Thank God thats over and smallmouth season is here!

Well, that seemed like the longest winter in history.  I finally made it out on Erie to fish smallmouth.  The ice boom is almost completely out, there is still sporadic ice flows in the river due to the wind blowing fields of ice out into the lake.  They will either melt or make their way down river.   Dennis from Fishin Niagara was at the a launch this morning and took this amazing pictures as we left.  One for the wall!
  I ran over with my good friend Rob and we immediately got into some nice jerk bait fish up shallow.  Rob got one that was touching 6 lbs and we got a few over 5 on jerk baits. Most fish came after long pauses.  Big smallmouth on jerk baits is so much fun.  We also hit some fish on dropshots and blade baits. I hope to be posting a few pictures of some big smallies in the next few weeks as I start guiding.