Lake St. Clair June 6th Report: Smallmouth Bonanza, Walleye on the Bite

This is Artificial Lure with your Lake St. Clair fishing report for Friday, June 6th, 2025. We’re rolling into early summer and it’s feeling like classic St. Clair—water temps are holding steady in the low 60s, with clarity improving on the eastern shorelines after last week’s winds stirred things up. Don’t worry about tides here, but if you’re paying attention to lake levels, they’re healthy, and that’s got the fish scattered across the flats and first breaks. Sunrise hit at 5:57 am and you can chase that evening bite right up to sunset at 9:10 pm. Today’s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, light northeast winds, and air temps right around 74 degrees, so it’s perfect for working the shallows or drifting along deeper weedlines. Smallmouth bass action is prime right now. Reports from Ford Cove, Metropark beach, and across Anchor Bay are saying it’s a smallmouth bonanza—just like last week, with fish averaging 2-4 pounds and a few bruisers topping the 5-pound mark. Anglers are finding the best luck in 5 to 7 feet of water, especially where there’s scattered vegetation on the edges. Soft plastic swimbaits in green pumpkin, darker shades, and bright yellows like the Great Lakes Finesse Juvy Craw are hot right now. Don’t overlook the Ned rig, either—slow dragging and jigging along submerged grass has been filling livewells, according to local guides on Omnia Fishing and daily Lake St. Clair podcasts. Don’t sleep on the walleye bite, either. Trollers out toward the St. Clair River mouth and up near the Metropark are getting into good numbers, especially using crankbaits and crawler harnesses in 17 to 25 feet of water. The evening bite has been solid, so keep those lines wet after dinner. For numbers and variety, you’ll also run into perch, pike, and the occasional musky in the mix—especially up by the Channels and Sturgeon Hole, two perennial hotspots highlighted in the Fishing Booker guide. Bait of choice? For bass, stick with finesse plastics, small swimbaits, and tube jigs in natural hues. For walleye, nothing’s beating a chartreuse harness or a classic Shad Rap. If you’re chasing pike or musky, upsize to flashy spoons or jerkbaits. Hot spots today: Anchor Bay is on fire for bass, especially around Metropark and Ford Cove. The Channels up at the river mouth are producing mixed bags, and if you want a bit of Canadian action, Mitchell’s Bay is still the top spot for both smallmouth and largemouth. That’s your Lake St. Clair report for June 6th. Keep those drags loose, be mindful of changing weather out there, and respect your fellow anglers. Thanks for tuning in, don’t forget to subscribe for more daily reports. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.