Lake St Clair

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Dec 5, 2025

Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Ice (Current)

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Lake St Clair Overview

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Yellow Perch4 Reports
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Fishing Reports

215 Reports on Lake St Clair

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Southshore Smallmouth Charters
Gold Ambassador
12/21/21
- Species
  Yellow Perch
- Season
  Fall
- Technique
  Drop Shot
- Structure
  Submerged Vegetation
- Forage
  Minnows
In late May and early June large numbers of big Lake St-Clair perch are feeding off shore. You can often find fish while side scanning deep expanses that are highlighted with sand spots with small short weed tuffs sprinkled in. The best way to target these spooky fish is with forward facing sonar as schools are constantly shifting and moving with pressure from both angling pressure as well as predators. 20’ deep is a good rule to start and look for schools of lake walleye in the area. If you find the walleye you will find the schools of big jumbos as we are all there for the same reason.
Southshore Smallmouth Charters
Gold Ambassador
12/4/21
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Winter
- Technique
  Hard Jerkbaits
- Structure
  Rock Pile
- Forage
  Perch
In early winter and late fall when the water temps are in the low 40’s a sunny warmer day can be magical on Lake St-Clair. Target rock piles on flats within a few hundred yards of deep water with a jerkbait in a perch or shad pattern. Getting the bait down with a few feet of the rock piles is imperative so be sure to be using the proper depth bait. Megabass offers the pro perch pattern in multiple depths the 110 (4’-6’) 110+1 (7’-10’) 110+2 (11’-12’). A long cast is also very important as this can be a feast or famine type pattern. Cover water, target rocky areas on the flats closer to deep water and you will be rewarded with some amazing late season action.
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.