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Lake St Clair

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Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Fall (Current)
215 Fishing Reports
1595 Followers

Lake St Clair Overview

SLOWWind (mph)FAST
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Top Techniques Reported for Smallmouth Bass + Fall

Drop ShotMedium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')TubesBladed JigsFinesse JigsSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)Spinnerbaits
  1. Drop Shot
    4
  2. Medium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')
    3
  3. Tubes
    3
  4. Bladed Jigs
    1
  5. Finesse Jigs
    1
Total Fishing Reports
215
Top Species Reported for Fall
  1. Smallmouth Bass14 Reports
  2. Largemouth Bass2 Reports
  3. Muskie1 Report
  4. Yellow Perch1 Report

Fishing Reports

215 Reports on Lake St Clair

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  • Kdk

    Bronze Ambassador

    11/8/22

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Fall

    • Technique

      Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)

    • Structure

      Rock Pile

    • Forage

      Shad

    Got out on a warm flat day. Throwing natural shad colors. Used a zoom paddle tail in shad and a 4" ghost shad jerkbait. Gin clear water, hit some rocky flats and covered ground methodically but moved spots after I hit every direction 2-3 passes with each lure. Get the bait out away from the boat. Picked several up after letting the bait sit for 30 seconds plus. Best fish pictured was in the 5-6lb slot size but super filled up on shad. I'd have put it closer to 6-6.5 with the full belly. Got that one right before we lost the light 👍
  • Extreme.Outdoorsmen

    Blue Ambassador

    11/15/23

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Fall

    • Technique

      Bladed Jigs

    • Structure

      Submerged Vegetation

    • Forage

      Minnows

    • Water Temperature

      41°

    The Smallmouth Bass are biting like crazy right now out on Lake St Clair if you can find them. My buddy Shawn and I found a big group of them chasing bait around big weed patches and we started throwing swimbaits and white chatterbaits after them and they were fired up. It seems like the bigger fish came on the 3.8inch Swimbaits. If you can find baitfish right now, the smallmouth bass aren’t far from them, just use your electronics and find them.
  • Seth Feider

    Blue Ambassador

    10/29/20

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Summer

    • Technique

      Ned Rigs

    • Structure

      Submerged Vegetation

    Smaller pockets of sand grass would hold roaming smallmouth for short periods of time. Rotating through several spots a day was key. Hardest part was slowing down the presentation. Ned rig would get the bites from the heavily pressured fish.
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