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Smallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureSubmerged VegetationSmaller 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.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueSpinnerbaitsSeasonFallStructureRock Pile
I was fishing down by the mouth of the Detroit River searching for rocks and found a good rock pile where the smallmouth were hanging out and casted my spinnerbait in and he drilled it, they love gold spinnerbaits out there this time of year.
KdkBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueSoft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)SeasonFallStructureRock PileGot 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 👍
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MuskieTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonFallStructureRiver ChannelsI used a storm jointed flat stick fire tiger jerk bait. These musky are in the river channels chasing bait (shad and perch). When the water conditions are clean I like to throw natural colors but with a lot of noise to draw their attention up. Big rubber baits are also working but I like to throw what everyone else isn’t throwing.
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Largemouth BassTechniqueWacky RigsSeasonFallStructurePilingsThe air temps were running about mid 40’s and the water temps were holding in the low 50’s this day. Moving baits such as spinners and cranks weren’t getting any attention. I switched up to a BFS and wacky worm presentation. A Yamamoto Senko Watermelon Black Flake 5” on a 1/8oz weighted VMC wacky hook set and landed a 3+pounder on the first throw. I was tossing the Senko under the dock around pilings from the pier. A slow drop, pause and pop, followed by a slow drag, got their attention. A short time later I hooked onto a 5+pounder! This was my PB and got a perfect hookset on the top of the mouth with the wacky rig! The cold had them lethargic, but the wacky rig woke them up and forced the bigs to feed! Never be afraid to change up your presentation. They’re going to tell you what they want and when you find out - you got ‘em!
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonFallStructureSubmerged Vegetation
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.
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SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueFinesse JigsSeasonFallStructureBouldersUsed a yum 2.5" crawbug in pumpkin/ char
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueMedium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')SeasonFallStructureBaitfish
Drag blade baits, with a slight lifting motion and then letting it fall. Cover lots of water
