Catch smallmouth bass at North Carolina's Lake James using tactics

Colt Bass slipped a hook through the nose of a gizzard shad, and with a flick of his wrist, flipped the baitfish into the water. He started paying out line from the level-wind reel, with help from a planer board that was sliding to the side, away from the stern of his center-console boat, engaging the reel handle when the board was at the proper distance.

Catch smallmouth bass at North Carolina's Lake James using tactics designed for other species

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