
Schooling north country summer smallmouth bass
When a bronzeback busts a topwater lure, gear up, because other hawgs likely are close.
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When a bronzeback busts a topwater lure, gear up, because other hawgs likely are close.
While bass to the north of our state take a longer time to grow big, and some fish in southern states reach large size much faster, we here in the middle are pretty good at
Not using this fishing technique? Then expect America’s next top anglers to inquire: “Why aren’t you wacky-rigging?”
A population estimate completed this year shows there are some 67,000 smallmouth bass in the 128,000-acre lake.
A recently compiled post-tournament tally showed 332 anglers caught 1,359 fish, including 963 smallmouth bass and 396 northern pike. The totals are a marked increase from the tournament’s first run in 2016, when 56 anglers
The fall bite for northern pike, largemouth bass, and other species just might improve when the water temperatures peak in the afternoon.
As summer transitions into fall, consider your complete fishing repertoire to up your hook-setting odds with lunker largemouth or smallmouth.
When it comes to finding late-summer bronzebacks, think rocky structure, vary your lures, and prepare to cover some water.
Last September’s Bassmaster tournament on the lake went a long way toward that rating by Bassmaster Magazine.
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