When fishing small spots like this, the first cast is 🔑 - for smallmouth bass in SHALLOW RIVER WATER, I usually go with a topwater, like the Rapala Skitter Prop used here. Cast into the current and then bring it into the calmer water (behind a little point breaking the main river current). Rip, pause (reel up the slack line), rip, pause… rinse and repeat. ➡️ If this doesn’t work, my next bait of choice would be a 1/16 or 1/8oz Ned Rig. Same approach, cast up stream into the current and “swing i

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