The smallmouth will be in the shallows and on the nests in Lake Of The Woods in early June. You can catch a good number of bass working over logs and rocks along shorelines with a drop off depth of 14'- 25'. A little later on they can be found more prominently in shallower bays and sand beaches.
I use shallow running rapalas, rooster tails, meps spinners and beatle spinners. Also a variety of top water lures.
Crow Lake bass come to the shallows near the end of June. These bass are fantastic to fish. I site fish them and can remember were many a log and bolder lies. This allows the fisherman to immediately target a known hole because the smallies are territorial and will frequent they same structure each season for the most part. When the bass first make there way into the shallows you will not immediately find them around any particular structure. They will be just cruising. At this time you can catch up to 10 bass per day averaging 4'-6', all females. When they have made their nests the males will be in the shallows. It is not uncommon to catch over 100 bass per day.
