Gasp! I've actually had a sturgeon bay smallie as well a few years ago. Tasted great!

I'll post the pics you were hoping to see sometime this weekend LOL

Match the hatch. That would be an alewife

 

And some chickens

 

Here's the 17" bass that got the hot oil treatment along with some perch.

 

 

 

Dad is part fish, part man. A Mer-man

 

 

 

 

 

Last of the pics going to take awhile to load them all.

Very few cruising fish and the cruisers were small, 14-15". Most fish were 3-4lbs with one at 5. All males, bigger fish pulled off beds. Water temps ranged from 64-69* in Sturgeon Bay and Little Sturgeon and 59-60* 40 miles north in Ephraim. All the big fish were caught in the cooler water. Dads fish were caught on live bait, mine on a combo of swim jigs, jerk baits, creature baits and wacky worms. 3 day total of fish, 30 smallmouth, a dozen or so rock bass, 3 perch, and 1 goby. 

On 6/5/2020 at 9:03 PM, slonezp said:

Very few cruising fish and the cruisers were small, 14-15". Most fish were 3-4lbs with one at 5. All males, bigger fish pulled off beds. Water temps ranged from 64-69* in Sturgeon Bay and Little Sturgeon and 59-60* 40 miles north in Ephraim. All the big fish were caught in the cooler water. Dads fish were caught on live bait, mine on a combo of swim jigs, jerk baits, creature baits and wacky worms. 3 day total of fish, 30 smallmouth, a dozen or so rock bass, 3 perch, and 1 goby. 

Thanks for details and pictures, it’s crazy to me how fast the water warms up that way. Blows my mind every year haha

Looks like an awesome trip!!