Peter made a very nice report and what greats pictures. I came of the water on Monday, June 4 having caught 38 smallies on the Flats, just to see a note on the windshield from Peter telling me of the 22", 6+ pounder. Heck, that's worth the drive from Chicago!
He mentioned me and my success, so I thought I'd jump on and answer the question about best presentations. And, actually, of the 18 days on the water from May 6 - June 6, I fished 15.5 and caught 620 smallies for a 40 fish per day average.
I should note that if anyone is interested in being on my "big" fishing email list, just email me at smalliecentral@gmail.com with your name and email address[album][/album]. I do Door County, river smallie and kayak fishing reports from time to time.
In May and June, I'm fishing in 1 to 7 feet of water and since beginning primarily using the Kalin's Lunker Grub in 2008, all but about 200 of 2,338 smallies have been caughth on that presentation.
I swim them steady and SLOW on the Gopher Tackel 3/32oz. Big Johns jig in unpainted or blacke head. Best colors have been Smoke Salt and Pepper, Clear Smoke and Ed's Smoke. I've had my best luck with the 4" Smoke S&P, which is the only one of the three that comes in the 4". But, others will argue that the 5" works just as well. I've also used one of Gopher's 1/16th oz. jig with a 2/0 hook.
Key is threading down the seam with tail either up or down.
The other presentation that I've used this year that has been good is using the Zipper Worm Jr. in Hologram Shad. This is also swum just like the Kalin's. Tail up or down or thread with tail right or left. The other color my sources say works well up there is the Pumpkin/Chartreuse.
Very key is CATCH and RELEASE. And, if you catch a personal record, like Peter, a replica mount.
Bill
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The eyes go in the freezer, and the bronzers go back in the pond 