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Lake St Clair

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Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Spring (Current)
205 Fishing Reports
1566 Followers

Lake St Clair Overview

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Top Techniques Reported for Smallmouth Bass + Spring

Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)Hard JerkbaitsDrop ShotTubesNed RigsBlade BaitsShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')Damiki RigSpinnerbaitsStructure Jigs
  1. Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)
    28
  2. Hard Jerkbaits
    15
  3. Drop Shot
    13
  4. Tubes
    13
  5. Ned Rigs
    6
Total Fishing Reports
205
Top Species Reported for Spring
  1. Smallmouth Bass83 Reports
  2. Largemouth Bass16 Reports
  3. Walleye8 Reports
  4. Crappie1 Report
  5. Northern Pike1 Report

Fishing Reports

205 Reports on Lake St Clair

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  • 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.
  • Omnia Community Member

    Bronze Ambassador

    5/8/23

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Pre-Spawn)

    • Technique

      Wacky Rigs

    • Structure

      Rip Rap

    Wacky rigged caught three smallmouth and a bonus 27 inch northern pike.
  • 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.
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