iFish Lake St. Clair

The catch & release bass season opens on Lake St. Clair on April 30th, 2011. There will undoubtedly be a lot of bass fishermen out to take advantage of the easy pickin’s of smallmouth during this time of the year. One heads-up for those looking to launch at Metro Beach on Saturday the 30th; there will be a March of Dimes walk at Metro Beach, so you may see long lines to enter the park. Metro Beach will probably have all of the booths open to handle the traffic, but I have personally experienced a wait of 20 minutes or longer to get in. Good luck to all the anglers.

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.

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.