Rob Perdue of Vancouver Washinton was steelhead fishing on the lower Deschutes River, a few miles from the mouth that enters the Columbia River. Rob was spin fishing with a wiggle wart plug that he remodeled by replacing the trebles with single hooks. TWO Smallmouth Bass chased his wiggle wart and it turned out to be a tie because both fish hooked themselves at the same time!
I know it's not unusual for smallmouth to compete for food, but in the DESCHUTES????
For those of you that don't know, the John Day river is the warmer river in the area, not the Deschutes.
Deschutes River=Trout, Steelhead and Salmon (Cold water fish)
John Day= Smallmouth, Squawfish and I don't know what else.
Maybe it's True what I have always believed about smallmouth! They are CRAZY!
Doug