boat?