Smith Lake, Alabama - FLW photo by Brett Carlson
FLW pros have spent this week practicing on Alabama's Smith Lake, where the second stop of this year's tour begins tomorrow at first light. Smith presents quite a contrast from Okeechobee, where the FLW Tour season began with shallow water, endless-seeming grass and heavyweight Florida largemouths. Smith is deep, clear and mountain shrouded, and spotted bass are the main attraction.
Practice reports, pro Tweets and Facebook posts I've seen suggest that the lake is in good condition and that the bite has been strong. Major factors will be weather, with wind and clouds probably producing a better bite overall than bluebird skies, and fishing pressure, as many of the anglers will be trying to work some of the same patterns. Smith's largemouths stand out as sort of a wild card. An angler who targets the green fish is might just come to the scales with a monster bag, but the likelihood of repeating quality bags for four days with largemouths is skimpy simply due to a limited number of largemouths and a limited amount of largemouth habitat in the lake.
Visit the FLW website for more information, including video reports with top pros following practice days and details about how to watch the weigh-ins live.
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