iFish Lake St. Clair

Smallmouth fishing report from the weed beds in front of Metro in 7-9 feet of water. Reports of some decent success on 8/27. The beds are straight out from the daysail/PWC launch. One report stated picked up 6 fish ranging from 2.5 – 4 pounds in about an hour. Water was a bit dirty and we were pitching green pumpkin w/chartreuse tubes around the edges of the beds. Good luck.

Been a while since our last report, so here you go with the most up to date Lake St. Clair fishing report on the web.

Smallmouth Bass Report

Lots of reports of some smallies being caught off the mile roads.  The fish are in deeper water – 12 to 14 feet.  Go for the usual tubes and cranks in natural colors.  Also getting reports of some nice bass being caught off of Metro Beach in 10-12 feet of water.  Go for tubes and try some Erie Darters and DS Darters on a drop-shot rig.  Set yourself up for a good drift once you find the weed beds.  Stick to the edges.

Perch Report

Steady reports of perch being caught off of the St. Clair Light area.  Set-up around 15 feet of water with perch rigs and emerald shiners.  You’ll have to weed through some small ones, but some jumbos are out there.

Musky Report

Reports from the Salt River area of Anchor Bay from casters and trollers.  Big blades and big tubes for the caster and body baits in perch and jailbird colors have been catching fish.  Get near the weed beds in 12 feet of water.  Grassy island has given up some fish as well.  Towards the south end of the lake we’ve been getting reports from the Dumping Grounds.  Try different depths as the fish are fluctuating based on cloud cover and temperature.

Walleye Report

Getting some reports of walleye being taken out by the Firecracker on planer boards.  Guys are fishing natural colored bombers and rapalas. haven’t heard a depth, but you’ll probably see a few guys out there.

That’s is for now. Good luck and be safe.

The smallmouth have been gobbling up fishflies over the last few weeks but are still hitting for fishermen.  Getting reports of smallmouth from 9 mile road all the way up to Selfridge.  The fish are typically from 10 feet of water and less.  The smallies are being caught on tubes and other plastics; jigged and drop-shot.  There are fish to be found deeper along the North and Middle Channels for those looking to fish deeper.  As the fishfly hatch ends, the bass will start to transition to their summer patterns.  Rest assured we’ll be bring you the reports as the bass locate cooler waters.  Good luck.