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Sturgeon Bay

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Species

Smallmouth Bass

Season

Spring (Current)
61 Fishing Reports
344 Followers

Sturgeon Bay Overview

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Top Techniques Reported for Smallmouth Bass + Spring

Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)Finesse Hair JigsDrop ShotTubesHard JerkbaitsNed RigsDeep Diving Crankbaits (13'+)Hard Topwater (Walking)Spybaits
  1. Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)
    14
  2. Finesse Hair Jigs
    7
  3. Drop Shot
    5
  4. Tubes
    5
  5. Hard Jerkbaits
    4
Total Fishing Reports
61
Top Species Reported for Spring
  1. Smallmouth Bass42 Reports
  2. Walleye1 Report
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Fishing Reports

61 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!

  • Funleybuckets

    Silver Ambassador

    4/27/23

    • Species

      Smallmouth Bass

    • Season

      Spring (Pre-Spawn)

    • Technique

      Hard Jerkbaits

    • Structure

      Rock Pile

    • Forage

      Minnows

    • Water Temperature

      44°

    Lethargic prespawn early spring would only eat a jerk bait after a long pause. Rock flats in 8-10 feet produced some good fish up to 4lbs. Also got some bits dragging tubes.
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