Category: News & Media
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Spring Bass Fishing on Waters That Warm Fastest
By Andrew Ragas Spring bass fishing has always been personally challenging, engaging, and exciting for myself and guests throughout the years. More heavyweights tipping the scales between 4 and 8 lbs. are caught and released in May and early June than most months combined. Catching them consistently however, isn’t easy. While their movements from ice…
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Tips for Catching More Smallmouths This Season
By Andrew Ragas With ice fishing coming to a close, there’s no better time to begin preparing for this year’s open water season, and evaluating bass fishing expectations. As a new season approaches, I often analyze my performance from the previous year, and review techniques and strategies that worked and didn’t work, and build upon…
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Some Fishermen Have No Problem Stealing Spots
By Bob Hodge Marc Cooper has become a bit of a prospector over the past two years, but he’s not looking for gold nuggets or trying to uncover the next Comstock Load. He’s prospecting for trophy blue catfish.
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Smallmouth Bass Outside of the Box Presentations
By Andrew Ragas Regardless of how much we know about bass fishing, and the methods we employ to catch smallmouth, the tackle industry and the world of bass fishing continues to evolve. The status quo and modern mainstream techniques rule the minds of bass anglers. As new techniques and product introductions gain momentum and popularity,…
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Wisconsin Fishing Getaways: Turtle Flambeau Flowage
By Andrew Ragas Bass fishing is becoming more accepted throughout Northern Wisconsin. Anglers who enjoy catching fish appreciate the abundance of smallmouth bass in many of the region’s lakes and rivers. With lots of fish around, this type of an attraction and resource makes certain water bodies dream destinations.
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Catching Fall River Walleyes Right Now
By Andrew Ragas The weather is changing. Day-by-day the water is getting colder and the fishing isn’t getting any easier. Most anglers have already winterized their boats, and are now sitting in the woods on their tree stands, or preparing for first ice. Until then, the fishing season is far from over. Big river walleyes…
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Wisconsin’s Superior Smallmouth Bass
Ashland Wisconsin’s Chequamegon Bay is the destination where every bass fisherman’s big fish dreams come true.
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On The Jets with Wisconsin River Smallmouths
By Andrew Ragas Regarded as America’s hardest working river for its elaborate dam usage and flowage systems, the Wisconsin River is a boating minefield whose smallmouth bass fishing is best experienced with a jet boat. Aboard with Central Wisconsin River guide, Kurt Schultz, smallmouth bass fishing of world class proportions is a reality.
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Moving Water and Current Tolerant Species
By Adam M. Glickman I grew up in northernmost WI in Ashland on the shores of Lake Superior’s Chequamegon Bay. My father and I fished heavily on lakes, streams, and rivers. Today, I continue to fish all types of water in the upper Midwest. I am a firm believer that the more types of water…
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Lake Michigan Perch
By Tim Hyvonen Over that last ten years there has been a growing trend when it comes to fishing for Lake Michigan perch. With their populations depleting and not at the same levels they once were, catching perch is becoming more difficult annually. I hear time and time again, “There aren’t any perch left in…