Go to smallmouth baits?

[crawdad]

Would anyone be willing to share their top three "Go to" baits/lures/rigs for spring on the Willamette? I plan on spending some time in the Albany/Corvallis area this year. I know how to catch the largemouth in the sloughs, but smallmouth in a big river like this are a bit of a mystery to me. Many thanks in advance, Scott

[Mongo74]

I think most guys would list the top ones as follows.
Jig \ twintail grub--brown
Tube--- brown shades
4" finesse worm --brown shades
crankbait--crawdad
There are a ton of other baits and colors but the crawdad mimicking ones seem to be the most consistent.

[ExBassGuide]

3 inch senko wacky

3 inch senko Drop shot

3 inch senko Split shot or a 4" zoom lizard

3 inch senko texas rigged.




Sorry, you ALL know this already.

Also grubs, tubes and topwater
Roger

[boblag]

Check these out. I would add a 1/4 oz. lipless crank in shad or craw as a good search bait.
http://www.ifish.net/board/showthrea...ighlight=go+to
http://www.ifish.net/board/showthrea...ighlight=go+to
http://www.ifish.net/board/showthrea...ighlight=go+to

[FishNChip]

Outlaw Mocha pepper tube, 1/4 rick's tackle tubehead (tubehead matters)

Drop shot Aarons magic body shad, Owners #1 dropshot hook, 1/4 weight

lv500 luckycraft lipless crank in Chart Shad

Late Spring - Don't coutout the Luckycraft gunfish for topwater.

Check out my reports these are my go to baits! www.alexgrisham.com
Alex