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Sturgeon Bay
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
51°
Species
WalleyeSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Spoons
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Alewife
There is not a lot of ice left on the Bay and what’s left is blowing around a lot. Fish have moved pretty shallow and are pretty hungry on the right days. They ate the rippin rap well before the sunrise and then the tingler spoon was the ticket when the sun came up. Take advantage of lowlight! Keep changing cadence to find what they want.
Species
Lake WhitefishSeason
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows
Whitefish were out on deep contour breaks. We were fishing a contour that went from about 40-80 feet pretty quickly. Gold and flashier colors seem to do well on the bay. Bottom pounding baits was also key. Slider rigs tipped with wax worms seemed to outfish normal spoons and jigging raps.
VMC Rattle Spoon 1/8 oz / Glow Gold Fish
Out of Stock
VMC Tingler Spoon 1/8 oz / Glow Gold Fish
Out of Stock
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
Using Hummingbird 360 to locate fish around boulders and pinpointing them with a dropshot or tube
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Hair Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Hair Jigs
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
47°
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
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.
John Reim
Bronze Ambassador
4/30/23
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
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.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
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!
