Northern Michigan Smackdown. Big Swimbaits and Jigs (warning pics of hogs)

[brg_bassmaster]

Well i just finished up my 30 days of leave back home in the great state of michigan. I literally did not have one day of bad fishing. My last day out we caught 21.5lbs on our best 5 largemouth all on jigs in 40 degree weather and rain right after some serious cold fronts. Fall bite is just kicking off in Mi get out on the water. What i loved best is we were the only people on the water on any lake we picked this time of yr. They are either bowhunting or to cold to get out lol.  What a riot. Also was hammering them on the MS slammer swim bait. 2 6lbrs outta the kayak within 1 hr of each other. Had to find ppl on the shore to take pics. Love throwing the big baits. Usually only get a few bites but they are normally giants.  Man i didnt want to come back to arizona but had to be done...unless i wanted to be AWOL lol. Enjoy the pictures.

19lb bag of smallies



21.5lb bag of largies



6.56lb slammer beast



6.37lb Slammer beast 1 hr after the first outta the kayak.



Another fatty on the slammer



Smaller bag of smallies 2nd day after the first picture



Another slammer fatty

[Firefighter Jeff]

   Looks like tons of fun.  Good for you !!!!

[brg_bassmaster]

It was awesome jeff. Plus i made my buddies believers in the big baits

[Big dreams]

I am jealous.

[robhj]

Great post & pics. I used to mostly target muskies and would regularly catch nice bass on larger muskie baits. Looks like I need to dust off a few big swim baits and try to catch me some big bass! At $40+, I wouldn't feel safe throwing those MS Slammers on anything but braid because knowing my luck, Mr. Toothy would make sure to cut it off as soon as I make my first cast!

[brg_bassmaster]

Haha rob thats what i thought too. But ive caught 14 bass and 1 pike. All the research i did anout slammers ppl say they rarely catch pike. Which was my experince. Only a few bites every trip out. But always big fish. Had some of the biggest exploaions ive ever seen.

[djkimmel]

Great job fishing!