Tips to catching your trophy

When approaching a location that I know holds numerous fish, I reach in my arsenal and pick out the biggest bait I can find for that particular species on that day. Reason being in most cases the smaller aggressive fish will attack your bait and get to it first. I find the more small ones you catch in a particular area the less of a chance of getting the big ones for they have been spooked by all the commotion. This is more common and is less likely to be a factor in dirty water conditions, however next time your fishing on a clear river or lake, catching lots of small fish. Go bigger, it may just be the difference between catching your trophy or not.

These chunky Cameron smallmouths were caught on big spinnerbaits and small musky bucktails .