
This fish was 18" long and very stout. It put up a great fight. It was hooked on a Yum 4" Wooly Curltail used like a wakebait in about 18" of water on a rocky bar. The reel was an old Shimano Bantam 100, but the other tackle was modern.
I was very interested to note that it had been tagged some time ago. The spaghetti tag was mossed over and unreadable, so I cut it off and brought it home. Cleaned up it is readable. I will post the tag number to the Idaho Fish & Game website and see what I can learn. I average over 1500 smallmouth a year from the Snake and have never seen or heard of a tagged fish before. I am quite interested in learning where and when it was tagged. I will post the answer on this thread when I learn that information.