Setting an ESPN Fantasy Fishing Line-up for Smith Mountain Lake

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Smith Mountain Lake may be one of the toughest to pick all year. Clear deep water lake, with lots of pressure and boat traffic on the weekends. All indications say that sight fishing and finesse will be the ticket, but its been a little cool lately, so maybe some angler can get on a wad of big females in a pre-spawn stage.

The local talent pool is thing for this lake, few anglers from Virgina, John Crews is probably the closest to calling it his home lake.

After Smith mountain, you should probably be prepared to settle into a little groove with your roster on the next two TVA lakes.

Here are a few guys that I think would be solid picks that are not on my team. Ike, Kriet, John Murray & Mark Davis. The breakdown on my team is as follows:
KVD – He will likely be on my team all year, he should be near dominate on these TVA lakes, can’t give him up just because this may not be the best fit.
Matt Herren – For the money probably on my roster til the bitter end, just hope he grabs a Top 50.
Skeet Reese – Another horse to hitch my wagon to for the season
Alton Jones– Tough call to give Horton up, with Kentucky & Guntersville coming up, but Alton should do well & has a hot hand.
John Crews– G-Man kept proving me wrong, so the Crews Missile gets the nod this week for being local.

So here are my Smith Mountain picks, you will notice less change over this time:

Rich’s Roster
Angler 1	Angler 2	Angler 3	Angler 4	Angler 5

Kevin VanDam Kalamazoo, MI	Skeet Reese Auburn, CA	Alton Jones Waco, TX	John Crews Salem, VA	Matthew Herren Trussville, AL
MKT: $24.6 (+0.1) LKD: $24.5	MKT: $23.8 LKD: $23.8	MKT: $21.8 LKD: $21.8	MKT: $16.2 LKD: $16.2	MKT: $13.6 (+0.5) LKD: $13.1