I have fished spinnerbaits in the Huron River with good success. Actually,
this is a good application for Bob's SW and mepps style lures. I cast
upstream parallel to undercut banks, laydowns, and where the water boils
over rocks, and use one of two retrieves. The first reeling in the lure at
the same speed of the current, but allowing the spinnerbait to make as much
contact with the rocks as possible. Second, with Bob's SW, cast it, let it
sink to the bottom (reeling in just a enough to maintain good contact with
the lure - tight line), then just rip my rod up/sideways then let it flutter
to the bottom (again taking only enough line in to maintain good contact
with the lure), then repeat.

Actually discovered the second method by accident, after getting a slight
over run on the reel. After I pulled the excess line out, my lure appeared
to be snagged in the rocks. Ripped it and as I started to let it settle to
the bottom for retrieve #1, a nice 3.5 pound smallie nailed it. Ok, worked
once, let try it again, and it work quite a bit around the rocks. Now it is
standard operating procedure when fish rapids and rocks.

The Huron River in the Lower Metroparks is a great place to fish in the
winter because it rarely freezes over and typically where ice forms is
around the deeper holes, so you cast up on the ice and then slow pull your
lure into the water so that it falls almost straight down. Caught many a
nice smallies just as the lure falls into the water after dragging a to the
edge of the ice letting it sit there shaking it (so that it taps the ice a
few times - kind of like call the dinner bell).

Have fun and good luck!!!

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