Guided Bass Trips 6/23-6/28
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:21 pm
I have been very busy recently with guided bass trips on both Black Lake and the St. Lawrence River. Black Lake has continued to be on fire for the largemouth with a very limited smallmouth bite. I have been getting my customers away from the senkos more and taking the time to fish crayfish in smallmouth areas. But they have caught mostly largemouth on those too. It is common for post spawn smallmouth to seemingly disappear for a couple of weeks on Black Lake. I think they will begin to bite better soon. Biggest largemouth have been around 4 lbs each day with of course alot of fish near the 15'' size limit. There have been enough quality fish to satisfy my customers.
Two trips on the St. Lawrence have been out of Chippewa Bay. The smallmouth are still spawning on top of the shoals. We caught some that I believe were pre-spawn. The water temperature on the channel the first trip was 60-62 with mid 60's to low 70's coming back into Chippewa. Tubes and senkos caught all the fish. They have been spawning between 10 and 15 feet and are incredibly healthy. My customers caught several 3 to 3 1/2 lb bass that looked like footballs. We almost had a 5 pounder (4lbs 14oz) the first day. They caught approximately 20-30 bass both days. Some small largemouth were caught in the back of the bay but I did not spend much time targeting them. I'm not sure how long the shallow smallmouths will last. They tend to suddenly dissappear until I can relocate them in deeper areas later on.
Two trips on the St. Lawrence have been out of Chippewa Bay. The smallmouth are still spawning on top of the shoals. We caught some that I believe were pre-spawn. The water temperature on the channel the first trip was 60-62 with mid 60's to low 70's coming back into Chippewa. Tubes and senkos caught all the fish. They have been spawning between 10 and 15 feet and are incredibly healthy. My customers caught several 3 to 3 1/2 lb bass that looked like footballs. We almost had a 5 pounder (4lbs 14oz) the first day. They caught approximately 20-30 bass both days. Some small largemouth were caught in the back of the bay but I did not spend much time targeting them. I'm not sure how long the shallow smallmouths will last. They tend to suddenly dissappear until I can relocate them in deeper areas later on.