River Patterns, Spring thru Fall
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
River fisheries continue to be lower-class smallmouth destinations to lakes and boat anglers. And that’s okay. More unpressured, unexploited, big fish are available in rivers than there are in
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
Embracing Spring Cold fronts
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
The main challenges we receive from cold fronts are the less than ideal and unmotivating fishing conditions they bring; Cold overnight temperatures, cloudless, bluebird, bright skies with humid-less crisp
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
Monster Smallmouth Segment with Midwest Outdoors TV
Monday, 06 January 2025
On Monday, September 30th, I hosted a few dignitaries in the boat and it also included a camera guy for the TV. I took Larry Ladowski and Seth Meyer
Smallmouths Feeding on Stocked Walleyes
Friday, 03 January 2025
If you want to learn about a new type of forage connection, then here’s a good one for you….. Back in October, many lakes received their annual walleye
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
How to Find Smallmouths in Late Fall
Monday, 28 October 2024
The greatest challenge for many late-season anglers, and those first-timers who try, is their inabilities of identifying likely wintering areas (and locating them), and poor usage with electronics.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
Feast on Fall Largemouths
Monday, 23 September 2024
Similar to spring, fall in the northwoods is short and condensed. Between summer and winter, we sometimes get only a week or two of transition time between the seasons.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Short Stories and Timely Tips
Paddletails for Pre-Turnover Smallmouths
Monday, 16 September 2024
Prior to turnover, paddletails and swimbaits dominate. When this bite peaks, the boat goes through 2 or more packages of tails per day.
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
Horizontally September
Monday, 09 September 2024
As water temperatures gradually cool, the lakes eventually turn over, and smallmouths slide deeper to the point of wintering, the tackle box closes. As these events simultaneously occur, my
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
Searching for Slop
Monday, 05 August 2024
Whether guiding or leisure fishing, we’re always looking for the best available and most unique weed habitat and shallow cover differing from the rest of the fishery. Across many
- Published in Largemouth Bass, Short Stories and Timely Tips



















