River fishing for smallies you want to use a 3 way swivel rig if using shiners or crabs with a 1-1 3/4 oz. pencil weight.. Tube jigs also in a crab pattern work very well. You r gonna want a 1/2 -5/8 oz. jig head to effectively work the bottom due to the current and depth. Depending on water clarity you will be working 10-40' of water. Bucktails with a twister tail and 1/2-1 oz. jigging spoons will also take bass. Expect to lose rigs and jigs due to the rocky bottom. You can fish from devils hole all the way to the green can on the bar.
Do you have a GPS chartplotter? You will be putting your baits down to work the top 80' depending on what you see on the f finder. Check the reports here and you will have a good idea
where to start and what to use.
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Should have fished yesterday. Oh well. It got bumpy in a hurry. 2-4'. Surface water temp was 47.6 from green can to the red can. Marked and caught kings east of red can. 35' over 50-60' of water. spoons, if it had green on it they were eating it. Ran a couple other colors but notta.
Took fish on riggers and dips.