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Lake St Clair

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Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Spring (Current)
205 Fishing Reports
1569 Followers

Lake St Clair Overview

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

    5/20/24

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Spawn)

    • Technique

      Tubes

    • Structure

      Rock Pile

    • Forage

      Crawfish

    • Water Temperature

      66°

    The air temps and water temps have been rising. On this day it was about 58 degrees for the air temp at launch (0730hrs) and rose to 80 degrees by 1300hrs. The water temps ranged from 65-68 degrees, depending on the depth and clarity. Most of what we fished was clear and you could see bottom in 6-8FOW. Dragging and swimming the tube were key, as were the dropshot on a flat worm. Got some great underwater footage as well. The attached video is when a smallmouth decided to spit the tube before the hookset. Locate hard bottoms and you'll locate the smallmouth. Grassy patches were good also. Sandy bottoms did not produce. Follow LIVE 2 FISH on YouTube for more great footage and links to the best Omnia products to use on legendary Lake St. Clair!
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    Silver Ambassador

    5/23/23

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Spawn)

    • Technique

      Drop Shot

    • Structure

      Submerged Vegetation

    • Water Temperature

      59°

    The drop shot was the big player for us. Leader length was only about 8” but we were fishing in only 8ft of water. Saw a lot of empty beds but still plenty of fish around. Couldn’t get on a “big” bite but got plenty of #’s. Mile Roads of course!
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    LIVE 2 FISH

    Blue Ambassador

    5/23/23

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Spawn)

    • Technique

      Ned Rigs

    • Structure

      Boulders

    • Water Temperature

      62°

    In addition to the ned rig, paddle tail swimbaits and tubes on a tube jig were working well. Air temps were around 70 degrees with mostly sunny skies. Wind was about 5mph.
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