In good streams, 4 pound smallmouth are common, but the streams don't have the populations of fish that the rivers, lakes and reservoirs have. If you
find a stream that produces quality smallmouth on a consistent basis, you might want to keep your spot a secret and also practice catch and release.
While a 4 pound smallmouth won't surprise you in some of these streams, they are not loaded with them.
When fishing streams, there usually aren't any huge movements throughout the seasons. They will move up the streams in the spring to spawn and
again in the fall, but the fish aren't going to be stacked up at the dam in the hundreds like you will find in some rivers. Many bass stay in the same pools
throughout most of the year. You can catch fish in the pool or in the riffles near the pool. Dams are great places to fish on streams because there will
be fish congregated there most of the year. The most successful stream fishermen typically have 4 or 5 spots that they know will produce bass. If you
hit the dam first and catch 2 or 3 smallmouth, then catch 1 smallmouth at 4 other spots, you just had a 6 or 7 fish day. Don't be afraid to move. If you
catch a couple of fish in a pool and the action becomes dead, move to another spot. That is how you will find more smallmouth in the streams.
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