Lake St Clair
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Ledges
Water Temperature
35°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Docks
Water Temperature
53°
Lake St Clair is known for smallies, but they have loads of quality largies in canals.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
48°
Paired with a 3/16 ounce round jighead with a 1/0 hook. 8 foot of water, let the bait sink to the bottom and reel in a slow constant retrieve. Just enough to make contact with bottom without dragging.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Minnows
A lot of fish are chasing crawfish right now but there are scattered bait balls around here and there. Our numbers came off of the bottom but our big fish were what came on jerkbaits. We caught a 5 and a 6 pounder to anchor a 22 pound bag. You will go through lows, but when you find a little school of them you'll catch the snot out of them.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Fish are moving from the rivers to the mile roads in heavy schools. Tried a few techniques but the best one for numbers seemed to be super slow dragging an x-tube over rock patches and piles. If its windy throw a 1/2 oz, if it's calm use a 3/8 or you'll get hung up too much. Theres lots of zebra mussels so don't be surprised if you have to upgrade to 12 or 15 pound fluoro. The fish are super easy right now and haven't seen many baits all winter. We caught 22 pounds like it was nothing..
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4/22/22
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Minnows
St Clair drag ( drift fishing )
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
48°
The smallmouth are staging to spawn on rock piles. Locate your rock piles and set up accordingly based on water clarity. I was having to cast 40 feet past to rip the Jerkbait down to them because they were glue to the bottom. Aggressive retrieval with short pauses worked best.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rip Rap
Water Temperature
49°
VERY Cold day on LSC today for the pre-spawn, only caught this guy near the rip wrap of a marina, ticking the Megabass Spark Shad off the bottom in the tiny rock fields that lead up to the rip rap.
HotbaitMegabass Spark Shad Swimbait Hiuo / 4"
Out of Stock
Shimano Metanium MGL Casting Reel Left / 7.1:1
Out of Stock
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
49°
Smallmouth fishing is picking up on Lake St Clair. Caught a dozen smallmouth 3-5lbs in 7-10FOW with clear visibility to the bottom. Finding hard bottom, shells and boulders were key.
