i went fishing on the susquhanna river this past sunday and caught a 4lb 19in smallie. i was fishing where fast moving, muddy river water rushed past a warmer water, canal-like backwater. the main river water was 49 Degrees and i was 20 feet back in the backwater and it was 55 :D. I pitched a black and blue craw papi with a 1/4 oz bullet sinker into a patch of dead tubeular-like plants on the edge of the current seam. i turned to talk to my dad and i felt the tell tale tick-tick and set the hook. i dragged this bass from about 4 ft back in the bushes (actually over the top of them) and swung it into the boat. that would probably be one of the coolest ways for me to catch a bass over the whole year and i turned out to be my first bite
