Indian Summer Smallmouth
Monday, 14 September 2020
By Andrew Ragas The stage is set for early fall. Big bass bonanzas are on the minds of anglers who are planning late season smallmouth trips. Upon making final arrangements and departure, a week of incoming warming weather is on the long-range forecast. Water temperatures that should be cooling into the upper 50’s for high’s
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
September Sand
Monday, 31 August 2020
By Andrew Ragas September is a month of transition and changing of seasons. With shortening daylight and colder nights, the entire food chain reacts and acclimates to these changes. On many clear water fisheries with sand bottom composition, trophy smallmouth return the shallows where they are most comfortable in cooling waters, and roam sand beaches.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Cold War Smallmouth – Winning the Battle
Monday, 27 April 2020
Andrew Ragas It’s early May, and we’re just a few days removed from Wisconsin’s gamefish season opener. The snow banks and memories winter left behind are yet to melt, ice-out on many northwoods lakes is only starting, and fish haven’t woken up from their winter slumber. The anticipated future forecast for the month is cold,
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Key Insights to Monster Bass
Sunday, 15 March 2020
By Andrew Ragas Bass thumb is what many of us strive for, and beyond these battle scars there is a lot to like about catching several bass in a day. However, if you fish often, there comes a certain point in the season where action fishing and routinely catching numbers becomes stale. Pursuing fish of
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Tackling Turnover to Catching Fall Footballs
Thursday, 05 September 2019
The most popular weekend pastimes of autumn are Sunday football and hunting. While majority of fishermen have already winterized their boats, the most serious anglers remain on water, utilizing the fall season for targeting their biggest fish of the year.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Vertical Jigging for Fall Smallmouth
Tuesday, 03 September 2019
By Andrew Ragas Fall fishing success is usually determined by location rather than presentation. Lake smallmouth are deep structurally oriented fish in fall. By now 90% of the entire lake’s bass population is living in 10% of the lake, in and around wintering locations. The best peak period of autumn occurs after the completion of
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Onboard and Offshore
Monday, 29 July 2019
By Andrew Ragas During summer’s dog days, some anglers give up on smallmouth bass. Others, meanwhile, are too stubborn to change their fishing ways. “I’m a shallow water guy,” boasted the angler launching his $80k rig before me one morning last August. “If I can’t catch them beating the bank, I’m probably not going to
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Match The Hatch Rusty Crayfish
Monday, 29 July 2019
By Andrew Ragas Smallmouth bass and rusty crayfish in northwoods inland lakes are on a collision course every summer. This predator and prey interaction often utilizes the same lake and river locations for habitat and feeding. Their connection as predator and prey is strong and unique, and shapes the ecosystems and food chains of ever
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallie Blog, Smallmouth Bass
Summer Slam – Topwater Giants
Monday, 01 July 2019
By Andrew Ragas Topwaters and surface baits, longtime bass fishing staples at night, are popular for smallmouths. They are hard to beat when surface activity is prevalent, the lakes are heating up from the sunlight above, and insect hatches take place. When either of these conditions are in play, topwaters often get eaten quickly, and
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallie Blog, Smallmouth Bass
