smallmouth can kiss my butt!!

[boonie]

I guarantee hair jigs will work into May, drag them on the bottom don’t bounce them. Try ¼ to ½ oz Brown or green. Last year I even caught them using walleye heavy thumper 1oz hair jigs "black" without minnows.

Good Luck

[skipper9]

They are there already.. I think the storm front over the weekend or the high winds shut them down. Me and my friends have caught hundreds of them already. You were probably just drifting to fast.... Hope it gets better for you...

[eriepro]

Hey, if you don't want to make any big runs, try niagara, cone, big & little pickerel, just rig up a # 26 or 28 bass hook on a 18 in leader like you would tie a walleye weapon, add a soft craw and BINGO.....

[boonie]

Hey, if you don't want to make any big runs, try niagara, cone, big & little pickerel, just rig up a # 26 or 28 bass hook on a 18 in leader like you would tie a walleye weapon, add a soft craw and BINGO.....

Eriepro is spot on with his rig, however you will need pleny of softcraws because the drum inhale them before the smallies get to em! if you have deep pockets that's the way to go. Good Luck

[DoubleD]

We used to slay the smallies all around middle / north bass with leeches. Rig them any way you want, bare jig and a leech, lindy rig, even bobbers.

[DoubleD]

Unless the law changed, keep in mind that it is illegal to target and/ or possess smallmouth bass on lake Erie in May or June.

["chillin"]

Unless the law changed, keep in mind that it is illegal to target and/ or possess smallmouth bass on lake Erie in May or June.

I believe it is illegal to POSSESS smallmouth may 1 thru june 29. catch and release only.

[weekendwarrior]

Anybody use dropshot rig?.I have used it on lake Michigan for smallies with great success never lake erie though

[weekendwarrior]

Anybody use dropshot rig?.I have used it on lake Michigan for smallies with great success never lake erie though

[eriepro]

Craig Burwell, the nitro resident pro at Bass Pro Rossford uses Dropshot all the time in Erie especially around Pele Island, once the season opens try the wagon wheel area off the west side of the island.....