Bigmouth strikes again

A little smallmouth bass.

A little bigmouth bass.

A slow Labor Day Sunday only catching one smallmouth bass and a largemouth bass.  On this stretch of river, all the largemouth look the same -- sub 12 inches.  I haven't found any largemouth bass even measuring 12 inches, even though I've caught quite a few 12+ smallmouth.

This was the first largemouth I've caught river fishing this year.

Both fish today were caught on Reaction Innovations Little Dippers.  There was some interest in the Heddon Zara Puppy, but I threw the swimbait about 75 percent of the time.

The water was really clear, and I could see fish following the swimbait but most of them didn't bite the lure.  I don't know what's more frustrating, not getting bites or seeing fish follow lures and still not getting bites.

The last time I fished this are was back in March, and the water was crawling with people fishing for trout.  Nearly every "good" spot had someone already fishing.  Today, didn't see a single person.