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Bass Fishing News

• Gene Mueller's Fishing Report – In some parts of our region fishing could not be better, but biologists are concerned that the shortage of precipitation might affect spawning activities of certain fish, including smallmouth bass in such rivers as Virginia's Rappahannock and Maryland's Potomac. A good rain will be a great relief to the rivers. …

• Fishing Report: August 31 – Cherokee

• Try smallmouth for a big fishing challenge – The smallmouth bass originally ranged from the Great Lakes as far south as northern Georgia and Alabama and from the Appalachians west to eastern Oklahoma. How this exciting game fish ended up in Wyoming and Idaho is anybody’s guess.

• DRIFTWOOD OUTDOORS: Smallmouth are big fun – Smallmouth bass are one of the most prevalent game fish in North America.

• Dablemont: The long and short of smallmouth bass – My good friend Rich Abdoler did set a record while fishing from my boat last week.

• Fishing report: Aug. 16 – Fishing report for Aug. 16.

• Outdoor Life – Smallmouth Bass have golden green sides and back with faint, wavy olive blotches along the sides, 5 olive-green bars radiate back from the red eye and one radiates forward; spiny and soft portions of dorsal fin broadly connected; fish over 3 to 4…

• Landing larger smallmouth up Wisconsin way – I've caught hundreds of smallmouth bass, many with a hook and line and even more using an electrofisher while sampling Missouri's streams as part of my professional studies. I've caught one smallmouth longer than 18 inches legally and only a handful more than 18 inches sampling. Large smallmouths in Missouri are rare.

• The Mokai: A bass boat for all seasons – Bill Bitzer of Willow Street used to be one of the most hard-core wading anglers on the Susquehanna, Juniata and Conestoga rivers.Every weekend — yes, even in winter — he'd be out there casting to his beloved smallmouth bass.He's caught — and released — about 12,000 bronzebac…

• Hot summer makes perfect conditions to catch bigger than usual smallmouth bass on Michigan rivers – NEWAYGO, MI — Hot summer days aren’t always the best for trout, but summer is dynamite for smallmouth bass. And fortunately, Michigan has a number of great rivers for smallies.

Bass Fishing Blogs

• Max, the smallmouth bass – … on the Cass River was a smallmouth bass – a special fish, because he was…bundle of fishy dynamite known as a smallmouth bass, brook the river current with an…

• Favorite Smallmouth Bass Fly Reels – …best fly rods for smallmouth bass. This post I will do the…isn't needed. The bass clan, no matter their size…one reason I seldom play smallmouth off the reel. When I'm…

• 2012 Smallmouth Bass Season Opens – Smallmouth season opens late in Ontario, to ensure the bass has successfully spawned and…large poppers for cruising bass). So what worked the best? Our best success…

• Pre Spawn smallmouth bass – Hi folks, guided out of my boat yesterday on a local reservoir for smallmouth bass. Beautiful day to be on the water. Bright and sunny and a light wind from the northwest. Surface…

• Big Smallmouth Bass but no Perch – 4/28/12 – …for perch fishing but I did not catch any. I did a little bit of bass fishing also, and caught this nice smallmouth. Great fighter…fish did not give up easily even though the water is still…

• Smallmouth bass – …of us got any significant trout that day, but I did catch a rather sizable smallmouth bass (16″) on a crystal bugger. As an aside, did you know that Russell …

• Evening Secret Blog – Discover Smallmouth Bass Fishing on the Nith River in Southern Ontario – If planning a day of smallmouth bass fishing, the Nith River should be included. It is easily accessible…

• New Smallmouth Bass Record – …8 lbs. 7 oz., the fish outweighs the previous record smallmouth by four ounces. Wasser caught the bass on a ¼ oz. shakyhead lure from Flatlands…

• Smallmouth bass foam fly pattern – hopper – bluegill – …am more than certain and smallmouth bass somewhere has a… spotted bass. The owner's son … such as the Smallmouth swap of the Midge swap…

• How To Catch Any Fish – Smallmouth Bass on Bait and Lures – Description Smallmouth bass are slightly less widespread than their …you will have more success if you downsize a bit. Smallmouth Bass do not attain the same large potential size as the…