Locating and Catching Spring GIANTS (20LB Bag of River Smallmouth)

In today's video we go over how I look at big water in the spring time, paying special attention to the basic requirements for finding the secret sauce on the river.

0:00 - Intro
0:48 - Where to start
1:22 - My theory about movement
1:45 - Smallmouth Study
2:34 - This trip
3:20 - Characterizing river sections
3:56 - Evening beatdown begins
7:05 - Trough talk
8:50 - Biggest of the night
10:59 - Common denominators
11:24 - Substrate matters
11:49 - Returning to the secret sauce
12:28 - Rinse and repeat
13:08 - Look mom, a giant
14:23 - One spot is not like the rest
18:14 - Rinse and repeat

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