By Mike Frisch and the Fishing the Midwest Team This summer at Fishing the Midwest, we produced a couple of television shows featuring largemouth bass holding in shady cover. The cover these bass were relating to was provided by docks and boat/pontoon lifts, fallen trees, and cut banks. A cut bank is where shoreline rushes […]
One of my favorite summer fishing patterns revolves around bass when they locate in weedy cover on the edges of large flats. Often, I fish a “big jig,” that is a heavy skirted bass jig in the ½-to ¾-ounce size range and tipped with a big plastic trailer like a Rage Craw.
If you fish waters holding largemouth bass during the summer, there will be some bass living on what’s referred to as the weedline. Here are some ideas for catching those bass.
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In the summer months, the water is warm, the fish are hungry, and there is a lot of food in the water for the fish to eat.
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December is the best month of the year for ice fishing, at least from this angler’s perspective. Most lakes have safe, fishable ice now and the bite is often good too. In fact, the vast majority of the best winter fishing trips I have been on have occurred this month. Here is a look at some of those bites.
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By Mike Frisch The past several years I have written a blog about crankbait fishing for late fall largemouth bass because this is one of the most reliable fishing patterns that I know about, and take advantage of, during late fall. As we get into very late fall and water temperatures plummet, so does the
Crankbaits are a very popular type of bait for several reasons. Perhaps the most important reason is that they will catch a wide variety of fish under lots of different conditions.
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Nicer days are ahead and in just a couple months I could potentially be back in a boat on open water. Here are some of the wishes I have for the coming season, particularly regarding walleye fishing.
I’ve been talking recently with anglers from across the Midwest about changes that they’ve seen in the world of fishing. Many of those conversations center around changes in lakes, rivers, and fishing regulations.
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When spring morphs into summer, it’s time for me to put away the spinning gear and break out the bottom bouncers. Many lakes that I fish in the Alexandria area of Minnesota have walleye structure like sunken humps, islands, and underwater points that hold fish in 15-30 feet of water during June.
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