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I believe the Michigan Bass Season should :
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Bass Fishing Reports
xx West side & NE MI smallies
May 14, 2012, 01:59:40 PM Putemback
West side & NE MI smallies
My 9 yo daughter caught her first smallie with me last weekend on a west side lake that was around 4 pounds. She did everything on her own and was using a chomper jighead & twin tail grub. My brother also got a 6# 8 oz smallie in a NE MI lake on a se...
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xx Upper Herring Lake BenzieCty 05/11/12
May 14, 2012, 12:02:35 PM bigmojet
Upper Herring Lake BenzieCty 05/11/12
Fished from 4-7 pm. It was very windy with white caps on this small lake. Water was 61 degrees but fishing in that wind was difficult to say the least. I thought the wind was my friend?? Only managed 1 largemouth on a crankbait.
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xx Bass Report- Arcadia Lake 05/13/12
May 14, 2012, 11:28:23 AM bigmojet
Bass Report- Arcadia Lake 05/13/12
Went out to Arcadia Lake from 6pm-9pm with my neighbor and his boy. I usually target smallies on this lake but it was slow going. Lake temps were 62-69.Most of our fish came late as we targeted boat docks. Caught about a dozen 2#...
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xx Bear Lake - Manistee Cty 05/13/12 report
May 14, 2012, 11:17:32 AM bigmojet
Bear Lake - Manistee Cty 05/13/12 report
I fished from 9am to 1 pm on Bear Lake. Water temp was 60 degrees and smallies were all over in the 3-5' range mzking beds. I started slow as my boat control skills definitely needed work. I got frustrated as i was trying to catch every fish i saw.
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xx LSC 14 May 12
May 14, 2012, 04:29:09 PM motocross269
LSC 14 May 12
Launched today at Selfridge...My main goal today was to run the boat some and to make sure Livewells, Bilge, and the Electronics were working well...I also wanted to spend some time trying to get a better handle on the Humminbird Units....
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xx Coming up tue wed thur need help
May 13, 2012, 06:58:58 PM Green CFD
Coming up tue wed thur need help
Just found this site. Coming up from Columbus Oh to fish LSC. Have always fished at Mitchell's Bay. Wanted to give this side a try. Was thinking of putting in at Self Ridge. Was hoping to get a little help before we came up. Any information would be ...
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xx Report SANG 5/10
May 10, 2012, 10:14:56 PM tubechucker
Report SANG 5/10
Fished from 5:30 to 7 in the bay today.  Water clarity was very stained with a bit of clear water a good ways out and over by the salt river.  Wind was blowing pretty good out of the NW.  THe water temps were between 59 and 62 degrees.  All my luck h...
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The Bassmaster Elite Series Mystery Lake location for the June 28-July 1 tournament has been a mystery to pros and fans alike since the surprise was announced last summer. On Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 1 PM CT, B.A.S.S. wi..  Read more

"I'll know when I get there." That's what several Bassmaster Classic qualifiers had to say about Red River conditions and how the weather might or might not dictate the bite for the Feb. 24-26 Bassmaster Classic ..  Read more

NBAA Day at D&R Sports 2012
01/31/2012 04:50 PM
Saturday, February 18th is the date for this year's NBAA Day at D&R Sports. This year along with special seminars, raffles and great 1 day deals on selected tackle items from D&R Sports, NBAA will also be holding their annual Super Big Bass and Angler of the Year drawings. Anglers from across ..  Read more

REDDING, CA (Jan. 28, 2012) – K.C. Harris of Shasta Lake, Calif., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 11 pounds, 1 ounce Saturday to win th..  Read more

REDDING, CA (Jan. 28, 2012) – The Oregon State University team of Zach MacDonald, of Willits CA and William Sparks, of Corvallis, OR won the National Guard FLW College Fishing West Conference event on Lake Shasta Saturda..  Read more


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The Detroit Lions have announced the date for a new and exciting fundraiser for Detroit Lions Charities (DLC), the organization's philanthropic foundation..  Read more

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources provided GreatLakesBass.com with a clarification on their regulations specifically pertaining to the use of Alabama castable umbrel..  Read more

Minnesota DNR has been fielding questions from anglers wondering if the Alabama Fishing Rig (also know as a Yumbrella rig) is legal to use in this state. The answer? Not the configuration as it is commonly promoted and sold. However, a rig would be l..  Read more

A new fishing lure may be catching more anglers than fish and is generating quite a buzz on message boards and sports shows across Iowa. The Alabama Rig, as it is called, is an umbrella-type rig and consists of a weighted h..  Read more


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GreatLakesBass.com member LGMOUTH Don Watts 
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GreatLakesBass.com member LGMOUTH (Don Watts) shows off two largemouth bass he caught at once fishing a KustomKicker Jigs Reaper Rig castable umbrella rig like the Alabama rig. Don was fishing Table Rock Lake with Greg Mangus and Stacey King. Photo credit: Don Watts. Watch Alabama Rig fishing videos at GreatLakesBass.TV.

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Grande! Giant Mexico largemouth bass caught from Lake Comedero 
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Mexico Bass Fishing – The Adventure of a Lifetime!

My first adventure to the Mexican Sierra Madre mountains and Lake Comedero started with the biggest largemouth bass of my life and ended with a bigger one!!! A better script would have been hard to write on purpose. It will be challenging for this writer to put into words what a fantastic trip this remote bass fishing adventure is, but with the help of some pictures I will try.

To travel to a truly remote area unlike anything most of us have been exposed to, you need to put your trip success and trust into the hands of a most experienced outfitter. We chose Ron Speed Jr's Exotic Outdoor Adventures Read more »


The Amazon & Peacock Bass Fishing
Scientists have known that piranhas, the sharp-toothed meat-eaters which Theodore Roosevelt called the most ferocious fish in the world, produced sound, but they never knew what those sounds meant until now. Sandi..  Read more

The Brazilian government confirmed this week the existence of an uncontacted tribe in a southwestern area of the Amazon rain forest. Three large clearings in the area had been identified by satellite, but the pop..  Read more

Randy VanDam and GreatLakesBass.com are heading to the mighty Rio Negro with two groups in January 2012. Already one member of GreatLakesBass.com is confirmed going which is nice because I like to fish with my friends! The first week's group, approximately January 7 - 14, 2012, is full. We have a few spots l..  Read more

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Senator Debbie Stabenow and Congressman Dave Camp, sponsors of legislation to speed up the creation of a plan to protect the Great Lakes from Asian carp, welcomed the Army Corps of Engineers announceme..  Read more

Scientists want to know if an underwater cannon can protect valuable Great Lakes fish from a greedy predator. The round goby is an e..  Read more

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