Sturgeon Bay
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Top Techniques Reported for Smallmouth Bass + Spring
- Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium)15
- Finesse Hair Jigs7
- Tubes6
- Drop Shot5
- Hard Jerkbaits5
Smallmouth Bass45 Reports
Walleye1 Report
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Adam Palazzo
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5/14/25
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
60°
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
49°
Reeling it at a speed that kept the jig off the bottom and from snagging.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Alewife
Crushed big smallies fishing rock/gravel/sand transitions. Dropshots, tubes, and hair jigs have been producing but a hot bait for me has been a big ned trd in any baitfish color. The trick was to trim a half inch off inch off the ned trd if you can rig the bait to get it to spiral on the fall it looks a lot like the dying alewives. Most hits came on the spiraling fall.
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