Small Mouth Chatter. Happy 4th

[West Basin]

Not going to give away any of my 'honey holes' but here's a few suggestions.

The SMB are just off the spawn nest, so they shouldn't be too far from the nesting grounds. Any place with rocky bottom in 10-20 foot depth might hold some bass. Try around the Prince shipwreck about a mile straight east off the airport, in about 15-18 foot of water. It should be buoyed by M.A.S.T. Usually SMB around it but it is heavily fished. Long Point shoal is mostly flat bedrock, but you can find a few small drop offs along it, fish those. On the North side fish just off the NW corner, right up along the shore, good shore rock and boulders in there (might be too heavy boat wake this weekend). Next try the 'humps' west of Gull Island shoal, about a quarter mile west of it. That ought to keep you busy for a while.

WB