Waters & Licenses

Lake St. Clair Guide Trips

Fishing Guide Lake St. Clair MI Testiomials The fishing on Lake St. Clair and its surrounding rivers is nothing short of amazing for all species. The musky, walleye and smallmouth population get national attention every year for producing trophy catches and hosting national tournaments. In 2013, St. Clair became the first lake to host a Bass Master Elite event as well as the Championship for the Professional Musky Tournament Trail in the same season which demonstrates just how incredible this fishery is.

Musky

The 274,000 acres hold an estimated 100,000 muskies, a number simply unheard of for a lake its size. These high numbers translate into some of the highest musky catch numbers in the world with multi fish days being the norm and double-digit days happening every year. At Spencer’s Angling Adventures we normally average around 3-4 fish per day during the summer and around 3 per day in the fall, with zero fish days being rare. In addition, the size of the fish is extremely impressive with tons of 50+ inch fish hitting the net each year as well as a couple fish in the middle to high 40-pound class and a chance at a true 50 pounder. In a traditional year Spencer’s boat typically sees 40-50 fish over 50 inches long landed with his best year ever landing 63 fish over 50 inches.

Driving Distances to Lake St. Clair

Chicago, IL - 4.5 Hours
Milwaukee, WI - 6.5 hours
Madison, WI - 7 Hours
Indianapolis, IN - 5 Hours
Columbus, OH - 3.5 Hours
Cleveland, OH - 2.75 Hours
Lexington, KY - 6 Hours

Smallmouth

Fishing Guide Lake St. Clair MI Testiomials Every year Bassmaster votes Lake St. Clair as one of the best lakes in the world. With both huge numbers of smallies as well as an amazing trophy class fishery, Lake St. Clair truly gives you the best of both worlds. Additionally, the shallow nature of the lake makes it perfect habitat for these fish all year long. For that reason, we enjoy amazing catch rates from ice out to ice up. This fishery grows bass well in excess of six pounds with plenty of five plus pound fish hitting the deck. That, combined with 100 plus fish days being fairly common, and you have the absolute bass fisherman’s paradise.

Walleye

Fishing Guide Lake St. Clair MI Testiomials Detroit River is famous for its walleye run. In the spring, millions of walleye run up the Detroit River from Lake Erie to spawn. This run has long been touted as the biggest walleye migration in the world and trust me it lives up to the hype. During this period we see giant pre-spawn walleye hit the deck boasting simply increasable girths with 10 pound fish hitting the net every spring and 12-13 plus pounders getting caught each year. In addition to the impressive size the numbers of fish can be very good as well with the 6 per person limit rarely being hard to achieve and good days seeing 50+ fish hit the net.

In the fall we see another huge push of walleye coming up from Lake Erie and flooding into the Detroit River. This fall run sees these fish chasing fall baitfish migrations which causes them to be extremely aggressive. In the fall we enjoy some of the years best numbers as well as a chance at a true trophy walleye.