THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE FISHING LIBRARY FOR WISCONSIN BASS FISHING
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Fishing tips and short stories by Andrew Ragas. In this open-access section, we share timely and useful information. The most comprehensive bass fishing library for Wisconsin bass fishing and across the Midwest.
Shallow Wood and Sand Patterns
Monday, 13 May 2024
The most active smallmouths will attract to lake regions that are warming. The shallows with ideal bottom substrate and exposure to sun warm rapidly. They could be up to 10 degrees warmer than anywhere else on the lake. Smallmouths can gather and loiter around in depths as shallow as 1 foot to as deep
- Published in Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
River Smallmouths Early and Late
Monday, 22 April 2024
My region’s river systems provide some of the best and most exciting smallmouth fishing early and late in the year. This year (2024), will remain to be seen, as we are in a major drought right now.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
Location-Driven Largemouths
Monday, 15 April 2024
In my region, the spring season is short and condensed, lasting from ice-out through spawn. Its duration varies each year, as it relates to both.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Short Stories and Timely Tips
Window Fishing
Monday, 08 April 2024
Successful fishing is all about right time, right place. The right time and place for my boat to catch the biggest fish of the year is in May, and later in September and October. The spring spawn, September feeding, and October wintering periods create vulnerabilities for smallmouth, where the biggest fish are most apt
- Published in Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
Early Season Backwaters and Ditches
Monday, 18 March 2024
From shallow sloughs and oxbows winding off of major river systems, to the slop-choked bays and flood plains of lowland flowages, and the ditches and small creeks inletting into drainage lakes, backwaters offer unreachable populations of big largemouths that are least pursued.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Short Stories and Timely Tips
When to Camp For Bites
Monday, 11 March 2024
In the past, some fishing partners have given me grief for fishing too slow and methodical. There is a reason for this madness, which has been developed over several years of patterning big bass and understanding their locations as it relates to season, feeding times, and behavior on many of the specific waters I
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips
So You Want to Catch a Monster Smallmouth in Wisconsin?
Monday, 19 February 2024
Want to catch a trophy smallmouth? Here’s the procedure to help make your dreams a reality.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips
Smallmouths Under Pressure
Friday, 01 December 2023
If you clicked on this story thinking it’s a how-to about dealing with fishing pressure, you’re maybe 33% correct. This is mostly a venting session filled with observations and atrocities I witness each season. Fishing for a partial living is far from glamorous, and with it comes a lot of dirt if you know
- Published in Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallie Blog, Smallmouth Bass
Drought and Drawdown Smallmouths
Monday, 23 October 2023
Drought and drawdown-plagued waterways present obstacles to finding and catching fish. Welcome to 2023 on the Wisconsin River system. Whether due to drought or it’s the annual fall drawdown, many anglers fishing rivers and reservoirs for smallmouth are challenged by these situations.
- Published in Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
