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I will always love the pull of big fish and I love seeing the action happen right in front of me. First of all, you don’t have to use 8x tippet and tie on a size #24 Trico pattern to go out and catch fish in the summer months. This last story is a prime example as to why I love smallmouth fishing in the summer. That smallmouth just couldn’t let that last baitfish get away it had to eat it up. I don’t know about you, but I love fish that just can’t get enough. Sticking out of it’s mouth is this half eaten alewife, and hooked in the corner of it’s mouth is our streamer pattern. We had been throwing big baitfish patterns to imitate these alewives, and my customer at the time hooks up on this fairly nice smallmouth and we bring it to the net. While fishing below Tippy Dam on the Manistee, we had a fairly big alewife population from the spring spawning run still in the river. One of my favorite pictures of a smallmouth is one a client caught a couple of years ago. Above and below these tail waters you will find plenty of food, and where you find food you will find big smallmouth. Tail water streams like the Manistee, Muskegon, Boardman, and Au Sable Rivers are all examples of rives where the BIG smallmouth bass grow. That can be the good news for you, because here in Michigan we have some excellent smallmouth bass water to explore that has some of the best smallmouth fishing in the country. Still, nothing beats the hard nose pull of a smallmouth bass.įly-Fishing for smallmouth bass in Michigan does not get on the front page of most of our websites, newspapers, and fly fishing magazines. That is a pretty big statement considering that in Michigan we have steelhead, salmon, muskie, and trout to play with. Smallmouth Bass are pound for pound the strongest fighting fish in Michigan Rivers.
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