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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
The Best Lake Types to Fish by Season
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My Best Chatterbaits for Spring Largemouths
20 February 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Catching Smallmouths if it’s a Cold Spring
18 February 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth BassSMALLMOUTH BASS
Finding Trophy Bass Lakes
26 February 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth BassCatching Smallmouths if it’s a Cold Spring
18 February 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Smallmouth Scenarios by Season
17 February 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
The Cheat Code for Sculpin and Goby Baits
22 November 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Catching Smallmouths in November
13 November 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth BassLARGEMOUTH BASS
My Shallow Water Playbook for Ice Out Largemouths
05 March 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth BassFinding Trophy Bass Lakes
26 February 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth BassMy Best Chatterbaits for Spring Largemouths
20 February 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Proven Presentations Only at Ice Out
17 February 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
The Best Largemouth Bass Lures of 2025
25 November 2025 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Gear Reviews, Largemouth Bass
Top Spring Largemouth Patterns and Tactics
Wednesday, 01 May 2024
We’re well past ice-out, and by now anglers have greater open water fishing opportunities presenting themselves. Ponds, flowages, drainage lakes, backwaters, swamps, rivers, and channels would be such places
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Spring Smallmouth Hot Spots
Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Usually by late April, another spring season has arrived – for me, anyways. The cabin gets opened for the year, I pick-up my boat from winter storage, and scramble
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, 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
- 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
The Spring Playbook for Largemouths
Monday, 01 April 2024
Spring offers early season largemouth opportunities and a bevy of shallow water action. Largemouths awaken quickly from their winter dormancies to feed heavily in preparation for their impending spawn.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Conquering Cold Water Smallmouths
Monday, 01 April 2024
Cold weather and water temperatures affect anglers more mentally than physically. Cold affects smallmouths too, but not as drastically as it does to humans. Isn’t it funny how smallmouths
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, 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
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Short Stories and Timely Tips
Ice Out Smallmouths on Northern Lakes
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Most years, I strive to be the first angler on the water targeting smallmouths at ice out. Doing this well before everyone else has become a unique fishing experience.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
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
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips
