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The Importance of Wind for Spring Success

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Have Smallmouths Become Conditioned?

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Late Fall Lure Selection

  Fall isn’t for covering water. A slow pace is necessary. On a typical day, you might only have time to fish 3 or 4 major areas in totality. Due

Fall Migrations are Condition-Driven

  All living creatures respond to seasonal changes. As water temperatures will plunge throughout October month, we must respond accordingly and slide deeper to the depth levels where smallmouths will

Bottom Feeders: Smallmouths and Sculpins

  The invasive Round Goby invasion of the Great Lakes in the 1990’s shaped smallmouth fisheries forever. Their abundance and blanket of the lake bottom transformed what were once pedestrian

How Late into the Fall is Still Good?

  “Assuming it’s safe to get out there, how late in the year is smallmouth fishing still potentially good?” asked a Lake Ontario-based angler, at one of the many Facebook

Paddletails for Pre-Turnover Smallmouths

  Prior to turnover, paddletails and swimbaits dominate. When this bite peaks, the boat goes through 2 or more packages of tails per day.

Horizontally September

  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

The Features of Flats

  Trip after trip, and the later we got into September month, the smallmouth bite was steadily improving it seemed.

Simply Smallmouths

  We’ve all observed that guy shore fishing from the river bank, or standing at the front deck of his boat, who’s brought with him all the gear he owns.

Z-Man Diezel MinnowZ are Fish Finders

  Catch smallmouths quickly from lakes, rivers, flowages, and streams. This 4-inch slender swimbait personifies fishing on the fly, in search of quick bites. I quickly discovered the effectiveness, efficiency

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