Smith Mountain Lake June Fishing Report - Post Spawn and F1 Tiger Bass

The post spawn is here! Fishing has been off an on and each day brings something new. Weather is a good indicator to how the bite will be. Bright post front sunny days will push the largemouth and smallmouth under docks for shade or slightly deeper (15ft+). Fish are eating topwater early. Use walking baits like gunfish, spooks or poppers back in pockets. Dropshot and a texas rig lizard are a great way to catch fish off deeper docks near the main lake.

Bream beds everywhere. If you fancy catching monster bull bream head to the back of any pocket and look for those honeycomb beds. Keep an eye out for a lurking largemouth and is snacking on them all day long. A bobber and corn is hard to beat for bream.

Stripers are loaded on most shoal markers on the lower end of the lake early. Swimbaits and topwaters are a great way to get some bites. Don’t be nervous to try smaller swimbaits like a Kietech 2.8 or something up to 6” long. 1/2oz swimbait heads are a good standard to get your bait deep. Be sure to work your topwater faster to get those explosive strikes.

The shad spawn is still going on but the late night topwater bite is getting later and later into the evening. If you plan to hit the night bite starting around 11:30-midnight is a goods start time. Most parts of the lake still have them spawning.

The best news on the lake this week is that the lake got a huge stock of F1 tiger bass. These are hybrid largemouth bass that are going to make this lake a true fishing destination in the years to come. Here is a link to the stocking program for more info.