Come along as we explore a new clear water lake in Michigan! Its full of prespawn Smallmouth and Northern Largemouth. They’re feeding in schools along the edges of shallow flats and we’re casting a variety of finesse swimbaits and hair jigs to catch them. If you’ve wondered what fishing is like in the North, its on fire!
Its been a while since we’ve had Matt’s dad on the boat. In true form, he set the pace with a bunch of quality fish, leaving Matt and CC with a lot of ground to make up. Each member of the team settled on a different swimbait and all produced quality fish throughout the day. At the end Matt picked up a black hair jig and stuck some nice bonus fish as well.
Smallmouth pull incredibly hard for their size. If you’ve never targeted them on finesse tackle, you need to give it a try! Below you’ll find links to the exact baits we were using as well as the gear we trusted to get these fish in the boat. All the links go directly to Tackle Warehouse where you can see detailed photos and descriptions of each item.
Matt’s Dad’s Swimbait…
Head- Dirty Jigs Guppy 1/8 oz with 1/0 Hook: http://bit.ly/2nyUJRS
Bait- Keitech 3.3″ Fat Swing Impact: http://bit.ly/2ab7s8v
Colors: Electric Shad, Electric Bluegill
CC’s Swimbait…
Bait- Megabass Dark Sleeper 3″ (1/2 oz): http://bit.ly/2TyR1GT
Color: Wakasagi
Matt’s Swimbait…
Head- Tactical Finesse Head 3/8 oz: http://bit.ly/2Pqrq3n
Bait- Keitech 3.8″ Fat Swing Impact: http://bit.ly/2ab7s8v
Color: Smallmouth Magic
Matt’s Hair Jig…
Bait- Andy’s Maribou Pro Series Fly (1/8 oz): https://bit.ly/3uYqDsw
Color: Black
Matt’s Casting Swimbait Combo…
Rod- Megabass P5 “Dark Sleeper”: https://bit.ly/30GcHqb
Reel- Shimano Aldebaran MGL 50 (HG): http://bit.ly/2uQ4oH8
Line- Sunline 12 lb Fluorocarbon: http://bit.ly/2h4LNjm
Matt’s Dad’s Spinning Combo…
Rod- G Loomis NRX+ 852S JWR (Pre-Order): https://bit.ly/3y0Ss5m
Reel- Shimano Exsence 3000: https://bit.ly/3hNG96T
Line- Sunline SX1 12 lb Braid: http://bit.ly/2tn8EzQ
Leader- Sunline 6 lb Fluorocarbon: http://bit.ly/2p7fxju
Matt’s Hair Jig Combo…
Rod- Megabass P5 “Baby Plugging”: https://bit.ly/31Pt839
Reel- Shimano Vanford 1000: https://bit.ly/2PDlKlB
Line- Sunline Super FC 5 lb Fluorocarbon: http://bit.ly/2p7fxju
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Major Equipment We Use Daily…
Trolling Motor- Minn Kota Ultrex 112: http://bit.ly/2vFQypW
Electronics- Humminbird Solix 15: https://bit.ly/35HuPRY
Anchors- Minn Kota Talons: http://bit.ly/2F0QBSP
Net- Frabill Conservation PLD 2612: https://bit.ly/3kdZ3kA
Camera- GoPro Hero 9: http://bit.ly/2KQ0VEI
Favorite Tools and Gear…
Favorite Storage Box: https://bit.ly/3kngvEG
Favorite sunglasses: https://bit.ly/3cLH0kl
Favorite Pliers: http://bit.ly/2MpUBEr
Favorite life jacket: http://bit.ly/2odXXIP
Favorite Scale: http://bit.ly/2f7QgQ9
Favorite Lure Retriever: http://bit.ly/2TLTJc6
Favorite Braid Cutters: http://bit.ly/2NQ2jbH
Favorite Split Ring Pliers: http://bit.ly/2fT4Qw0
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Chasing brown fish with the family, very cool. Well done Matt.
Your dad is a stud, you and your whole family 👍💪
How did I miss this ? Amazing
Love seeing the “Northern bass fishing” trips that you guy do and I hope to see more. It helps myself as a 🇨🇦 bass angler put a plan together when the conditions are right for what you guys are fishing in (early spring conditions) as well. Thank you for that! 👍🏻👍🏻
Dude cici is a Jedi with that net lol
Pops back there swinging on them fish! Love to see it!
Way to go mat. That’s cool talking dad fishing
Back in my days of "working" that was "my kind" of vacation too👏. Now (retired) it'sa life-style and I wouldn't trade it for anything else. Traveling in our motor coach and fishing the places we travel to is a dream come true. Yep😁, retirement is 👍.
Love your videos you and your family are very inspirational! It would be awesome to see you guys come to Northern Idaho and fish Lake Pend Orielle and Coeur D’Alene lake two amazing fisheries that produce some of the best fish.
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Great video. I can see where Matt gets his hookset form 😄
I was killing the smallmouth with a crankbait on the finger lakes this weekend, they where chasing it man nice chunks too
Does the palm hole in your glove help or hinder when it flexes open. Can't decide on hole/no hole, thanks
Matt, are you still traveling with a camper and toeing the boat or truck and boat with hotels?
Love to know what works for you for an idea, thanks.
The black hair jig crushed the smallies for me over the weekend in the UP. Smaller inland lake but surface temps were about 58 degrees for me.
That Girl knows how to net
Awesome Family Fishing Day, good job gang.
Man, would love to do some small mouth fishing in Cincinnati.
Thanks for sharing the time with your Dad!! Time well spent for those great memories!!!
This video is so speaks to where we're at in my state of Maine. Spent the last four days fishing exactly the same way that Matt, CC and his father were fishing. Being up here in the Northeast and chasing smallies, I don't always connect with some of the videos that you post about catching monster largemouth in the south, but this video really connected with me and the way I fish up here in the North. Great video, thanks for sharing, look forward to some of your other videos where you guys are up north chasing smallies.
Matt your wife needs to drop a video on how to fish the Dark Sleeper. She was smashing them. I def picked a few tips from her
hello bro..waow i really like your video, you can get a big fish waow incredible .. nice to meet you bro
Cool that you let your dad use your $1200 combo.
Guppy head says it’s designed for vertical jigging. But I’m guessing your Dad wasn’t just jigging that 3.3” Keitech?
Still my fav fishing channel. Always raw footage or straight to the point when it comes to the knowledge part
I live in Canada in Victoria BC. We’re already hitting post spawn conditions here
Love this. Still up here around Toronto Ontario we've got 3 weeks until bass season opens up. This just makes betting patient that much harder. Gotta get some toothy critters in the meantime
Very cool. One thing I just noticed is that you crank from the right with your bait caster and from the left on your spinning set up. A little ambidextrous. 👍
love this mat! i hope everyone is doing well.
love to see more north vids
nothing better then catching some nice smallies with the family!
It's great to be out with your family tearing up the bass. Good video Matt.
Watching this video I enjoyed catching these fish again. When Matt was young I hoped he would become a pilot so he could take me to Alaska so I could fish. He had a better plan. Matt became a fisherman and he sometimes takes me fishing. Some of Gods greatest blessings are unanswered prayers. If you can, take your father fishing.
This isn't Chassel Bay, is it?