Sturgeon Bay

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Apr 1, 2026

Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Spring (Current)

66 Fishing Reports

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Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)
15
Finesse Hair Jigs
7
Hard Jerkbaits
6
Tubes
6
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5

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Smallmouth Bass47 Reports
Walleye1 Report

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Fishing Reports

66 Reports on Sturgeon Bay

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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.
Funleybuckets
Silver Ambassador
5/2/24
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Spawn)
- Technique
  Hard Jerkbaits
- Structure
  Rock Pile
- Forage
  Minnows
- Water Temperature
  47°
Tough couple of days in Sturgeon Bay but the bites we got were big. Put a 6lb 6oz Door County mega in the boat! 6th Provoke jerk baits were the deal!
Nate Nipper
Gold Ambassador
5/3/24
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Spawn)
- Technique
  Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
- Structure
  Rock Pile
- Forage
  Perch
- Water Temperature
  50°
Pretty typical pre-spawn Sturgeon Bay bite. The big ones were up and biting. Ned rigs with the 3/32oz hail mary ned hed and the 1/8 oz scope tg with the little swimmer were definitely getting the most bites. The ned was getting the bigger bites though worked real slow. Those Rock sand transitions really hold all the big ones this time of year.