RE: Lake Erie Smallmouth???
I usually fish Lake St Clair once or twice a year..... i think it is totally worth but timing is everything.... We pull a boat up there and 50-60 fish days are not uncommon but not guaranteed. Depends on when you go. Right now i bet they are munching. Call some of the guides and get a report. There is nothing like catching 60 2-5 # smallies a day. It can be unbelievable
RE: Lake Erie Smallmouth???
>I usually fish Lake St Clair
>once or twice a year.....
> i think it is
>totally worth but timing is
>everything.... We pull a
>boat up there and 50-60
>fish days are not uncommon
>but not guaranteed. Depends
>on when you go.
>Right now i bet they
>are munching. Call some
>of the guides and get
>a report. There is
>nothing like catching 60 2-5
># smallies a day.
>It can be unbelievable
Thanks guys for the info. Man if I ever caught fifty to sixty smallmouth in a day from 2 to 5 pound I'll probably never come home again. That would be better than...... well you know. Jamie if you ever need a partern on that trip give me a yell I'll pay for ALL your gas. I am a brown bass fanatic, in every sense of the word, later and thanks to you and Jimbo, Mark.
RE: Lake Erie Smallmouth???
I used to live in Erie, Pa. Fished the "Big E" for over 20 years. Not bragging, but here's just a few of my experiences on that lake.
1. Had a half dozen days when I caught and released over 120 smallies by myself. Not all were hawgs, but they weren't all dinks, either.
2. Dropped a buoy on a slight ledge when the graph showed a bunch of hooks on the bottom. I never moved 3 feet from that buoy and in the next 3 hours I landed 24 smallies, the smallest of which was 3.5lb...largest just under 6. Lure was a Silver Buddy vertically jigged under the boat. This count doesn't include lost fish or missed strikes.
3. Pulled up to a set of "cribs" (large structures where barges used to unload bulk fuel in past years) in heavy swells and my partner and I were banging 3-4pounders on every single cast.
4. Lost the two biggest smallies I've ever seen in my life...not in the lake itself, but in Presque Isle Bay off the main lake. One came out of 15' of water and hammered a Zara Spook. The other hit on a C-rig in 8' on a weedline. I've never had a fish pull like those two did. Both came off at the boat and I'd estimate their weight at 7+ each. Darn near cried when they pulled off.
All of this fishing took place within spitting distance of Presque Isle Bay or in the bay itself. I've not fished there since moving to west TN 8 years ago, but I doubt the fishing has gotten any worse. I've seen early year tx's up there where 20lb for 5 fish would barely get you in the money, if at all.