{"id":3994,"date":"2015-04-21T08:04:57","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T16:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2015-04-21T08:04:57","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T16:04:57","slug":"waiting-for-the-smallmouth-bass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/waiting-for-the-smallmouth-bass\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting for the Smallmouth Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weather is much nicer than &#8220;normal&#8221; this time of year, but the fish haven&#8217;t gotten the message that it&#8217;s time to start moving. There were a number of bass fisherman out looking for those first smallmouth bass of 2015, but as they say, there was a lot of fishing and not much catching. The water is warm enough and there are smaller fish around, fish that large smallmouth bass should be eating this time of year, but no sign of bass anywhere.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rowena4-20-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rowena4-20-15.jpg\" alt=\"Early season smallmouth bass fishing on the Columbia River\" title=\"Early season smallmouth bass fishing on the Columbia River\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rowena4-20-15.jpg 600w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rowena4-20-15-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Experienced smallmouth bass fishermen know that early spring is when you catch the big ones and they are going to start biting any day now so we are anxious to get out fishing this time of year. It is also the time of year for unpredictable and quickly changing weather so you have to get out on the river when you can. Looks like a few days of wind, so no fishing, but we are hoping to get back out there as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather is much nicer than &#8220;normal&#8221; this time of year, but the fish haven&#8217;t gotten the message that it&#8217;s time to start moving. There were a number of bass fisherman out looking for those first smallmouth bass of 2015, but as they say, there was a lot of fishing and not much catching. 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