The doldrums of summer aren't quite here, which means the smallmouth bite is still on in most of the U.S. If your part of the country hasn't become too hot, then you can still catch smallmouth ...

Cast the streamer and give it a few seconds to sink. Then give it an aggressive strip or two, and then a pause. You are trying to get it to dart side to side, start and stop, up and down. When I say ...