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Smallmouth BassTechniqueHover/Mid-StrollingSeasonSummerStructureReefFish are very very hard to get to eat right now. Gotta cover a ton of water to get bit. It seems like throwin a minnow on their head works best. Also getting bit on drop shotted tumble weeds as well. Can still catch em this time of year. But definitely much harder. TIGHT LINES!!
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHover/Mid-StrollingSeasonSummerStructureReefFish are in a weird postspawn stage now. And for the most part they want nothing to do with your bait. Though if you happen to run across a feeding window hold on cause it's wild. That's what I ran across this morning and fish were coming 10+ feet off bottom to eat my bait. One of the craziest things i've ever experienced. Caught a ton of fish on that scoping setup and I've had a really hard time doing that out here so it works. Also spending some time working shallow breaks with topwater which doesn't produce many bites but they are quality when you get one.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Walking)SeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureRock Pile
Found a good bite on a glass calm day walking the dog over 4-10 foot reefs.
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueTubesSeasonSummerStructureReefProbably the best trip I have ever had out on Mille Lacs. Virtually all of the fish were post spawn, but I did catch one really late spawner that weighed in at 4.23lbs. I caught her on a shallow point in about 3ft of water. Also caught a bunch of fish throwing crankbaits on the slightly deeper sides of reefs. Catching smallmouth on a DT6 is truly addicting, so definitely give it a try. Was catching majority of my fish in 6-10ft.
Omnia Community MemberBronze AmbassadorSpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSpring (Post-Spawn)StructureBoulders20’ deep boulders
SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonSummerStructureRock PileReally good day on Mille lacs fishing a tournament. We caught some really good fish fishing 15-17 foot reefs off of spawning flats. They were killing the drop shots and the small paddle tails. We were working the paddle tails as slow as possible and they would always eat it . Most of the time they missed it the first time but always came back and slammed it
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MuskieTechniqueInline SpinnersSeasonSummerStructureBouldersRock reefs with baitfish around has been best
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonSummerStructureRock Pile
Rough day out in mille lacs the wind was rippining out of the south which made it hard to fish humps. We found the fish in the 4 -11 feet of water on rock flats
