Went fishing this morning and to say the least, I was, and still am, shocked with the results.  I went to a favorite Lake Huron pier to try and catch another splake (lake trout/brook trout mix) and came away with two lunker PB's under my belt.  Started fishing a Rapala Husky Jerk Glass minnow ghost size 12 that I'd painted white nail polish down the sides to mimic a smelt.  This lure, along with two splitshots above it has accounted for some nice splake catches recently.  Not even 15 minutes in and I hook and land a 4.05 lb 20 inch largemouth on it!  Crazy, since largemouth are practically unheard of to be found in this region, let alone area off of Lake Huron!

The rain starts to pour in buckets about an hour later.  The water that was once crystal clear glass, is now broken up from the upheaval of waves, wind, and rain.  I quickly hook and land a 9.5 inch splake on the 6.25 inch lure.  A few casts later and I hook into the fish of a lifetime (for me at least).  The brute takes me for a ride, but after about a minute I glide him into my umbrella net trap below me and hoist him onto the pier.  Previously, my PB smallmouth was 3.24 lbs.  This smallmouth that I just caught weighs 4.67 lbs and measures 20 inches as well.  All fish caught were lowered back down into the water to fight another day.  My guess is that these bass were cruising the shallows in search of areas to start forming beds for the spawn.  In probably a week and a half to two weeks, I bet they will all return back to the deeper waters of Lake Huron after spawning. The next chance I get I'll have to come back to fish for these beauties.  Fish On

 

 

 

Nice job bro. 

 

Gettin it done with rapala ! Right up my alley. 

Thanks man!  Thought you'd like the Rapala catch   For $6.75 it's getting the job done.

Hey, look what you can do ~ !

 Two PB's ~ That's a heck of a good day 

Congrats

A-Jay

Congratulations!

 

Congrats on a great outing.  WTG.

Congrats on the PB's. The husky jerk deep diver has caught a lot of PB smallies in my boat over the years. 

Sweet, love those Michigan smallmouth!

Thanks guys and definitely @Dwight Hottle  If you give it just the right action the fish go nuts for it.

Ok guys.. we can stop lying now.... Hog bass only bite one tens and pointers 

On ‎5‎/‎19‎/‎2017 at 6:36 PM, Yeajray231 said:

Ok guys.. we can stop lying now.... Hog bass only bite one tens and pointers 

It's the truth

12 minutes ago, everythingthatswims said:

It's the truth

 

Not saying they don't work Great! I wouldn't know . I think I do pretty decent with other brands, for the amount of time and resources I get to go fishing  ! Rapala is one of em ! Bomber is too 

Congratulations on your new Smallmouth bass PB!

Congrats! That's a killer day. And Rapala makes killer hard baits.  Also, the Bass U Rapala discount is ridiculous. 

Thanks guys.  Must have hit the window just right because I came back not even a week later and didn't see a single bass.