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#1 Apr-01-26 2:43PM

Oubassman
Northern Snakehead
From: West Virginia
Registered: Jan-12-23
Posts: 288

First fluke smalie of 2026

I.was going ton be fishing Wednesday but my wife reminded me she was going to be off so i decided to.store brownie points and be home.  So I'm went out this afternoon instead after starting work early this morning.

With air temps being 80 and George making a comment about seeing bass chase fish a week or so ago, I put a fluke on one rod.  I had a feeling/itch that I thought needed taken care of. I also had a spinnerbait crank bait and swim bait on my other rods.

First smallie cane on the small swim bait in a slower area of a longer rifle area and hit it pretty good.  Few minutes later, threw the fluke right behind a rock sticking out of the water in same shallower arrea.  No explosion but felt weight so I set the hook. Knew it waa nice and after a few minutes, thus 17.25" was in the kayak. 
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Moved up close to.a winter hole to work.the adjacent shallower areas.  Got another on the spinnerbait and another on a smaller red crankbaut.  Turned around to float back.to the car and got two more on the crank and swimbait.  This 16.25 was the biggest of those 2.
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All fish were caught on moving lures, which makes sense with temps getting warmer.  Got.to love.spring

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#2 Apr-01-26 4:56PM

drxfish
Patagonian Toothfish
From: Sterling
Registered: Jan-04-14
Posts: 3611

Re: First fluke smalie of 2026

Great job getting some chunks on moving baits.  I will have a couple ready to go for next trip.


Always wishin' I was fishin'

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#3 Apr-01-26 5:13PM

Ernie
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From: Ashburn VA
Registered: Feb-03-06
Posts: 16560

Re: First fluke smalie of 2026

Time well spent!


Time to go fishin' again!

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#4 Apr-02-26 11:44AM

Bryan
Patagonian Toothfish
From: Bealeton, VA
Registered: Mar-18-11
Posts: 1394

Re: First fluke smalie of 2026

Nice ones! I love those caffeine shads.


tight lines

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#5 Apr-02-26 8:52PM

Oubassman
Northern Snakehead
From: West Virginia
Registered: Jan-12-23
Posts: 288

Re: First fluke smalie of 2026

Bryan wrote:

Nice ones! I love those caffeine shads.

Those are the best replacements I found for the old WinCo flukes because these caffeine shads have some weight to them and actually sink a little bit versus the zoom fluke

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