Smith Lake (kalispell

[Hook them Lipps]

Went out to Smith today at about 1pm.  I had one rod for perch and 1 pike jigging rod.  The only bite I had came at about 5:45.  it nibbled like a salmon on my pike rod.  I set the hook and landed a 5 lb pike. That is huge for that lake.  Biggest one i've seen come out in a few years.  Quit at about 6 pm.  No luck on the perch even though I swear I heard someone say they were catching them.  Another guy fishing near me caught two pike under 20 inches at about 2pm.  I think I am going to try somewhere else tomarrow.  Possibly either Lower Still Water or Church Slough??  Any suggestions?  I havn'y had a killer day yet this winter.

[Aaron072]

The perch fishing isn't nonstop there but they are big my best luck is with a green horizontal glo jig and bounce around trying to find pockets in the tall weeds. i tip with maggots and switch to eyes

[MatCat]

There are some nice pike in there.  Have done better in the summer for those though.  On consecutive days out there I caught an 18 and 11 pounder.  That was a couple of summers ago.

[Hook them Lipps]

Biggest I have ever caught out of thier was about 10.  That must have been about 10 years ago though.  It was in the summer as well.