Whopper Ploppin’ Crazy Smallies!

All right, right up off this point we're about to get blasted. It's a big fish you guys. He's trying to get me down into the weeds. Nope, I'm not going to let him do that. Wow, look at that beautiful smallie on that whopper flopper. Man, did I call that or what? Yeah, it's a nice fish right there. He slammed that whopper flopper too. That was awesome. Oh yeah, that's a good fish. Well, I guess today is going to be another whopper plopper fishing day. I hate to keep coming out and doing the same thing over and over, but that whopper plopper is just such an effective lure for river smallies. It's got awesome action and covered a lot of water with that thing. And these guys absolutely crush it. Another pretty fish. We'll get him unhooked, take one more look, and we'll say see you later. I just want to take a couple casts over there to see if something popped up from the depths, but underneath this log here is probably where the smallie's hiding. Nothing there today. I can't always be right when I call my shots. Oh, there's a snake swimming there. You see it? See it? Oh, maybe I should get out the snake lure. Yeah, he looked like he was in a hurry. I don't blame him. I don't think I've ever not been bit off of this point right here. It's kind of a weird bite right now though. The water's super low. You can kind of see where it usually is about a foot above where it is right now, so a lot of the normal spots where I find bass haven't really been holding them. That was a good one over there though. I don't think he chased that lure back, and I don't think he felt my hooks either. It's definitely a smallie. It looked like a football came up and took a swipe at my plopper there. Well, can't hook them all I guess. Maybe we can get him on the way back. Here, I bet there's it is a big one too. Try to paddle him away from those sticks. Man, how awesome was that? I had a feeling we'd find one back there. As soon as that plopper hit the water, he crushed it. That was awesome. Geez, look how thick that smallie is. These fish are definitely well fed. So, I have been covering a little bit of water with that plopper tonight, kind of along these weed lines and just out in the middle in general. I haven't really had much luck in those spots though. Seems like those bass are still up in their normal spots, but only those ones that are still deep enough with the water level down about a foot. But, when I throw that plopper in the right spot, they let me know pretty quick. Well, that was sick. I was just paddling through here. I saw a wake. Must have been this guy chasing some bait around. He could not say no to that plopper. Get in my net. Get that grass out of my face too while I'm at it. Man, that was awesome. I haven't seen a whole lot of bait fish cruising around up shallow here. I haven't really seen much for smallies until now. Saw a nice big wake and it was a nice big smallie making it. That was cool. That spot will be holding something when the water is higher. I'm not sure if there's going to be anything over there today or not. We'll give it a couple of casts after I finish working this side over here. There's a good fish. Come here. I do not want him diving back down into those logs. One hook in his chin. Look at that smallie. Nice dark colored fish. Yep, he was hiding out underneath these logs and popped up. Said hello to that plopper. That is so much fun. What a pretty fish. Let's set him free. There's usually a productive spot right through here. Let's see if anything's up here today. A little bit of current flow through here. It's usually whipping through this spot right here though. There are a couple big boulders out in the middle. I'm gonna throw that plopper at in just a minute here. That's usually where those fish will be at this spot if they're in here. I miss him. I missed him. There's definitely one over there. I think I'm dragging weeds. No, maybe not. I swear I had a couple wakes tracking toward my lure there, but they didn't hit it at that point. There's one. Nice fish. That might be the biggest one of the day. I got all these weeds on my line. I thought he was gonna jump right into my kayak with me. I'm gonna drop my anchor. Wow, look at that beauty of a smallie. Yeah, I thought he was a little bit bigger. That's about average. The large side of average for what we've been catching out here today. I don't need that sitting in my lap. I'm gonna throw him on the measuring stick real quick. We'll get a quick length on this one. About 18 inches. Nice, thick, beautiful fish though. Wow. Toss it right back. I just caught that one. Oh, I got a friend. He was hungry. That line's all fouled up though. Fix that up and toss him right back over there. That's not gonna help us catch one. All right, I'm gonna chuck it over there by those boulders again. Oh, they're ferocious, I tell you, but their aim isn't the greatest. There we go. That's a big one. I knew that one over there was big. I'm pretty sure that's the same fish that I missed a couple of times. Nope, you stay in there. Man, look at that smallie. Absolutely gorgeous fish. I'm gonna measure that one too. That one's got to be a little bit bigger than that one I just caught before him. Yep, about an inch bigger. 19. Wow, quality fish. I think there's another one in there too. There he is. Hey there, buddy. I'm just paddling by, don't worry. Well, it's about that time for me to make my way back downstream to my truck. It has been an awesome day of fishing out here today though. Caught a ton of nice smallies on that Whopper Plopper 75. Had some really exciting strikes on that thing too. That plopper, it is just such an effective lure for river smallies. Such a fun lure to fish. That's why that plopper has got to be one of my favorite lures. Caught a pile of smallies on it out here today. Yeah, I had a blast. I hope you guys enjoyed it too. Thanks for coming along with me again. I'll see you next time.