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Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
53°
Species
Crappie
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Target prespawn crappie around the mouths of bays with large shallow flats. Locate fish by fan casting, drifting, trolling, or utilizing FF sonar. Once found, spot lock or anchor and pick those fish apart by casting 3/16 or 1/8oz ball head jigs with 1 1/2” - 2” plastics suspended under a float. Utilize the spring time winds and breeze to add movement to your offerings. Have fun!
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
55°
If you can find rocks in 6-10 feet on the mile roads, doesn’t matter if chunk or boulders, you’ll find fish!! Loved the Vision 110 on Saturday morning. The water clarity was gin clear at some points, and murkier at others, doesn’t matter, it seems the natural colors (Shad and perch) of my jerkbaits did the best. Nailed the pictures 4.5 pounder on the Pro Perch color. My 6’10 M Expride and 71MGL also fought the beast perfectly. Highly recommend that combo for any northern fisherman throwing jerks.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Perch
Fishing flats with scattered rock in 8-10 feet produced the most bites and the jerkbait got all of our bigger bites including a 6 and a 5. Working it erratically seemed to trigger the most bites and the bigger bites. Perch was definitely the key color because we experimented with several others and didn’t get bit.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Rock Pile
Finding rock veins in 8-10 feet was key. Dragging tubes slowly through the rocks seemed to trigger them the most. Most bites seemed to come right after it popped free from a rock and just let it drop back down on slack line.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
62°
The fish seemed post-spawn. 4-8 foot of water off the breaks on the mile roads. We did not catch any pre-spawn bigguns! Disappointed! We fished May 6-9 in a lot wind. That made it tough. The drift sock helped, also drifted Baby Z-Too that caught several. A few walleye were caught also.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
55°
If you want to NAIL some LSC Largemouth. Pull out the old reliable structure/skipping jig and skip docks! We were on fire thru docks that were at least 3-4 feet deep. Cast structure: pilings, sea wall corners, docks, boat hoists, anything you think a bass might want to hunker down under. I found that trailer color didn’t matter as much, but black and blue GOT IT DONE. Make sure you pair your jig with a GOOD rod and reel for jig skipping. It’s SUPER important you do so, so you’re not spending the whole run thru the dock undoing a birds nest. Good luck and tight lines!!