Fishing for Smallmouth Bass

The ‘shore’ thing for smallmouth

I must admit, covering professional bass fishing often fosters an undeniable envy, particularly when limits include those brown bullies known as smallmouth bass. From southern reservoirs like Pickwick and Cherokee...

If I could only fish for one

Every angler has a favorite species of bass. Me? I get excited about all of them. Whatever the predominate species of bass that lives in a given lake is the...

Smallmouth ironman surpasses milestone

PARK FALLS, WIS. — New Berlin, Wisl, angler, Bill Schultz, began keeping a fishing log in 1992 when he got back into fishing. It began as a simple and practical way...

What to know before fishing up north

After fishing the Basspro.com Bassmaster Northern Open on 1000 Islands out of Clayton, N.Y., I realized that fishing a swift current river connected to a Great Lake is a totally...

The Johnstons’ favorite smallmouth lures

The big blast: Fall smallmouth on top

Every fall there’s this thing in northern Michigan the locals call “lake-effect rain,” and boy, does it ever suck. Ordinary thunderstorms may soak you for an hour or so, but...

13 smallmouth stream lures that rock

A little prespawn chatter

A plan is shared: Start with a jerkbait, and when the bite slows, switch to the follow-up. The face of a friend, visible over the phone in my mind’s eye,...

Techniques to target smallmouth through the seasons

by Alex McCrickard, Virginia DGIF Aquatic Education Coordinator There might not be a finer season to explore our freshwater fisheries across Virginia than in fall. Maples, tulip poplars, oaks and...