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Smallmouth bass fishing articles by Andrew Ragas. The most comprehensive bass fishing library for Wisconsin bass fishing and across the midwest.
Night Cranking
Tuesday, 01 August 2023
It wanders erratically under a multitude of retrieve speeds and cadences. Its polycarbonate or circuit board lips are able to withstand the frequent punctures from digging into the hard, impenetrable lake bottom. Hook points may impressively dull in the process. Colliding into wood, rock, and boulder, its frivolous wobbling and vibration aided by noisy
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Surface Smallmouths with Rapala’s X-Rap Pop
Friday, 21 July 2023
Topwaters and surface baits, longtime bass fishing staples, 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.
- Published in Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
Tips for More Summer Smallmouths
Saturday, 01 July 2023
The most challenging, rewarding, and steady smallmouth fishing of the season takes place in summer. Depending on your whereabouts, patterns could be habitual or constant from year-to-year. They may revolve around good weather, peak feeding, or other additional factors.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Fishing The Post-Spawn Flats
Monday, 12 June 2023
When seeking quality post-spawn fish in June, I turn to the largest and deepest lakes in the region where we target their expansive flats and look for very good near-shore habitat.
- Published in Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
Soft Jerkbaits for Smallmouths
Monday, 05 June 2023
When it comes to jerkbait fishing, smallmouth anglers should always bring a handful of soft bait minnows for the party. Equally effective for smallmouths, and sometimes even better depending on fish activity levels, soft jerkbaits in the fluke style can be fished with the same cadence as a hard jerkbait to draw strikes. It
- Published in Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
Catch Smallmouths Quickly
Thursday, 01 June 2023
By Andrew Ragas – with Cory Schmidt Time – (noun) is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity in material reality or in the conscious experience. It’s also the single greatest fishing tool to have.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Rivers and Flowages for Spring Smallmouths
Monday, 08 May 2023
Each spring, I preach fishing waters that warm fastest. To catch potentially the most active fish, and to tap into premier smallmouth fisheries whose populations are further and deeper established into the spawning season, I always fish and guide on the larger river systems and their flowages to begin the season.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
Microwaves
Monday, 01 May 2023
Last May (May 15, 2022) on one of northern Wisconsin’s largest inland lakes, my customers and I launched to chilly 45-degree water temperatures. Cold water be damned, we weren’t going to let it prevent us a good day. Despite the lake’s cold water, what we had working in our favor soon after was sunshine
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Top Spring Smallmouth Patterns and Tactics
Monday, 01 May 2023
Ice melt is ongoing as we speak. Some lakes such as mid-size lakes, flowages, and river systems are open and ready to go, while the largest waterbodies will be opening within the coming few days. Undoubtedly, the best few weeks of the year are now here.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
