Strike King and Lew’s pros Mark Zona and Jay Przekurat head out for a day of fishing on Lake Huron – a familiar body of water for Zona, but a completely new experience for the smallmouth expert Przekurat.
“You’re a hero or zero on Lake Huron – you can not go hours, you can go days without catching them,” shares Zona. Zona’s experience on the Great Lakes has taught him that the power plants located on or near the lakes cause a warm water discharge that attracts smallmouth. So the pair heads to that area first.
Zona has fished every single great lake, but there is something definitely unique about Lake Huron. “To me, Lake Huron is by far the toughest one. But if you connect, you’re dealing with bass that really probably have not had much pressure – not this week – but probably not much pressure in their lifetime,” says Zona.
Zona feels as if their morning out on the water was very typical of what you can expect from the Great Lakes. It requires incessant effort until you finally “collide.” Przekurat was the first to get a bite, eventually reeling in a large smallmouth. Zona catches another “meat pie,” proving his point that catching fish on the Great Lakes come in waves and you’ll find smallmouth grouped together in most circumstances.
Przekurat is using the Baby Z-Too in The Juice, a new color to the Baby Z-Too family. Zona uses Strike King’s Coffee Tube in Green Pumpkin Purple Flake with a ½ oz. Tour Grade Crackin' Tube Head. Zona and Przekurat are targeting 13- to 20-feet of water.
