![]() Males and females energetically feed in preparation of the spawn. The entire mature population points toward the shallows. When the water temperature rises, topping 50 degrees, smallies are on the move. When the mercury drops back down on a cold or windy day, spend the next few days checking your gear or getting the boat rigged, because the fish will have turned off. If it shows an upward trend, even a degree or two for a few days, then it's time to fish. Those anglers aching to get on the water during this phase need to pay attention to the water temperature. We have open boats available this Summer and Early Fall for targeting Northern Michigan Smallmouth Bass.Cold-fronts during the early part of the season will effect smallmouth bass more than later in the year. Interested in booking a Smallmouth Bass Trip or going for Lake Trout on light tackle, drop us a message via email, or text/call us directly 23. But fall baitfish is a key trigger on most of our lakes and rivers. Just need to dial the flies and leader setups. Have another rig that is in it’s infancy phase, that I truly believe can work on the bay as well. ![]() One of my favorite rigs to run late summer. But since the full moon, mega amounts of baitfish have bloomed and smallmouth are hunting these bait balls.Ĭontinue to play with the Donkey Rig I talk about in this Northern Angler Fly Tying session, I need to get this tutorial done on our YouTube page. Pre full moon you couldn’t touch a fish on a baitfish pattern, it was all about the spicy crabs or crayfish patterns. Food sources that have been working the best pre and post full moon were on two different spectrums. Bouncing around a few different river systems we found some good smallmouth bass fishing even with the low water. ![]() With the bay given me a few speed bumps we transitioned to some of my old beats, I guess you would say comfort zone. ![]()
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