![]() You have to know what you’re doing, and that’s why hiring a guide is good idea. “They’ll hold on the breakwalls all year long.”įishing smallmouths on Lake Michigan can be tough, or it can be downright fantastic. They remain close to the shore all year,” Adduci said. “These smallmouths aren’t like Lake Erie fish in terms of after the spawn as they move offshore and sit in 50 feet of water. You can catch smallmouths along the Indiana coast from ice-out to the time the shoreline freezes up again. But right now, Adduci and others know this is a prime time to target smallmouths. Also, because of these breakwalls, no matter which direction the wind is blowing you can always find a sheltered spot to fish. Baitfish and crawfish flock to the structures. ![]() These walls, which are often a mile long and 50 feet or more deep, offer incredible habitat for smallmouths. It’s hard to believe how much rock was dumped into Lake Michigan to form miles and miles of breakwalls. ![]() By combining his two loves, the Chicagoland area and fly fishing, he has created a unique business that caters to fly fishers in a region that’s rooted in conventional tackle. Yet the mystique of fly fishing doesn’t escape the masses.Īdduci has set out to change the notion that fly fishing isn’t applicable on the Indiana stretch of Lake Michigan. I feel if the water is fishable, then it is likely fly fishable.Īustin Adduci, the owner of Grab Your Fly Charters, one of the few fly fishing outfitters in the Chicagoland area, feels the same way.Īdduci and I are fellow “Chicagolanders.” Growing up where we did, fly fishing is rarely a rite of passage-our people dunk bobbers and run down riggers, and few have ever heard of a roll cast. ![]() One of the greatest rewards I get from writing about fly fishing is when someone says to me, “I didn’t know you could fly fish there.” It’s surprising so many people fail to grasp the breadth of fly fishing opportunities across our country. There is basically no competition from other anglers and the bass reach behemoth sizes. Fly fishing Indiana’s Lake Michigan coast for smallmouth bass is an adventure every serious bronzeback angler should experience. Indiana is home to roughly 40 miles of smallmouth-rich lakeshore between the Illinois border and Michigan City. ![]()
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