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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
41°
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Perch
In early winter and late fall when the water temps are in the low 40’s a sunny warmer day can be magical on Lake St-Clair. Target rock piles on flats within a few hundred yards of deep water with a jerkbait in a perch or shad pattern. Getting the bait down with a few feet of the rock piles is imperative so be sure to be using the proper depth bait. Megabass offers the pro perch pattern in multiple depths the 110 (4’-6’) 110+1 (7’-10’) 110+2 (11’-12’). A long cast is also very important as this can be a feast or famine type pattern. Cover water, target rocky areas on the flats closer to deep water and you will be rewarded with some amazing late season action.
Kdk
Bronze Ambassador
11/8/22
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Shad
Got out on a warm flat day. Throwing natural shad colors. Used a zoom paddle tail in shad and a 4" ghost shad jerkbait. Gin clear water, hit some rocky flats and covered ground methodically but moved spots after I hit every direction 2-3 passes with each lure. Get the bait out away from the boat. Picked several up after letting the bait sit for 30 seconds plus. Best fish pictured was in the 5-6lb slot size but super filled up on shad. I'd have put it closer to 6-6.5 with the full belly. Got that one right before we lost the light 👍
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Smaller pockets of sand grass would hold roaming smallmouth for short periods of time. Rotating through several spots a day was key. Hardest part was slowing down the presentation. Ned rig would get the bites from the heavily pressured fish.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
55°
I was fishing down by the mouth of the Detroit River searching for rocks and found a good rock pile where the smallmouth were hanging out and casted my spinnerbait in and he drilled it, they love gold spinnerbaits out there this time of year.
Species
MuskieSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
River Channels
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
63°
I used a storm jointed flat stick fire tiger jerk bait. These musky are in the river channels chasing bait (shad and perch). When the water conditions are clean I like to throw natural colors but with a lot of noise to draw their attention up. Big rubber baits are also working but I like to throw what everyone else isn’t throwing.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Pilings
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
52°
The air temps were running about mid 40’s and the water temps were holding in the low 50’s this day. Moving baits such as spinners and cranks weren’t getting any attention. I switched up to a BFS and wacky worm presentation. A Yamamoto Senko Watermelon Black Flake 5” on a 1/8oz weighted VMC wacky hook set and landed a 3+pounder on the first throw. I was tossing the Senko under the dock around pilings from the pier. A slow drop, pause and pop, followed by a slow drag, got their attention. A short time later I hooked onto a 5+pounder! This was my PB and got a perfect hookset on the top of the mouth with the wacky rig! The cold had them lethargic, but the wacky rig woke them up and forced the bigs to feed! Never be afraid to change up your presentation. They’re going to tell you what they want and when you find out - you got ‘em!
Kdk
Bronze Ambassador
10/14/22
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
Used a yum 2.5" crawbug in pumpkin/ char
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Crankbaits 7'-12'
Structure
Baitfish
Drag blade baits, with a slight lifting motion and then letting it fall. Cover lots of water
