Great Lakes Bass Fishing Forum

So, my buddy and I fished the opener on Gun Lake this past weekend.  Neither one of us know much about the lake and made short work of getting our butts whooped.  What I thought would work paid off in only a small limit.  However, the top teams were putting very nice limits of smallies in the boat.  I didn't even know there were that many nice smallmouth in the lake, let alone that you could target them.  Does anyone have any helpful advice that could help me out there?  I plan on fishing Gun quite a bit this year and would really like to learn the lake.  I don't want to know spots, just how the nicer fish are normally targeted (i.e., tubes, jerkbaits, underwater humps, drops, etc.). 

Thanks,
Confused and Concerned.
(Fishmael)

I've been there a handful of times... I wished I could help you out.
I'm still in your shoes.
I hope that you progress much faster than me.

good luck

joshimoto son  ;D

i fished that lake a few years back on a weeknight series... about 7 or 8 times. My partner used to live on the lake and was a seasoned tournament vet and pretty darn good bass catcher (many guys on here probably know him). We still struggled to put a limit in the boat most nights... thats gun lake for you. If there are guys who can go out and put together a great sack day in and day out, they probably aren't going to help ya sorry to say.  Wish i could shed more light on the subject all i know is there's some rock piles out there that you might want to try and find :)

Stop in at Matteson Marine and talk to Dale in boat sales. I'm betting he can tell you some things while you look at some nice boats. I don't know if Vaughn fishes out there, but I bet Dale knows...