It’s common knowledge that if you’re fishing Lake Ontario today, you need to swing for the fences. Don’t hold anything back because you might not be able to get back, at least with any efficiency, when the wind blows tomorrow.
But Paul Mueller’s recent comment on Bassmaster LIVE gives you some perspective on both how good this smallmouth bass fishery is and why today is the day to go big. Mueller has a limit in his livewell that includes a 4-4, two 4-0s, a 3-12 and a 2-12.
“Realistically, I’ve got to get rid of four fish,” Mueller said.
It’s rare indeed when you hear an angler talking about culling 4-pound smallmouth bass. But you can’t finish with 25-1 in a five-bass limit, like Mueller did yesterday, if you’ve got many 4-pounders in the livewell. The math is obvious. The point here is that this fishery is really, really special.