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there is a bait shop at john's lake right next to the boat ramp. Good luck

From Florida but family has a summer camp nearby to Black Lake. Me and my buddies go for a week every summer and absolutely wear out the bass up there. Smallies on 3/8 ounce strike king bitsy bug jigs with a single tail grub trailer. Also on Zoom lizards in watermelon seed. Fish around the islands just across and uplake from McLears. Anywhere there are rocks there are sure to be chunky smallies. Largemouth on rattletraps, orange spinnerbaits, lizards. Other awesome less pressured lakes around there for smallmouth are Stillwater Reservoir. If you can make it there late May or early June you will usually have the entire lake to yourself. Awesome, awesome smallmouth lake. 40 campsites around the lake and on islands also. Highly recommend this lake for smallie addicts. Lake Bonaparte near Harrisville is also a good lake for a mix of nice SMB & LMB. Email me at dubtrooper91@yahoo.com if you have any questions. I can list a ton of lakes up there that you would thought you died and gone to heaven.