Poppers and prop lures can be fished the same way and they’re two of the best smallmouth bass lures. Deliver the bait to a likely spot and let the ripples settle. Twitch it once, pause, and repeat.

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Nothing. It was time. We caught and released 13 smallmouth and two white bass. Five of the smallmouth were 14 to 15 inches; the rest were 11 to 13, typical river smallmouth in Illinois.

LAKE OF THE WOODS, Minn. – The 3½-pound smallmouth bass smacked a tube jig on his very first cast, and during one stretch on this picture-perfect September day, it looked as if Ben Barrus might ...