Actually its a Crickhopper!

Art, like how sweetly I put that last line !Not quite the words I used yesterday when we were on the river and I commented about some garbage .LOL! I've been picking up line where we fished and I'm just gonna have to bring a garbage bag and clean up the river a little next time .Some guys on here have advocated that and I think its a good idea for me to follow in their footsteps .

Greenwood Lake has many Smallies ! I took first place as a non boater guest in the Hawg Heaven Bass Tournament on a very cold  March day in 1988  .Three Smallies took the money .Two on Purple Twister Grubs and one deep on a Rattle trap ripped off bottom .

Anyone can get lucky I guess .

Uh I realize now it was April 1990.

Join this group too Smallmouth lovers: http://bigbluegill.com/group/marylandcreekfishingforbluegillandsmal...

Update ,what I thought was a Chub,better  fits the description of a Fallfish :

Creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus) grow to 12 inches, but are usually much smaller. They have a large black

spot at the front of the dorsal fin and on the caudal fin that is faded on large adults. They are olive-brown above

with green-silver sides and a dusky black stripe along its length. Breeding males have some orange on its fins and

blue and pink around the head. When ready to spawn, males dig a pit on the bottom of the stream using its mouth.

They then try to attract females over the pit, and when spawning occurs, the eggs fall in where the male will guard

them. Sometimes other fish will lay eggs in this pit, the creek chub will cover them up, move downstream and

start again.

Fallfish (Semotilus corporalis) can reach over 20 inches in length and have large scales, large eyes, and a long

round, slightly overhanging mouth. The dorsal fin starts over or only slightly behind where the pelvic fin starts. They

are olive to gold-brown above, bright silver on the sides, sometimes with a purple-blue sheen, and have a black bar

along the back of the gill cover.

No smallie action in the Ramapo river mid October .Where do these fish go? Redbreasted Sunfish still hittin and more dispersed than I've seen in the past in the Wanaque River.

 Jacob's fine video: http://bigbluegill.com/video/fishing-smallmouth-in-a-small-creek?xg...

Fine specimen Jason !Whats that lure? Some type of Grub on a jighead I see.

It's a Charlie Brewers Slider Grub. Baby bass color on a cottonmouth jighead. These jig are awesome for smallies. I've also caught redbreasts, chubs, largemouth and bluegill on them.

Those grubs are paddletails, they work great and are simple to use. In the rivers, i cast out and start jigging it immediately to avoid snags toward the bottom, as long as you're moving it that tails moving, and smallies can't stand it!

I can't remember if I was using 1/8th or 1/16th but here's a pic of the jighead selection.

I've had the best luck with the midnight black color, but i've also got a couple packs of the orange/yellow heads.

They all look like Smallie catchers Jason !Thanks for posting!

Looking to head back to the two rivers nearby ,the Wanaque and the Ramapo http://bigbluegill.com/profiles/blogs/flies-for-smallies