Cold fronts are déjà-vu, and frequent. During a typical fishing season, two or three days of stable weather per week always seems to be followed by an equal amount

  In my estimation, many northern Wisconsin trophy smallmouth fisheries peaked within the last decade. Reaping the rewards we did. While fishing those waters remain productive, big fish are not

  River systems throughout the upper Midwest can offer some of the best and most exciting bass fishing in spring. Depending on its fishery, action and trophies can both be

  Perfection isn’t an action. It’s a habit of meticulousness guided through fundamental process. As anglers, we can expect better of ourselves on the water on a daily basis so

  Whether fishing a lake for the first time, or for the thousandth time, visiting its points is a shortcut to immediate fishing success. These topographical lake structures provide smallmouths

  Winter relents. Spring creeps in. Ice has finished melting, and we have open water once again. While most anglers haven’t yet fired up their outboards, a longing for big

  Spring pre-spawn smallmouth patterns are solidified across so many fisheries throughout the Midwest and Great Lakes. Wherever in these regions you’re destined to fish, the smallmouth bass populations of