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Smallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureRock PileFish slowly, dragging drop shots and ned rigs caught a lot of fish. Just had to find the rock piles that held fish.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureBouldersFinished 6th overall 💪👍Michigan Division BFL #2 Detroit River. Fished Lake Erie on the Canada side 🇨🇦
Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureBoulders30-40ft, Walleye mixed
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WalleyeTechniqueBlade BaitsSeasonSummerStructureBaitfishCaught a couple Walleye on this color Erie Dearie on Lake Erie, on a day when not biting well. Always good to have different colors to go to on these kind of days when you've got to work for them.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSummerStructureBouldersDecided to take my 14ft boat that I had made a casting platform for during COVID out for a Wednesday night tournament. Ended up making quite the run for a 3-hour tournament using almost 1 hour of total drive time there and back. Decided to pull up to some boulders I have become very familiar with over the last couple of years fishing Lake Erie, and decided to target some suspended smallmouth on jerkbaits and underspins. Went there during practice, and watched two fish over 6 lbs chase the bait back to the boat. For the tournament, my partner and I probably hooked over 20 fish, but lost numerous ones due to tying the jerkbait to the wrong rod, but after switching to my St. Croix jerkbait rod, I was able to land more fish. I ended up losing one over 5.5lbs that ended up eating it right at the boat as I pulled it out of its mouth when I thought he grabbed it. I ended up with 11.67 lbs for 3 fish, (coming in 4th out of 15 boats) not bad for a summer tournament on Erie. Always great to be able to compete with local hammers
- SpeciesWalleyeTechniqueTrolling Deep (20'+)SeasonSummerStructureBaitfish
Trolled in around 50 ft water around 4 to 5 miles out of Lorain Harbor. Fish suspended @ 35-40 ft. This spinner tipped with nightcrawlers worked well.
- Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSpring (Pre-Spawn)StructureBoulders
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- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureBoulders
The Great Lakes Finesse 2.75" Drop Minnow worked really well on a dropshot for me on lake Erie in late July. Caught lots of smallmouth on it and a few big ones too!
