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Lakes to Fish and Avoid During Fall Turnover
14 September 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Top Lures for the Early Fall Transition
26 August 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Fishing Algae Bloom Lakes
21 August 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth BassSMALLMOUTH BASS

Lakes to Fish and Avoid During Fall Turnover
14 September 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Top Lures for the Early Fall Transition
26 August 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Locating Rip Rap Shorelines on Flowages
17 August 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth BassLARGEMOUTH BASS

Top Lures for the Early Fall Transition
26 August 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Fishing Algae Bloom Lakes
21 August 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Northern Water Snake Patterns
17 August 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Tokyo Rigs for Deep Edge Largemouths
16 July 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth BassNorthwoods 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
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,
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Favorite Plant Species
Thursday, 01 June 2023
Across most North American waters, aquatic plant species form the foundation of healthy and flourishing underwater ecosystems. Underwater vegetation will not only protect water quality and lead to healthier
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Muskie Fishing
Tips for Bigger Summer Largemouths
Thursday, 01 June 2023
No creature is wiser, wittier, and more deceptive than a trophy largemouth bass is. Once summer peak settles in, which for me is by mid-July, my bass fishing desires
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
High Water Strategies for Largemouths
Monday, 15 May 2023
With over 100-plus inches of snowfall this winter, I would expect high water fishing and its strategies to be in everyone’s bass fishing considerations these next several weeks. Here’s
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth 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
- 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
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass






























