Lake St Clair
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer (Current)
Lake St Clair Overview
SLOWWind (mph)FAST
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Top Techniques Reported for Smallmouth Bass + Summer
- Drop Shot27
- Ned Rigs7
- Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)6
- Tubes4
- Wacky Rigs3
Total Fishing Reports
215
Top Species Reported for Summer
- Smallmouth Bass63 Reports
Largemouth Bass5 Reports
Muskie2 Reports
Walleye1 Report
Northern Pike1 Report
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Prop
Structure
Reeds
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
71°
HotbaitBerkley Choppo 4" / Maverick
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
66°
Holding on to consistent warmer weather (70 day, 50 night) has brought the smallies in shallow. We’ve been finding them in 4FOW or less, chasing minnows in and around submerged grasses that haven’t died off yet. The north east end (US side) and west shoreline have been very productive with this presentation. They have been hitting the wacky rig and the “fat” Senko gives them a little chunkier of a target to focus on and the VMC crossover rings help keep the bait on the VMC wacky weedless weighted jig. The small amount of weight helps the action and pull the Senko down through those mats.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Crankbaits 13'+
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Perch
Fall transition fishing on LSC is tough! Not because they don’t bite, but because they make themselves hard to find. To make it as simple as possible, I was told “if you find the weeds, you’ll find the perch, and you’ll find the bass.” Granted up shallow on the weed beds it’s mainly tinier smallmouth and largemouth like the one pictured, and the perch of course, but there’s fish there. My most successful technique of the day, was using a medium/deep diving crank and ticking the tops of the submerged weeds. (Also, when the Plano edge boxes go on sale, they’re WORTH EVERY PENNY, I absolutely love my deep box to store all my hardbaits.) The water was 13-16 feet deep and the weeds topped out at about 5 feet tall, therefore, I used about an 8-foot diver. They liked (or maybe really hated) a fire tiger/chartreuse colored crank as it was highly visible and imitated their perch. On LSC, fire tiger is an especially lethal color year round if your current colors can’t seem to get a bite. If you’re looking for populations mainly of smallies, the big schools seem to be wayyyy deeper closer to the Saint Clair light.
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