small mouth

Went fishing with some friends. I threw a sucker in there for fun =D All caught on worms, had minnows but weren't biting. Side note:There is so much moss/weed right now D= Anyone have any ideas how to handle it? Every drift seems to get a handful of moss lol and lessens the chances of a bite.

Going up north this week and the bass always give me a hard time, especially during the day.. I find the fishing is good at the few hours around dusk and dawn but other than those times I usually get skunked. I usually fish for them with a drop shot rig, or just a standard split shot and hook...

Never fished this way but want to try for smallmouth..I keep reading different things though.. and its very confusing..some people recommend stiff rods and some recommend light.. what do you guys find works best? also would you use a different rod for texas rigged tubes then for tube jigs?