Lake St Clair

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Apr 25, 2025

Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Spring (Current)

205 Fishing Reports

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Lake St Clair Overview

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Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)
28
Hard Jerkbaits
15
Drop Shot
13
Tubes
13
Ned Rigs
6

Total Fishing Reports

205

Top Species Reported for Spring

Smallmouth Bass83 Reports
Largemouth Bass16 Reports
Walleye8 Reports
Crappie1 Report
Northern Pike1 Report

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Fishing Reports

205 Reports on Lake St Clair

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Curt Compton
Bronze Ambassador
5/6/24
- 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.
Dupree
Gold Ambassador
5/7/23
- 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!!
LIVE 2 FISH
Blue Ambassador
5/7/24
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  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.