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.
LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION!
Monday, 10 April 2023
After ice-out, smallmouth undertake structural migrations from wintering sites to their staging locations, utilizing the lake’s contours and breaklines as their trail in order to reach these temporary destinations. Where they stage and hold until water temperature becomes ideal for invading the shallows will often be situated within a close range from their spawning
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
Mud Bottoms and Shallow Largemouths
Monday, 27 March 2023
Specific lake locations that conduct heat are instrumental in scoring early season bass fishing success. The areas that warm quickest are determined by underwater structure and the lake’s geography. Typically, shallow muddy bays with exposure to the southern skies, and have inflows, will warm the fastest.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Short Stories and Timely Tips
Alternative Cover for Largemouths
Monday, 20 March 2023
When emergent weed growth fails to sprout in spring, largemouths seek and favor alternative habitats and sources of cover. In recent seasons, this has become the scenario and common early spring pattern on many lakes.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Short Stories and Timely Tips
Chatterbait Mix and Match for Early Season Success
Monday, 06 March 2023
When it comes to catching spring largemouths, aggressive and vibration-emitting horizontal presentations are lure choice guidelines to follow. In some other instances such as colder water and adverse conditions, slower and more relaxed works too. Lure selection for everything you should be doing during pre-spawn is going to be moving and reactionary, nonetheless.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Short Stories and Timely Tips
Lures for Shallow Water Largemouths This Spring
Monday, 06 February 2023
Shallow water cover fishing and largemouth extraction calls for power fishing with heavier rod and reel set-ups and braided lines. With casting targets abound, the major strategy will be pitching and flipping jigs and plastics into the cover. If you plan to cover water throughout shallow bays and along shorelines, the secondary strategy will
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Short Stories and Timely Tips
Fire Craws in Northwoods Lakes
Tuesday, 13 December 2022
I finally found a real fire craw in the wild. Up north, they are not so common. This is why “fire craw” and anything in red craw should be in your year-round lure and color selection more often.
- Published in Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallie Blog
Bluegill Bites and Mid Summer Largemouths
Monday, 18 July 2022
In mid summer, largemouth bass are often reliable, abundant, and willing day-to-day participants. Their fisheries thrive in the heat!
- Published in Short Stories and Timely Tips
Power Cranking Smallmouth Bass
Monday, 27 June 2022
The ideal smallmouth bass crankbait is a smaller, compact, realistic, and noisy representation of bottom-scurrying prey. In this case, it’s their favorite, the crayfish. In mid June as smallmouths conclude their spawn, crayfish also awaken. Power cranking with a shallow diving crankbait will score big numbers of feisty, hungry post-spawn fish that are cruising
- Published in Short Stories and Timely Tips
Sunlight and Smallmouths
Monday, 06 June 2022
This short quickly details the the spring transition from pre-spawn to spawn, so you can further understand locations and how to best approach them.
- Published in Short Stories and Timely Tips
