Coach's Angle Smallmouth Charters

2 days ago

Moving on to Phase Two of 2026 a couple days early provided quite the experience. It was COLD early in the day.

While deep fishing for a couple hours a 6.82 and a 5.98 were caught.
The big surprise was a 7.85 lb walleye!
There were many short strikes as they were feeding on very small minnows. Only five fish caught deep but all good ones.

Shallow fishing midmorning in high winds found some nice fish with only one over four lbs. At noon I moved to an extremely windy, cold, flat point and there was a massive school of baitfish.

Skipping the details and methods for now, five fish were caught.
The best three were 6.04, 5.55 and 4.90.

What a day! Next day's client was in for a real treat… … See MoreSee Less

Coach's Angle Smallmouth Charters

5 days ago

We had the wind we like for this type of fishing. Power fishing at its finest.

And on a quick four-and-a-half hour outing we had 18 smallies up to five lbs.

Another fun day.

New waters the next couple days. … See MoreSee Less

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Coach's Angle Smallmouth Charters

7 days ago

A weekend trip on a very busy lake with less than ideal conditions produced this personal best 6.70 pounder.

As the first trimester of 2026 smallmouth fishing is within a few days of ending, a few observations…

Well over 400 smallies caught starting on April 10
One fishing method skipped as shallow fishing happened early
28.19 was best five fish weight, several over 24 lbs
The average size seems better than recent years
Warm weather has brought many more boats to the lake
Weekends (unless bad weather) are a real challenge now

I'm already thinking about the first trimester of 2027 but until then
"BIG lake here we come!"

Be safe my friends. … See MoreSee Less

Coach's Angle Smallmouth Charters

1 week ago

Good fishing for our friends from Kansas as they figured out the "jb bite" pretty fast…

Twenty five beautiful brown fish with a 5.90 as best of the day!

Fun day with good folks! … See MoreSee Less

Coach's Angle Smallmouth Charters

2 weeks ago

Happy Mother's Day weekend!

We started at 28 degrees and it was slow for an hour not because of temperature but the lack of wind. And when it blew it came to life.

Twenty very quality smallmouth and one surprise largemouth (and we were done by noon).

Best five were 4.50, 4.96, 4.15, 3.97 and 5.26.

I had a hearty guest who endured the conditions.

Thanks to Quiet Cove Baits for the great paint job for these clear water bass.

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Coach's Angle Smallmouth Charters

3 weeks ago

Big fish day! The windiest part of the lake produced
ten over four lbs with these as biggest…
6.55 lbs
6.24
5.80
4.88
4.70

Fun stuff! … See MoreSee Less