Traverse city area

[BIGSHOW]

I'll be back up there in a couple weeks. Hope I can have some luck then. This year has been odd. Or maybe I got spoiled from the early start last year. And the super warm water early

[6 lb Smallmouth]

I fished east bay this past Saturday ...water was 62-64 ...lots of empty beds,some with suckers gobbling up eggs..more boats than I ever seen on bay...I caught 24 smallies for the day ..nothing over 4#. There was a small tourney going on and a gentleman told me 21# won it....I'm sure its not done yet up there. Mid week would be best.

This is what I saw as well.  Lots of empty beds.  Maybe 8 bassboats out there this morning.  Fishing was very good till I started getting pushed around by the wind in my tin boat.