Northern michigan fall football bonanza (3 23lb smallie sacks attached)

[brgbassmaster]

Went on leave for a month and we headed north for 3 days to chase big smallmouth in some inland lakes that are very unknown for giant smallies. First day we head out me and my buddy and we get to the lake start off on a 5ft deep point. Nothing but a small largemouth on a zara spook. So we head over to a 3ft deep flat and i get blasted on top. Fish misses bait big time. That was the last hit on top we had the rest of the day. Saw a bouy marking a point and big flat. We head over there and once we get close we see bigger rocks on this spot only area on lake we fouind anything like this. I pick up a spinnerbait and bam almost instantly start catching in 5ft of water. We stick aroiund there for awhile and fill our bag pretty quick. Wind comes up and it ends up being 2 footers exactly what the forecast said. Small craft advisory lol. We stuck it out and absolutely pounded the smallies on spinnerbaits. His trolling motor on his boat eventually almost died and we would idle up and just float down this big flat and keep catching. First day best 5 went 23.75lbs. with 2 at 5.5lbs.

 

Day 2

We headed to a lake an hr more north. I had never fished this lake but he had a week prior. There isnt a launch just a beach that you can barely get a boat into. And to get out there was no way of driving onto trailer. Had to get waders on to get boat up lol. So we get out on the lake and almost the whole lake is 3ft deep except one 20 yd stretch that is about 8ft. We start off with topwater and nothing again super weird. So we are going in 1ft of water and i see an old smallie bed and whip a tube up there and dont get hit. We get close and then a 4lbr swims outta it. I toss tube out and she swims over and inhales it. Fish on. Get her to the baot. then we started seeing more and more in these little depressions in 1ft of water. But couldnt get them to bite. So we head over to a 3 ft section and i get smashed on a zara spook middle of the day and catch a 5.75lbr. Pick up a spinner bait and bam i get crushed again by a 4.5lbr. We find an area that is 6ft and buddy ties on a jig and fills the rest of the bag and adds another 5lbr. Catch a few more and we end up culling out 4lbrs which is awesome. Especially on an inland lake in michigan. So this lake that is 3ft deep in the whole lake except one section ends up being amazing smallmouth water. Day 2 is 23.5lbs.

 

Day 3

We head back to same lake as day 1. Weather was totally different and super calm,. Instantyly we are getting smashed on zara spooks on our bouy point. But these fish are not getting bait they are hitting 3-4 times on each cast. But will not get hooked. So buddy catches a 4.75lbr on zara then we say screw it and pick up 6" keitchs. We fill our limit but not the action like day 1 during the hurricane force winds. Which if anyone knows anything about fall smallmouth. The worse conditions the better the fishing. So after only maybe 8 fish that helped the bag throughout the day its almost 4pm and i told them i had to leave that day by 5 cuz it was my last day with my inlaws. Buddy was throwing an alabama rig all day and caught some good ones. We say ok time to go and take our pics with the best 5 and then we release them. Buddy says lets fish 15 more min. No kidding 2nd cast after releasing our best 5 he catches a 6lb1 oz inland lake beast on his bama rig. So our best 5 for that 3rd day was 23.67lbs.

 

So all in all amazing 3 days of fishing our best baits were spinnerbaits, alabama rig, keitechs and jigs. Ya we caught fish on everything but those produced the most fish. Biggest fish came on spinnerbait, alabama rig, jig and zara spook. So after 3 days we had 4 over 5lbs and 1 over 6lbs with 3 days topping 23lbs of footballs. The single fish picture with the 3 of us is the 6lbr

[Dwight Hottle]

You guys had a great three days together. WTG

[Siebert Outdoors]

Awesome job!

[wdp]

Wow!!!!!! ?

[TOXIC]

Awesome.  Just got notified by a buddy of mine that it took over 30lbs to win a tournament on St Clair, new lake 5 fish limit.  My buddy and his partner placed 2nd with 27.22, winning weight was 30.31lbs.  

[brgbassmaster]

Ya st Clair is an amazing fishery! Been there a few times. We tend to stay up north in the small inland lakes no boat traiffc and big ol smallies. Thanks guys it was an amazing trip. 

[roadwarrior]

 

 

                                CONGRATULATIONS!

 

                                           

[A-Jay]

How awesome was that !  

Killer three days of  Gorgeous Bronzeback fishing for you guys.

You definitely hit it at the right time.

Gotta love having a world class smallmouth fishery All To Yourself . . . .

Great Job and Congrats

A-Jay

[brgbassmaster]

@A-Jay man so awwsome. Especially fishing lakes with no other bass boats lol. Felt good compared to Arizona where every weekend is like bassmaster classic and forest wood cup is going on. ?. 

[A-Jay]

2 hours ago, brgbassmaster said:

@A-Jay man so awwsome. Especially fishing lakes with no other bass boats lol. Felt good compared to Arizona where every weekend is like bassmaster classic and forest wood cup is going on. ?. 

I hear that @brgbassmaster

And most of the places I'm fishing, when I catch a bass that's been caught before, usually means we've already met.

A-Jay

 

[brgbassmaster]

8 hours ago, A-Jay said:

I hear that @brgbassmaster

And most of the places I'm fishing, when I catch a bass that's been caught before, usually means we've already met.

A-Jay

 

Haha yup sounds about like the lakes we fish up there. Counting the days till I get back up to Mi. 365 to go ?