Sturgeon Bay
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Top Techniques Reported for Smallmouth Bass + Spring
- Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)10
- Finesse Hair Jigs6
- Drop Shot4
- Hard Jerkbaits3
- Ned Rigs3
- Smallmouth Bass32 Reports
- Walleye1 Report
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48 Reports on Sturgeon Bay
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
50°
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
50°
7.4 pound personal bests certainly make it worth it to get out on the water on those cold rainy days in the spring time! The 2 1/2 inch Howie's tube is a proven bait in the Door County peninsula for butterball smallmouth time and time again. When using it be sure to adjust the weight of the tube head to get optimal casting distance because with these tubes, the name of the game is casting them as far as possible over the shallow rocks.
John Reim
Bronze Ambassador
4/30/23
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
46°
Group of 10 guys in 4 boats fishing Sturgeon, Little Sturgeon, and Sand Bay area for 4 straight days 4/24-4/28. Smallmouth are scattered, not concentrated in any one area to speak of. Action was slow, however the fish we did manage to catch were absolute toads, fattened up getting ready to spawn. Wind played a key role, as calm conditions did not seem to produce much at all. The hot bait was a 3" Keitech Easy Shiner swim bait on a 1/8 oz jig head. Painfully slow retrieve, just enough to keep from getting hung up on bottom. Small swimbaits produced best, followed by tubes, neds, and hair jigs. Picked up several bonus Walleye while casting for smallies. We ran up North one morning to Egg Harbor, saw some fish, however the water temps up there are still below 40, and the fish were not feeding at all due to the cold water. The week prior temps were in the 70's and down into the 30's and 40's the week we were there. Some steady warmer weather should really lock them in and improve the fishing in the next couple of weeks.
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