Got out with a friend on Lake Huron and locate a school of good size Smallies. Fished a complex of shallow rock reefs in Thunderbay out of Alpena Michigan. Was able to catch and release about 20 or so fish in 2 mornings.
Those are some great Smallies, congrats! Thanks for sharing!
What were they hitting on?
Most came on shallow crawdad colored crank baits. 3-5’ of water. Above 90° both days, water temp 65°
flyguy
Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!
The Outcast wrote:
Got out with a friend on Lake Huron and locate a school of good size Smallies. Fished a complex of shallow rock reefs in Thunderbay out of Alpena Michigan. Was able to catch and release about 20 or so fish in 2 mornings.
Very nice smallies, thanks for sharing, Outcast.
Thanks, were they spawning?
The Outcast wrote:
Got out with a friend on Lake Huron and locate a school of good size Smallies. Fished a complex of shallow rock reefs in Thunderbay out of Alpena Michigan. Was able to catch and release about 20 or so fish in 2 mornings.
Awesome catch Outcast. Looks like a real honeyhole you found there. Thanks for the pictures.
Man those are some nice Smallies Outcast! Thanks for sharing!!!
OJdidit wrote:
Thanks, were they spawning?
Thanks all. Was a blast!
OJ, I think they were done spawning, and putting on feed bag. The reef was full of fish one minute and empty the next. Could actually see them come from deeper water, like a pack of wolves, very cool! So basically when they were there, we slammed them, them, gone. The water was only 3 ft on top of reef and clear as air. Several times they would chase our lures all the way to the boat and then spook. Was a special couple of mornings.
Nice catch Outcast thanks for sharing
Any one of them would challenge my PB smallmouth. Great day of fishing.
WOW WOW, they are some beautiful SMALLIES. Makes me think about moving to near Huron does it get below 60 in the winter?
Yes it gets cold in the area in winter. How does below 0 sound? Lol. Those are some pretty bass though. You gotta love Thunder Bay!
those first two pics...are they a cross breed of smallie and striper? the bars are so pronounced on their sides..we never had any caught like those here in lake erie...honestly just about the best place on earth to catch piggie sized smallies!
fishinphil wrote:
those first two pics...are they a cross breed of smallie and striper? the bars are so pronounced on their sides..we never had any caught like those here in lake erie...honestly just about the best place on earth to catch piggie sized smallies!
That's on of the things cool about Smallmouth Phil, the variety of colors and markings. I've seen light green with almost a white belly, heavily tiger striped like the picture, and nearly all black ones,all from the same lake.
If you want to reply, then
register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.