Fishing Largemouth Bass with Smallmouth Gear

"Fishing" isn't called "catching" for a reason. Some days everything falls into place... other days... we have to get a bit more creative. The good news is that a LOT of presentations that will work on smallmouth bass, also work surprisingly well on largemouth bass.

A well crafted "base box" - meaning a simple plano container filled with only the sauciest of nuggets - will grant you maximum versatility!

On this outing, we went to a local creek with the intention of walking, casting, wading and hammering early season smallmouth bass (late May is still somewhat early some seasons here in Illinois). My son was extremely excited, but the creek was high and muddy after a recent rain. It was too dangerous to take him through the deeper areas...

He didn't want to quit (atta boy), so we decided to adapt and overcome.

A short drive later we were bank-fishing largemouth bass using the same presentations we had planned to use on smallmouth - and turned a frustrating situation into a great day.

Take a peek and let me know what you think.
Tight Lines & Godspeed, Patriots.

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Z-Man Slim Swimz: https://bit.ly/SlimSwimZ
Strike King Ned Ochos: https://amzn.to/41Q8MVC
Mustad Grip-Pin Jigs: https://amzn.to/3YnfH5G
(Mainline) Seaguar Invizx: https://amzn.to/3uV3TvF

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Stars & Bars Fishing is an in-the-field fishing vlog for AJ Hauser, who owns and operates The Minimalist Fisherman. The presentations we review and explain on the website (https://theminimalistfisherman.com) and on The Minimalist Fisherman YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/TheMinimalistFisherman) are put to use here. If I'm not catching fish with it - I'm not writing about it. Period.

:::::VIDEO CHAPTERS / FIELD NOTES:::::
00:00 - [ Fishing Largemouth Bass with Smallmouth Gear ]
01:53 - [ 1. Rig Rundown ]
03:58 - [ 2. Dangerous Water ]
05:48 - [ 3. New Location / Same Rigs ]
07:05 - [ 4. Release ]
09:32 - [ 5. Second Presentation ]
10:44 - [ 6. Release ]
11:20 - [ 7. Third Presentation ]
14:48 - [ 8. Release ]
15:28 - [ 9. Changeup ]
17:00 - [ 10. Release ]