Category: News & Media
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Scoring Summer Smallmouths
By Andrew Ragas Wisconsin is a great state for catching smallmouth bass, not just for number of lakes but outstanding management and conservation practices. Excellent fishing is had spring through fall, but the most challenging, rewarding, and consistent fishing of the season takes place in summer.
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The Forgotten Esox
By David Graham Reluctantly, I must admit to being a bit of a ‘fair weather’ angler. I think it’s important to understand the movement of fish species seasonally, and though the successful pursuit of stubborn fish under cold conditions is essential to my quest of being a ‘complete angler’, I simply cannot stand cold weather!…
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Going Light for Largemouth Bass
By Jim Gronaw Bass fishing has been very good to us the past spring seasons of 2014 and 2015. After what seemed like an eternity for some warm weather, we finally got a break around mid April, both years, and the weather then stabilized, keeping water temps in the 60 degree range. This quickly pushed…
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Poking Around for Ontario Crappies
By JP Bushey Successful crappie hunting this time of season ‘up north’ is usually two scoops of an open mind with a pinch of simple presentations. Fish early on will use some oddball spots. Here’s a few to check.
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Bottoms Up! Big Blue Catfish
By Andrew Ragas With Marc Cooper, and Matt Lynch Tricks of the catfish trade with southern hospitality, on the intricate art of baiting for big blue behemoths in southern fisheries.
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Aggressive Tactics for Prespawn Largemouth Bass
By Joseph Alfe As the water warms into the low 50 degree range across the upper Midwest, largemouth bass will shift into a more aggressive pre spawn stance. Gangs of bass will begin massing and patrolling just outside likely spawning areas, such as the mouths of smaller bays and along the shallow first breaks. Weather…
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Reciprocal Jerkbait Strategies
By Andrew Ragas Springing for smallmouths with jerkbaits hard and soft, and analyzing the situations that call for reciprocation.
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Musky Lures For The Neophyte
By Cory Allen All too often in guiding, or just being a magnanimous steward into musky angling, we face the difficulty of finding lures that allow those with minimal experience to have a maximum opportunity at witnessing the awe of a muskellunge doing what it does best: #%^^ing things up.
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The Northwoods Smallmouth Calendar
By Andrew Ragas As the new season approaches, anglers are planning their trips and getaways for the upcoming year. With the Northwoods of Wisconsin serving as my home waters, I have been asked to offer an annual fishing calendar: To help traveling and adventurous anglers plan their fishing trips and vacations efficiently and more effectively.
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Musky Tactics for Trophy Bass
By Joseph Alfe In part one of this series, we explored using bass lures and techniques to catch muskie. Here, we turn the tables and go where few dare to go and that is, to use muskie baits and tactics to catch bass. The thing is, using big baits can get you big bass. How…