Bass season opener in SE Mich.
My youngest brother & mom visited from out east, so we hit the lake one Wed the 1st, and had a hella good day.
My brother got his limit (5 smallmouths > 14" long), and I got 4, though mine were a bit bigger, on the average: 4 of his were around 15" and he had one nice one ~17-18"; 3 of mine were about 16 1/2", and the other was 14 1/2". I could have easily got my limit, but we got a late start, and I had a job to do in the evening, so we only fished for about 3 1/2 hours.
He caught all his on crayfish. I caught 2 of my big one on shiner minnows, one big one on a Berkley Power Grub, and the other on a crayfish. We catch the crayfish in a nearby river.
We were using ~ 6lb line, light tackle, ~ #10-14 wide bend hooks, and either no sinker or a very small one. The fish were in about 3-5' deep water, close to shore.
I was also catching some bluegills on top, with dark dry flies, ~ #14 hook, which was the closest thing to the hatch that was happening.