Lake St. Clair: Smallmouth Season Heats Up with Ned Rigs and Tube Jigs

About this episode

The episode discusses the current fishing conditions and techniques for catching smallmouth bass at Lake St. Clair.

Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Lake St. Clair fishing report. Lake St. Clair doesn’t have true ocean tides, but wind and pressure are pushing a light seiche today, so expect a subtle rise and fall of a few inches, with a touch more water moving on the south and east ends. That slight fluctuation, plus the weather, has the fish sliding on and off breaks. Weather across the lake is mild early with light winds and a gentle chop, building to a breezy, fishable afternoon. Skies are partly cloudy with good visibility and stable barometric pressure. Air temps are running cool at first light, then warming into a comfortable daytime pattern—great for staying on the water. Sunrise came early over the Canadian shore and sunset will give you a solid evening bite window, with low light lasting long enough to work shorelines and weed edges thoroughly. Smallmouth bass have been the headliners. Local charter captains and marina talk say 3–4 pound bronzebacks are common, with enough 5s in the mix to keep things interesting. Numbers have been strong on the U.S. side reefs, the Mile Roads, and around the Belle River Hump. Anglers drifting breaks in 10–16 feet have been boating good…

People in this episode

Host: Name’s Artificial Lure

Topics covered

• fishing
• smallmouth bass
• artificial lures
• Lake St. Clair
• weather conditions
• fishing techniques

Keywords

• Lake St. Clair
• smallmouth bass
• Ned rigs
• Tube jigs
• fishing report
• weather conditions
• fishing techniques

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Ned rigs, Tube jigs, Dropshot rigs, goby colors, green pumpkin, dark melon, brown with copper flake, shad, smoke

Places: Lake St. Clair, Canadian shore, U.S. side reefs, Mile Roads, Belle River Hump

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