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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
26 February 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles
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 Bass
Catching 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 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 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 BassBlades of Glory
Friday, 01 September 2023
Burn…. Grind…. Rip…. or slow-roll. Made to move, there is no wrong way of working a spinnerbait.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Gear Reviews, Smallmouth Bass
A Quick How-To for Pressured Smallmouth Waters
Monday, 28 August 2023
Many of the best inland smallmouth fisheries happen to be the most pressured lakes in the state of Wisconsin. Their trophy bass are more elusive as a result. I
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips
Rip Rap Smallmouth
Tuesday, 01 August 2023
I tied on a red craw squarebill crankbait for my customer fishing at the bow, directing him to cast it parallel with and tight to the bank, and to
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Reptiles and Amphibians
Tuesday, 01 August 2023
Opportunistic predators with voracious appetites, largemouth bass will eat whatever living creatures swim and slither atop matted weeds or across the lake’s surface. With our lakes gaining in weed
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
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,
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, 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
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Northwoods SLOP!
Saturday, 01 July 2023
Slop. Junkweed. Floating weed mats. Pad fields. Several northern largemouth waters contain these plant life overgrowths. As the summer months proceed on, plant species sprout and flourish, fed by
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Simply Crappies
Saturday, 01 July 2023
All throughout the Midwest, crappie anglers are superstars when fish are shallow, vulnerable, and abundant in spring. For a few weeks, everyone is catching them it seems, and it’ll
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Crappie Fishing
Rise and Shine Largemouths
Saturday, 01 July 2023
Rise and shine! Multiple alarms sound off, prompting me to get out of bed. It’s 3am, and pitch-black outside. I sleep-walk into the kitchen, and fire up the coffee
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass


























