I have found it interesting this year at our cottage lake.
Maybe I just never noticed but it seem the smaller the bass (smallmouth) the more splashy the hit.
I have had smallmouth that probably are not much more than twice the size of my little STP frog hit it like they were 20 lb Musky .
Conversely the biggest bass I have caught this year sipped it off the surface like a shy trout taking spinners.
Maybe I just have mutant bass in the lake. Any body else notice this?
I couldn't get to my camera for a picture of my big bass this year but here are some of what I caught last year.