Great Lakes Bass Fishing Forum

Slightly late on this report.  We got out on Saturday morning and found it to be a tougher bite than it had been.  On the good side, the water clarity was much better than expected with the windy previous week.  Just about everywhere I fished the water was clear down to 15'.  We started out South of 9 Mile and couldn't get much going.  Hit a few largemouth spots and only got a few small ones.  I moved South toward the Detroit River and things picked up.  We found an area in 9 FOW that produce well.  They were mainly smaller fish, but the numbers were better.  We had a couple of 3s mixed in.  We kept at it, working hard to make the fish bite and overall we got about 20 with a couple of 3s and 2 that went over 4.  The rest were mainly keeper size.  Note: we only fished 4 hours.

It's a real post-spawn bite out there.  There are a wave of smaller fish on beds, but not in the numbers they were a few weeks ago.  The better fish all seem to be coming from deeper water.  The wind picked up, so we weren't able to go check some summer spots, but I suspect there are fish in some of the typical summer areas already.  I intend to confirm Wednesday.   

Also, the fishfly hatch is happening now.  It wasn't much on Saturday but judging from the amount of fishflies at my house today, I anticipate finding lots of them on the water.  I always do fairly well fishing deep, right under the pods of husks, so I'm excited to get out there and see how it goes. 

Oh and BTW - It's Michigan...so they're Fish Flies.  ;)  It is June after all.  LOL