I went to Pine Lake for the first time today and started near the NE area to let the wind glide us along the docks. We started drop-shotting pilings. A few minutes into the day I noticed a nice gravelly gap between the docks and tossed a rat l trap about a foot from shore. I felt a little action instantly and thought I had thrown it against a stick. Nope, fish on! Tiny, tiny smallmouth. Five minutes later in a similar area I send my massive rat l trap toward the shore and again I hook up with a smallmouth about as big as the bait. Both fish hooked in a foot or less of water.

You could see about 10 feet deep ... we fished mostly soft-muddy areas and I could not find rocks all along the northern side of the lake. I noticed the weeds barely starting to come up and a few lillies had broken the surface in random areas.

We found nothing for the next two hours. Any smallmouth tips on this lake? Had a great time - beautiful day.

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