Morning or evening bas fishing?

[gr8johnson]

I am taking my friend out on LSC for our first time out there. I have a small alum boat with a 10 hp, a trolling motor and fish finder on it. Should we go early morning or late afternoon into the evening? I know we dont really know the weather for that day but lets just assume it is good at both times. we will be looking mainly for bass, mostly smallies I want to hit. So where should we go and what time of day is best. And while we are at it. What are they hitting. I figured some goby imitaters and some tube baits too might work based on what I have read here lately. Oh I am in clinton township too. So I would probably put in at the South River rd DNR launch, I guess I could put in someplace else if it works better. Thanks for any help.

[Ed Michrina]

It sounds like a good place to put in at. You might want to try live minnows drifted with a drop sinker.The small mouth seem to be everywhere. You might try drifting next to grass island. one side is the baltimore cut the other along the main entrance Chl. is good also. You'll see a weed bed along the deep I used to anchor between that weed bed and the island. Its about 6 foot deep. you will get nice perch there also. I used slipbobbers with minnows. It's also fun to explore the reeds and shallow bays both sides of the north Chl. Look for springs or deep water > 6 foot is deep there. In this area I would use an electric motor and make my way through 1 foot of water until I spotted a dark blue section anchor by it and throw anything. its a fun sight fishing experience you will see Pike, bass and Perch. I have limited on large perch hitting some of these springs or holes.

If you want large mouth bass head up river to the first canal (the one you drove next to get to the Dnr ramp). There are a lot of huge largemouth bass in that area. We used a Texas rig with a purp. worm and pearl blue tail. work the reeds real slow and watch the lines. Just outside of that canal on the north channel is a good place to take a heavy jig (we used to use a crayfish style). I'm talking heavy- throw it and hit the steel sea wall, let it free fall right next to the wall. wait until it hits bottom then twitch it until the river pressure sweeps it away from the wall. You will get huge smallies doing this.

You have the perfect boat for this area. I could spend 2 weeks exploring/fishing the cuts and drops.

I haven't fished that area the past few years but I'm sure not much has changed. Good luck and let us know how you did.