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    Posted: May/30/2013 at 20:43
 
 
 
Friend took me fishing today on Lake St Clair. We got on the water at 7am and got off at 2 with a total of 42 hooked and released. I think pound for pound they are one of the best fresh water fighters you can catch. Smile
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Roy Finn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/30/2013 at 21:08
Those fish scratch me right where I itch. I can't think of any fish that swims in a lake that I like catching more than smallies.

My friend took this pic with his iphone so it's crappy, but you get the idea...



Some more...







This one came from a PA lake several years ago..



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I love fishing for bronze backs.  I used to fish the Michigan rivers and reservoirs (AuSable) for the smallmouths.  I never did make it to the south shores of the UP for the spawning season though. 
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Man those are monster smallies!!!!
 
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Did the storms hit after you came off the water Kev?

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Did any smallies tail walk for you?  They are good jumpers too.
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Looks like you had lots of fun !!! I just came back from a visit with my Dad last week. We spent a long (4 day )weekend at his camp up on Kentucky Lake. We caught between 150-200 bass. It's hard to keep count when it's so many, but with the 15 in minimum, we only had between 25-30 legal keepers. All were largemouth except for one Ky spot. No smallmouths this time, we didn't do much ledge or deep water fishing, electing instead to stick to the rising grass in the shallows.
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Nice fish Fellas! :)
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Mine's not a Lake St Clair bronze-back, it's a Kali river smallie from up at deer camp.  Embarrased
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Makes me wanta load the boat right now!!! Don't see smallies around here but the large mouth are abundant. Caught a couple 2 lb'er's yesterday and last week a 5.4 and a 6.7. Man!!! If I didn't have class tonite I'd load the boat!!
Beautiful fish by the way. Post more pics when you go again.
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Its not a St Clair fish, but had to post the better half's big fish of last weeks vacation... The really kool thing is she caught it on a 5' UL with 4lb line.
 
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Pound for pound, smallies are great fighters.  Big Smile
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There was a Bassmasters Elite tournament on the St. Lawrence two weekends ago and the winner had 88 #'s of Smallies for a four day tournament. Limit is 5 per day. He ran from Waddington, NY all the way downriver to Henderson Harbor on Lake Ontario all four days which is a 220 mile round trip each day. He was also docked 2#'s for inadvertantly putting a sixth fish in his livewell. A penalty which he called on himself. I think his biggest was 5/13 lbs. That's quite an average for 20 Smallies.

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Went out today to break the summer time boredom and caught a couple which considering how doggish it is this time of year passed some time and had a little fun.
 
 
 
 


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Nice catch, Roy. Here is a couple more fish caught on vacation. 
 
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I caught the first fish last from the pond last week too. No fish were stocked in the pond  so I am baffled where it came from. It might make small mouth bait.
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