The smallmouth in the great lakes just keep getting fatter and fatter. Most fish caught on tubes. Did manage a dozen or so on a jerkbait. 50+ for the day.

Very nice. I'll be up that way in 2 wks.

Oh my! What a day! I would kill for a day of smallies like that!

Jeff

WOW!

I am sooooo jealous...Great day!

Those are some beautiful fish. Here's a tip: put the smallmouth in you livewell for 10 minutes or so

before taking pictures. This will bring out their tiger stripes.

Congrats on an excellent day of Bronze Beauties !

A-Jay

Thanks for the tip RW. Unfortunately, Michigan is only catch and release right now. I would not want to be caught with a livewell full of smallies. All the double pics were taken when my partner and I landed doubles. I will have to use that tip when the regular season opens up.

Outstanding day. What a fishery. Great photos too.

Those are great looking fish! Had to be a ton of fun. What depth water were you in with the tubes versus the jerk bait?

all fish were caught in less than 5 foot of water. Water was super clear. You never think you can get right on top of em in such shallow clear water, but them pre-spawn smallies are not afraid of anything. That is what are so cool about em. They are fearless and aggressive. The jerkbait that got the action was a small xrap. I think it is a number 5. Tube was a 3.5 inch copper with gold flake with is a great natural presentation with the sandy bottoms we have up here. It seems all of our bottom dwelling critters blend in with the bottom, so matching the color of the bottom in clear water seems to be the ticket. In reality, pre-spawn smallies are not very hard to catch. They will smash just about anything you throw at em. The hard part is finding em on such huge bodies of water. Once you find em, the rest is easy. Few more smallmouth eye candy from the great lakes attached.

That is some fishery!

Great pics!

Awesome! We are heading up to LSC in less than two weeks for our first trip! Can't wait!

Sweet pics.

Those are some gorgeous bronzebacks!

Thanx also for sharing your technique

Roger

Headin up May 23-24. Can't wait to idle out of the 9mile marina!!! Great Pics!!!!!