Free Fishing Hot Spot®
The Medina shoreline south of Bill Gates’ house is good for smallmouth along the docks. Smallmouth move into the shallows onto the gravel beds during pre-spawn in May and drop-shotting small finesse baits like a PowerTeam® 7" Tickler is best for these early fish. Smallmouth will spawn in a bit deeper water than the largemouth, so depths around 10 feet will hold bass through all phases of the spawn. Reaction and jerk baits like the Livingston Lures® Stickemaster 20 and crawdad-colored crank baits like the Livingstone Lures® Diver Master 14 can be very productive throughout the warmer months.