If they are bedding and thumbing their nose at you (Lock jaw) try this: Poor boys goby JR, texas rigged with a 3/0 hook, insert a lunker city nail weight into the lures body. Cast past the nest, allow the lure to hit the bottom, crawl it slowly back to within 2 ft of the nest, the smallie will move over to look at the bait, then very slowly move it into the nest, dead-stick it, within a short time the smallie will grab it.
Un-hook the bass right away to allow it to return, dont keep the bass out of the water too long. Butch