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The Best Lures for Smallmouths During the Mayfly Hatch
19 June 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
The Best Chatterbait Trailers
12 May 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Northwoods Bass 2026 Fishing Itinerary
23 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Fishing Reports
The Best Spots You Can Find with Satellite Imagery
23 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
The Importance of Wind for Spring Success
08 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth BassSMALLMOUTH BASS

The Best Lures for Smallmouths During the Mayfly Hatch
19 June 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
The Best Spots You Can Find with Satellite Imagery
23 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
The Importance of Wind for Spring Success
08 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Have Smallmouths Become Conditioned?
08 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
Fish These Lures to Catch More Smallmouths This Spring
08 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth BassLARGEMOUTH BASS

The Best Chatterbait Trailers
12 May 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
The Best Spots You Can Find with Satellite Imagery
23 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
My Shallow Water Playbook for Ice Out Largemouths
05 March 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Finding Trophy Bass Lakes
26 February 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
My Best Chatterbaits for Spring Largemouths
20 February 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth BassThe Best Lures for Smallmouths During the Mayfly Hatch
Friday, 19 June 2026
The Fish Gods might tell you to completely avoid being on lakes where mayfly hatches are ongoing. But for the last decade, my boat’s been capitalizing on June hatches
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
The Best Chatterbait Trailers
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
Horizontal presentations that can elicit reactionary strikes but also engage bass into chasing them down is the madness behind the Chatterbait game. But choosing and operating the bladed jig
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Northwoods Bass 2026 Fishing Itinerary
Thursday, 23 April 2026
Even though I’m taking the year off from guided fishing trips and living in a retirement life to take care of a newborn child, I’m still thinking about fishing
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Fishing Reports
The Best Spots You Can Find with Satellite Imagery
Thursday, 23 April 2026
There are no such things as secret fishing spots, and such is the case when browsing on Google Earth to view the layouts, terrain, and features of lakes. Everyone
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
The Importance of Wind for Spring Success
Wednesday, 08 April 2026
Launch the boat and immediately study your temperature gauge as the boat is idling out. Does the water seem unusually cold? If so, observe your wind and see what
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Have Smallmouths Become Conditioned?
Wednesday, 08 April 2026
Nothing worse in spring pre-spawn fishing than the sights of conditioned smallmouths. No matter what you throw, they won’t budge. How else can you tell smallmouths have been negatively
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
Fish These Lures to Catch More Smallmouths This Spring
Wednesday, 08 April 2026
With smallmouths feeding preferences and lure engagement changing, we’ve learned to catch them with a new bag of tricks. As fish receive more pressure and see more lures, they
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Threats to Northern Smallmouth Fisheries
Thursday, 12 March 2026
The fish aren’t biting like they used to. And if you also feel like smallmouth fishing has gotten progressively worse over the last couple of years, those thoughts might
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
My Shallow Water Playbook for Ice Out Largemouths
Thursday, 05 March 2026
Promptly at ice out, largemouths swiftly relocate from their wintering areas to the warmest waters available in the system.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass




























