FRL, you must be talking about another Grand River.
I don't remember a whole lot of 4 pound smallies I've seen weighed in at Riverside in the past couple of years, especially that came out of the Grand, and not South Haven/ Macatoilet (sorry Phil)/ Muskegon/ or White. I think out of 100+ boats last year in the BFL there was one 4-pounder (not caught in the Grand), but I'm old now and I do forget things sometimes.
All this talk about limits and frequent big smallies is getting me more excited about coming over to the dark side…er, I mean the Grand than I was earlier. Thanks. (Now, would you fall for a trick if I challenged you to prove it by taking me out and showing me were those all big smallies live on the Grand? Someone else was telling me about this the other day, but I was thinking I don't really ever remember seeing him weigh in smallies.)
I hear rumors about schools of big Grand River smallies, but in the last 7 years I've only seen 1 tournament won that way - they weighed 5 keepers out of a possible 7 bass limit on a really tough day the big water was closed. How often are tournaments being won over there with smallies only that didn't come out of South Haven (White's been disappointing for several years now)? Just curious.