There use to be smallies in Pontiac a few years ago,..(I saw a few weighed in during a tournament) but they weren't native......I heard at that time that they were put in there by another club that went to 'Clair for a day and they all kept their "legal limit" and then brought them back to Pontiac and released them.....that's totally illegal to do, and unfortunately they didn't survive for any length of time. That lake isn't really conducive to smallmouth habitat anyway....they like current and rocks and gravel etc.....Pontiac doesn't have much of either.
It's deffinetely a "largemouth" lake though...lots of weeds and stumps!! It was really in it's heyday about 10yrs ago, when it regularly took a 25+lb limit (10 fish) to win a tournament out there,......now a team is lucky to even get a limit and most of the time a team can win now with 10lbs!! (and that's with 5-7 fish!!
) It's tough!!! But, based on your report, it sounds like they're making a comeback..that's very cool!! I hope it does come back around....it was a riot to fish there when it was in it's prime....I'll go fish there as soon as my new boat arrives!! 2 weeks hopefully!! Thanks for the updates Ozone!!! Good luck this year!!
Mac