Most years, I strive to be the first angler on the water targeting smallmouths at ice out. Doing this well before everyone else has become a unique fishing experience. While catching smallmouths from 39 to 42-degree water temperature is not an easy task across every Northwoods lake, results can be achieved if you are

  One of life’s greatest blessings is fishing with children, and introducing a youngster to the sport.

  We should all know what happens when trout get stocked in Western American lakes – its bass fishery grows into huge world-record sizes as a result of feeding on its stocked trout. Largemouths of that caliber simply don’t exist in these waters, as we are in too cold of a latitude to grow such

  I remember catching my first smallmouth with black blotches on it in 2010, and this oddity has perplexed me ever since.