Have you ever fished the Tug? It looks like a good river and is on the smallmouth site.

Yes ,..pretty river during summer months. Has some small mouth,..not many,..mostly large. Has a lot of mine water run off.
The upper end towards west virginia was the best fishing,...haven't floated it in 15 years.

Are the largemouth of any size and numbers?

We would probably catch 20-30 on a five mile float, really just depend. Mostly use a top water plug such as a devil horse or jitter bug. All was average to small.

I wonder if it has improved since you last went down it? did you say it's been 15 years?

I've (tried) fished the Tug for Smallies a couple times, with rarely any success. But, the tug is a great place to catfish.