After spawning some smallmouth remain in the rocks but most look for fresh weeds. Weeds, which are close to the spawning areas, are most productive. Twitch Rapalas early and late in the day but switch to leeches during the day. When looking for a trophy use the largest leeches you can find. By July the smallmouth action in the Menominee River starts to heat up.
Smallmouth bass are the dominant fish in the river and can be found almost anywhere.
Besides, catching numbers big fish are common. I fished the river. There are a series of flowages on the river from Iron Mountain, Michigan down to Marinette, Wisconsin. Besides catching plenty of fish you can also enjoy the wilderness surroundings with most of the land being owned by either Wisconsin Electric or Wisconsin Public Service. These flowages attract schools of feeding smallmouth.