Sorry for the long delay with an update, work has been beyond hectic. Recently I have only been fishing club tournaments with decent results and last weekend I made my second trip to St. Clair this year. It is so hard to want to fish locally once the weather gets hot and I can be on good fishing within a 3 hour drive. I went up Friday evening and only fished 3-1/2 hours. The smallies were not where I had hoped, but I can't complain to have one about 2.5 lbs and one pushing 5. That alone is worth the time. In between smallies I picked up a bout 20 perch and 10 or so rock bass. Over the next two days I picked up 10-15 smallies a day averaging 2.5 lbs. Far better results than I can hope for locally; except each day I would add to that by spending a little time playing with the largemouths. I would catch 10+ per hour in varied sizes up to 3 lbs. I picked up the smallies primarily fishing small plastics on a drop shot along with a few on a tube and cranking shallow. The largemouth are pretty simple to catch, just Texas rig your favorite plastic and set the hook. Just a little forewarning before you hookup and go though, St. Clair is much smaller than the Great Lakes and does not get the 6+ foot waves, but for the novice it can be just as dangerous. The waves are mostly from boat traffic and some from ocean freighters and there is as much to more current in some areas. So be sure your equipment is up to snuff and know your abilities on the water before you take off running long distances. Be safe and go get um.
Sounds like a great trip. We camped along the Northeastern shore of Lake St. Clair (Algonac, MI), and can attest to all the large ships passing through that area, as Lake St. Clair is the connector between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Every ship in Lake Michigan or Lake Huron has to pass through Lake St. Clair to make it to Eastern destination.
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