Lake Leelanau

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Jul 4, 2025

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Smallmouth Bass

Season

Summer (Current)

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Fishing Reports

7 Reports on Lake Leelanau

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Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
6/13/22
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Post-Spawn)
- Technique
  Topwater Walking
- Structure
  Ledges
- Forage
  Minnows
First time fishing Lake Leelanau. Fished seemed to be mostly post-spawn. Fished June 9th-11th, 2022. Did find one fish on a bed. Throughout all 3 days the bite window seemed to be extremely small. Morning bite seemed to hit from 5-6 a.m. Fishing top water we had success with a sexy dawg jr. We tried buzz baits and poppers as well and had little to zero bites. Fish really seemed to love that erractic action. Throughout the rest of the day until the evening we would try 5xd cranks, tubes on the bottom, and flukes high in the water column. We had some success with these baits. The evening bite seemed to turn on around 9p.m. until 10. We even had walleye hitting the sexy dawg jr, which I did not think was possible. Haha. Fish would hit the top water in 2ft to 10ft of water. It was really hard to figure out a pattern but this is what we had success on. Biggest bass of the trip was a 5.5 lb smallie caught on a sexy dawg jr on that morning bite. Most bass were in that 2 to 3.5 lb range. Good luck and tightlines!
Tony Dykstra
Silver Ambassador
5/20/23
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Spawn)
- Technique
  Drop Shot
- Structure
  Ledges
- Water Temperature
  54°
Smallies were starting to move and bed.
Omnia Community Member
Silver Ambassador
9/27/22
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Fall
- Technique
  Ned Rigs
- Structure
  Brush Piles
- Forage
  Crawfish
I was getting nothing working the ledges with crank baits and drop shotting. In an effort to get some fish in the kayak I switched to the Ned rig and went shallow. After getting some monster perch around the reeds, I got a few small smallies. I ended up working some of the stumps with a coppertuese Ned rig with a chartreuse head and got a fair amount of smallmouth in the boat. I should point out the weather was consistent over a few days. It was pretty sunny and fairly windy the entire time. The lake was new to me but I only worked the middle of the lake on the west shore. I think I would’ve had better luck on the south end of the lake but pedaling down there wasn’t in the cards for me this time.