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Horizontal Baits for This Spring
14 April 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
What We’re Throwing in April
02 April 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
My Best Swim Jigs
01 April 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Three Simple Ice-Out Smallmouth Strategies for 2025
23 March 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth BassSMALLMOUTH BASS

Horizontal Baits for This Spring
14 April 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
What We’re Throwing in April
02 April 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
My Best Swim Jigs
01 April 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Three Simple Ice-Out Smallmouth Strategies for 2025
23 March 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Catching Smallmouths This March and April (hopefully)
17 March 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth BassLARGEMOUTH BASS

My Best Swim Jigs
01 April 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
My Best Chatterbaits
03 March 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Gear Reviews, Largemouth Bass
Top Chatterbait Tips and Insights
03 March 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Chatterbait Elite EVO Scorches Spring Largemouths
20 February 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth BassChatterbait Elite EVO Scorches Spring Largemouths
Thursday, 20 February 2025
Since its invention during the early 2000s in a country South Carolina garage, the ChatterBait has never stopped working and evolving, enhancing every angler’s experience with each new version. Along the way, each different Chatterbait variation has mounted tournament victories and parades of big bass.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
What We’re Throwing in March (Hopefully)
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
New for 2025, and to help better incentivize your membership and participation at Northwoods Bass, I will be showcasing the EXACT lures and baits that we will be using on a monthly basis.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Top Colors for Spring Largemouths
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Colors are clique, and subjective to the largemouths of every lake type and fishery they inhabit. I’ve got my best colors that work universally, and I’ve also got my best colors that are specific to a fishery.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
My Best Day Ever
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Between a lot going on and lack of motivation, I’ve hit a wall for the first time in 3 years on my writing assignments this winter.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Legend Tournament Pike Rods
Wednesday, 08 January 2025
Furthering the mission to provide all anglers with the Best Rods on Earth in any situation, St. Croix Rods introduced the Legend Tournament Pike Series – Twelve technique-specific casting rods purpose-engineered and handcrafted with St. Croix’s top technologies, very latest materials and task-specific componentry and ergonomics to deliver uncompromising performance in the pursuit
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Gear Reviews
Northwoods Bass 2025 Fishing Itinerary
Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Thank you everyone for your recent inquiries and trip reservations. Before my desk job gets busier this winter, I wanted to post an itinerary of what this upcoming 2025 fishing season could look like from the perspective from my boat…. and as a guide for you as you consider which month(s) to fish and
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Fishing Reports
Monster Smallmouth Segment with Midwest Outdoors TV
Monday, 06 January 2025
On Monday, September 30th, I hosted a few dignitaries in the boat and it also included a camera guy for the TV. I took Larry Ladowski and Seth Meyer of Midwest Outdoors to Disney World, and its big smallmouths were not camera shy.
Smallmouths Feeding on Stocked Walleyes
Friday, 03 January 2025
If you want to learn about a new type of forage connection, then here’s a good one for you….. Back in October, many lakes received their annual walleye stockings. Many stockings succeed, others do not. As my anglers and I launched that morning, we found several carcasses of deceased extended growth fingerling walleyes
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
The Best Largemouth Bass Lures of 2024
Friday, 20 December 2024
Because 2024 was impressive also for largemouth bass, the lures that caught our big fish deserved a story. My success is measured by the amount of 20-inchers we catch, and this year the boat captured 33 fish from 19 to 21.5 inches on each of the lures showcased here.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Gear Reviews, Largemouth Bass