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Originally Posted by MOBassman
Small 1/8 oz and 1/4 oz spinnerbaits and buzzbaits work really well for river smallies. Rapalas and jointed Rapalas in size 5, 7, & 9 are really good. Small crawdad plastics and tubes are excellent. The Rebel crawdad crankbaits are very effective, as well. Topwaters like the Zara Puppy and the Skitterpop are hard to beat, too.
Sean, if you want some primo smallie river fishing, you should come out here in Oct with whoever is coming for the musky trip and I will take you to some of the best smallie spots in the country!
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Notice I said the "
Umpqua River"
Smallies tend to run too small to hit spinnerbaits and buzzbaits as well as the Cubic ft per second flow tends to run too fast there on the regular, and I would think would throw off the buzz and spinnerbaits presentation.