Lake Fork Report & Pics: June 29, 2009
The temps have turned hot here at Fork, grouping up lots of fish out deep. Shallow grass and wood cover are still producing some good fish and even some big ones, especially early and late. For the majority of the day though, offshore structure fishing has been best for me. The hot, sunny aft...
Missouri River Smallmouth Bass Fishing
With all of the chaos going on lately I finally just made time to do a little fishing over the weekend. Friday afternoon I picked up Wade Kuehl and we headed for the Upper Missouri River in Nebraska for some smallmouth action. When we arrived at Verdel we still had a couple hours of daylight l...
Deer River Area Smallmouth
Sight fishing for smallmouth doesn't get any better than it did this past Monday on a gin-clear lake in the north-country of Minnesota. A mix of high sun and cumulus clouds with manageable wind, made cruising bass a fun target yet worthy opponent. I spent the day fishing with good friends Mark...
Smallmouth Bass, Mille Lacs Lake MN
I headed to my “home” water, Mille Lacs Lake, to chase its world-class smallmouth bass for the first time this year. As I looked ahead on my schedule I thought this might be my only trip to the “pond” in the month of June. Joining me on this trip was a great friend, Bret, who is an avid walleye...
Pool 10 Bass Report
Finally after I was able to make it back down to the river after two weeks away I was very interested to see what the water conditions were going to be. I had heard that it was very dirty and the bite was tough. Over the course of the weekend, I had mixed results and covered a lot of water. S...
Smallmouth action...WI/MI U.P. area...
Well,My good friend Rich Clarke is leaving tomorrow after 2 1/2 days of Bass fishing… We did very well for the cool blustery weather and post/spawn conditions.Wed… Brule BackwatersAlways a fun day and never disappointing… we started out fishing deep transition zones off shallow spawning flats or...
Southern WI bass fishing
Was out a bunch this past week and lots of fish still spawning and guarding beds but I prefer to chase the big post spawn females when possible, with jigs, swim baits, top water and drop shotting. Great methods for big fish IMO.Most fish are in the2-12 foot depth hanging very close to spawning ...
Chequamegon Bay Smallmouth, Ashland Wi
Do you dream of that special fishing trip? Where the strikes are so powerful that you think they could rip the rod out of your hand?Where each fish makes repeated short drag screaming runs?Where head shakes are so physically powerful that you can hardly believe a fish could be that strong?I do. ...
1st Bass report from the U.P.
Well, the Walleye action on Little Bay de Noc has been poor this spring, so I jumped at the chance to take my good friend Wayne Partica to the inland lakes for Bass. The weather has been extremely cold and water temps are still in the mid 50s! Our first stop was the Michigamme Reservoir near Cha...
Mississippi Pool 8 Bass and Pike
After being pinned up at work for a week looking outside and seeing sunny days with temps climbing to 80 degrees, it was hard not to be revved up too hit the water Saturday morning, unless…..you were watching the predicted weather, a cold front with a mix of wind and rain. Stepping out the door ...
Pool 10 backwaters report
When crossing the railroad tracks into River of Lakes resort on Friday nights, it has always seemed that the proverbial, "sands in the hour glass", turn to fine dust and being only half full to start with. These last few days even more so! This was the weekend that Bret Clark was t...
Mississppi River - Pool 7 Bass Report
A lot of time has gone by since I've made a report from my home waters. It's been an even longer time since I've fished with my very good friend Jeremy.It's been almost a year since I've seen Jeremy in person. His life, like many other's from his region has honestly been turned upside down by la...
South Metro Bass Fishing 5/27/09
Finally made it out today to chase some largemouth bass with a couple of my brothers after not making it out on the opener last weekend. With overcast/clouds, wind and a high of 55 I wasn't all that optimistic about catching a bunch of fish but we decided to give it a go. Employing some early ...
U.P. Michigan Lakes - Lake Superior Giant Smallies
Made it up to my cabin for our annual spring outing and this was another banner year not only for numbers of 5+ lb smallies but for big pike, eyes, and splake. Man I love the U.P. it truley is gods country! We fished shallow flats and points with cranks, jigs and gulp. But by far the best...
Brainerd MN Bass Opener
5:30 arrived way too early; I looked out the bedroom window lo and behold the flag layed along the pole completely motionless - something that has not happened in weeks. The smell of blooming lilacs and flowering apple trees substantially filled the air. Excitement was looming. Bass opener has...
