Smallmouth bass fishing has changed immensely over the past decade. With the drastic increase in angler interest, species popularity, and fishing pressure we have today, smallmouths across the continent have learned to adapt to the increase of lines in the water. But their feeding has changed and been impacted as a result. Nearly every serious smallmouth angler’s boat is stocked with a tackle shop of hard baits and soft plastics. And no matter what gets thrown, the smallmouths they’ve got pinpointed within a cast’s range of the boat won’t budge. How else can you tell fish have been negatively conditioned by today’s fishing pressure and an infinity of lures when they’re not getting engaged by what’s being thrown? This is happening everywhere now. At every lake. You know when the fishery is conditioned when spots that were automatic with over-eager smallmouths in the past are now occupied with smallmouths who could care less to bite. Part of the problem is that smallmouths are proficient in sensory detection. Nowadays, more adult smallmouths are wary of overhead boat traffic and high-powered sonar. Deploy your FFS transducer in forward mode, and t