iFish Lake St. Clair

Bit of cooler weather coming by, but don’t let that stop you from getting out as the fishing is really good right now.

Smallmouth Bass Report

The smallies are fairly heavy off the mile roads straight on up to Metro.  Follows those weed lines and throw tubes and cranks.  Lipless and lipped cranbaits doing well.  Go for 8-12 feet of water. Go for natural colors like perch and shad.  Make sure you have a second rod ready as follows from other fish are going to happen.

Walleye Report

Still getting reports of success jigging in the North end of the Detroit river.  Go Fin-S on a chartreuse jig head.  Fish being caught primarily in the morning on both the US and Canadian sides.  Also getting some reports of walleye being caught in the lake off the mile roads.  Trollers are having some success pulling crankbaits in 10-12 feet of water.  Expect a mixed bag with smallmouth in the area also.

Perch Report

I’ve heard a few reports of Perch being caught around the 400 Club tower on minnows.  They do seems to be scattered however, so you may need to move around a bit.  The St. Clair Light area usually starts to get some fish around now, but we haven’t heard any reports from there yet.

Good luck and be safe.

The ice fishing out from Gino’s and North has been good…as long as you don’t mind small perch. Dinks, Dinks, and more Dinks. That’s been the story over the last week. Catching fish on just about anything from minnows on jigs, wax worms, wigglers, you name it. Schools of small fish are in control. If you want some action, you can have a good time. If you’re looking for dinner, well that could be a bit tougher…maybe an appetizer. The ice has been good and hopefully the big ones will come back in. We’ll let you know when they do.

The perch are still at Gino’s and south.  Jigs with minnows and jigs with waxworms are the ticket.  7-10 feet of water is the place to be.  From the reports we’ve been getting, late morning to early afternoon have been the best times to catch the fish.  These fish seem to school by size, so if you’re catching dinks you may want to move.

We’ve also  been getting reports of some panfish being caught north of Gino’s towards Metro.  Use the same gear as above.  It seems the schools are more tightly concentrated and it may take a few holes to get into them.  Received a few reports of panfish coming from the canals in that area, but nothing consistent.

Warmer weather and an unblocked St. Clair River may make the ice a bit more unstable this weekend, so be careful.  Good luck fishermen.

Getting reports of the perch hitting anything and everything out from Gino’s Surf.  Get to 7-10 feet of water drill your hole and have fun.  Things seem to really heat up around mid-morning.  I’ve heard reports of perch from 7-11 inches with a few jumbos coming on teardrops with spikes and jigs with minnows, but I’d try whatever you have.  Good luck and be safe on the ice.