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There was an 8.47 caught last June in Northern Lower Michigan. That was the biggest I have heard of in Michigan in a while.

Yes I am a member. Feel free to email me if you would like. We have a meeting on Sunday in Canton if you would like to check things out. The information is posted on the website. Jeff

A new bass club has formed in S.E. Michigan. Check out the web site! We are looking for new members. http://www.michiganbassanglers.net/

Lake St. Clair? Where is that? ;D

What are those green looking fish your catching out in Erie???!!! I thought they were all brown out there?!!! Nice work, very brave! Is it spring yet? :'( Jeff

Both of those lakes are loaded with bass. Bellaire has the smallie hogs, while Intermediate has more of a mix. They are not connected or at least passable by boat. I would fish them both. Bellaire is connected to a huge chain of lakes made up of Clam, Torch, skegmog, and Elk. Intermediate is also a chain but is connected to skinnier water-river- Largemouth type stuff. Try posting on the Michigan Sportsman forum to get more specific information. Good luck! Jeff

Sorry about your injury, that really sucks. :-[ I guess when you live on the lake you are able to check the conditions before going out. It sure can get rough out there! I can't imagine having back problems and fishing St. Clair on a windy/busy day! A friend of mine had his best day ever out there last week. Over 60 fish and 10+ larger than 6lb. He found the honey hole! ;D Glad to hear that you are still active, good luck this season- Jeff

Falcon, do you fish any tourneys out on St. Clair? Are you in a club? Jeff

To further what stratosdriver was saying- not all fish spawn at the same time. If you find fish on beds (a spawning flat) go backwards to the first drop off and you should be able to find pre or post spawners. You can catch them without harming the smallie population. Just a thought, Jeff

In the summer a do nothing baits like a senko or tube will do wonders for smallies. Cast them out and spend 5 minutes to slowly reel them back in. If you have the fish located like you mentioned this should work. As far as live bait, in my opinion, as long as you are not "gut" hooking fish then who cares? When I see people using worms and gut hooking fish they don't intend on keeping, it makes me a bit upset. A barbless circle hook will do wonders to prevent such tragedies. Jeff

thanks m f. must be nice to be on the lake! i cant imagine!

Does the statewide season not open until the last Friday in May. I am not sure if you can target smallies on LSC early or not. I would look it up and find out for sure. Jeff

Are you wondering so you can avoid fishing for them during the spawn? I hope so. ;D

I know it is a bit up the road, but Alpena has a bass club. They fish all over northern michigan, not just near Alpena. They have a website that lists all of their tourney's. Check it out. I know some of the guys and they are nice people and good fisherman. A good group to be in. Jeff

Newsflash-KVD in the top 5 again and making a move! I will just keep this up for the entire year ;D