There are only two lakes that I know of that have smallmouth fisheries. Pyramid and Cachuma. Pyramid I think is closed because of the fire threats but should open when it cools down a little. For Pyramid I would suggest dragging dropshots over points, t-rigged
single tails in smoke or something natural, or small brown and orange
jigs. the smallies aren't that big for the most part but they aren't shy and they know how to scrap. If you can't get em to go on the points try the walls drop shotting. If you find em 10 fish is a bad day. You need to rent a boat at both these places. Cachuma I have never fished but I know there are bigger smallies in there as well as
a good LMB fishery.
C&R ,T