Smallmouth Bass Fishing

[ssmith1]

Hey guys, just looking for a little help with where to go. We have been coming up for the last 10 years and mainly fish Vermilion. We love the lake but in the last 2-3 years it has gotten extremely crowded. We mainly smallmouth fish. We pull our own bass boats up from Oklahoma. We have fished Mille Lacs a couple of days and we spent a week on Rainy.

Are there other less pressured lakes with good smallmouth populations? We are all catch and release. I have read up some on Leech and it sounds like it is more largemouth. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[mnmike]

the missisppi river in the Brainerd area is awesome. No shortage of other lakes in the area as well.

[Trent R]

Women, Baby, Big Spirit are good, Black hawk

[ssmith1]

Thanks for the info guys. I will do a little research on these and see which one fits our needs.

[SP200]

i have a buddy who owns a resort on Woman lake. Allseasons Resort.

[ksubasser24]

Some good smallie fishing in the detroit lakes area. Pickerel, Ottertail, Lyda, Big Cormrant, Lizzie/Crystal/Rush. Minimal pressure and they fish different than most in that area. On pickerel I would sight fish smallies in 2 FOW right until the ice came on.