Thursday, 01 August 2024 / Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass

Cold Fronts and How They Should Impact All Decision Making

  A bad day of fishing is always better than the best day at work, and fishing during the worst day of fishable weather is always better than sitting indoors. Whether guiding my guests or leisure fishing solo, I must fish through everything from rain and snow, to heat or cold – and even cold
Wednesday, 10 July 2024 / Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass

#NoScope Moping

  Somewhere out there, out in the uncharted and unexplored abyss of the deepest, coldest, and clearest inland lakes, an open water world exists where offshore roaming predators hunt together and follow around pelagic prey.
Monday, 08 July 2024 / Published in Smallie Blog, Smallmouth Bass

Fanatical for Finesse Swimbaits

  Oftentimes, smallmouths can be picky eaters, preferring only one certain paddletail (brand, color, or size) while ignoring the others. Then on other days, they will showcase no behavioral or feeding judgment, hammering everything swimming past.
Monday, 01 July 2024 / Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass

Smallmouth Audibles

  Calling an audible is a term in football, referring to when the quarterback has to change a play at the last minute in response to how the opposing team is lining up. Usually, the quarterback doesn’t like what he sees. This last-minute strategy change is dependent upon his ability to read the opponent, and
Thursday, 20 June 2024 / Published in Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass

Selecting for Specimens

  The first assignment for this challenge is identifying the true trophy bass lakes that have viable populations of smallmouths weighing 5 lbs. or more. Many inland northern waters throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan that are managed for trophy fisheries, and have special management regulations, qualify in this respect.
Monday, 17 June 2024 / Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass

Smallmouth Fish Finders

  Nothing is simpler on the water than slinging a search lure and catching whatever bites. My fish-finding strategy is all about getting paddletails to wiggle, shimmy, and swim lively throughout the entire water column on a medium to steady retrieve.
Monday, 03 June 2024 / Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass

Surface Snacks for the Mayfly Hatch

  Calm humid nights preceding warm windless mornings in mid-June cultivate the greatest aquatic food chain reaction feeding phenomenon of the year – the mayfly hatch.
Saturday, 01 June 2024 / Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass

Reading the River

  A river doesn’t just carry water – It carries life. To smallmouths and all other fish species residing in them, a river’s water level and flow rate will dictate their seasonal migrations, locations, habitats, feeding, and all other variables to the fish-catching formula you could think of!