buckhunter's right. Live craw-dad's/crayfish are GREAT too.

Tube jigs, spinners, and minnow plugs.

brush hog

Black Mister Twister rubber worm rigged with a weedless hook, and slip bullet sinker.

i like spinnerbaits...terminator ones to be precise

A jig with either twist tail grub or crayfish

Perhaps the best all around baits for smallmouth bass are plastic worms, as they successfully represent many of the different creatures on which the bass feed. These worms look like minnows when they are retrieved quickly, but they may also imitate elvers (baby eels), hellgrammites, and actual worms, all of which smallmouth will happily engulf. It does not really matter what food item a plastic worm imitates as long as the lure is in natural colors, such as shades of tan, brown, gray, and black. Lures in bright colors tend to be less productive for these fish, as they seem out of place in rivers. Large plastic worms, such as Yamamoto senkos are excellent baits to use for smallmouth. Lighter worms, such as Zoom finesse worms may have to be weighted when fishing in rivers.

a number 2 red fury meps! try it you wont regret it.