Lake St Clair
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
62°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
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!!
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
62°
The winds were kicking and the chop was high out on Lake St Clair, but we found some refuge behind a yacht club and the smallmouth bite was on fire! The water temps were around 62 degrees and the air temps were mid 60’s as well. Partly cloudy skies and a sandy bottom with grass patches coming is where we found our bite. My angling partner and I were throwing the Z-Man GOBIUS in the natural goby color and the smallmouth bass were hammering it! The bait is super durable and was catching fish after fish with no visible wear. The Shimano FC line was handling casting into the high winds without binding up. Retrieve varied from a slow roll, to popping and dragging. We were catching them shallow in 3-5FOW.
Omnia Community Member
Bronze Ambassador
5/8/23
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Rip Rap
Wacky rigged caught three smallmouth and a bonus 27 inch northern pike.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
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 BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
5.5.22 Water in the 48*F range, light Eastern winds semi clear water. All my fish were caught from the rock piles. Drag the bottom, if you're feeling those rocks your in the right zone. Slow dragging tubes, Jerkbaits with easy jerks and long pauses, and slow rolling swimbaits were getting it done. Swimbait was king though.. Ended up with 32 fish and my PB smallie this year at 6.04. Can't wait to get back out there again. Those power swimmers were money.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Covering water adjacent to known spawning grounds. Fish were roaming - not particularly holding to structure.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Rachel
Bronze Ambassador
5/10/24
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Caught 50 fish in 9 hours on the Goby and brown back flatworms by Berkeley. Just dragging the drop shot on the bottom at the mile markers.
