Smallies and temp

[Scoot]

What water temp do smallies spawn at? What temp would one expect them to be in the shallows ready to spawn? What temp would one expect them in deeper water staging to move up into the shallows?
Scoot

[Scoot]

One more question- is bass season open this coming weekend, or the one after?
Scoot

[Aquaman01]

<<In Minnesota, smallmouth bass spawn mostly from the middle of May through the end of June when water temperature exceeds 15.5° C (about 60° F). We have records of spawning as late as early August, however. The male selects the spawning site and sweeps out a nest up to 1 m (3 ft) in diameter with his tail. The nest normally ends up in a gravel bed, often next to a log, boulder, or other obstruction in 1-3m (about 3-10 ft) of water. Once the nest is built, the male defends it aggressively from both male and female smallmouth.>>

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Peace and Fishes

[jegerjack]

This is from the state regs -

05/10/03 - 02/15/04
Bass season - large- and smallmouth: north and east of U.S. Highway 53 from Duluth to International Falls and Pelican and Ash Lakes in St. Louis County

05/24/03 - 02/15/04
Bass season

JegerJack

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"What did the old man trade for these guys, a used puck bag?"

[Jim W]

Bring on the Smallies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Time to REALLY bend some rods!!!!!!

Jim W

[TRZ]

I love a good slapshot reference almost as much as i love catching smallmouth- that is a classic quote jagerjack. almost as good a "geeting him right in the F***ing mind!