Smallmouth Habitat
Early Spring
- Creek arms with some flow.
- Sheltered sand gravel coves.
- Shallow rocky points with deep water relief.
Spring thru Spawning
- Protected rocky shorelines.
- Shallow rocky points on main lake.
Summer thru early Fall
- Sandy/Rocky humps near river channel.
- Timbered flats near river channels.
- Rocky points.
- Sandy/Weed humps in main lake.
- Flats with any structure with immediate deep water access.
- Steep cliff banks, with submerged chunk rock or rip rap.
Late Fall and Winter
- Deep main lake points.
- Rock edges that fall quickly to deep water.
- Deep inside bends in river channel.
- Deep rocky or gravel humps in main lake.