Friday, May 20, 2011

Wisconsin River Smallmouth Bass

A lot of people don’t realize that we have some of the best smallmouth bass fishing in the entire state, right out in our Wisconsin River.  There aren’t a lot of places where you can spend a day fishing and catch the numbers and size of smallmouths that you can catch in the lower Wisconsin River.

Some years ago a friend and I put our boat in at Gotham and fished the shorelines back to Muscoda.  We only used topwater baits such as the Rebel Pop R and between us we caught and released 146 smallmouths with half a dozen largemouths thrown in for good measure along with a few northerns and even a walleye caught on a topwater bait.  Now that was a day of great fishing!

But, that day wasn’t unusual.  Ever since the DNR put a 14 inch size limit on bass, the size and quality of the fish has just exploded.  The numbers of big fish is amazing and there are trophies out there in great numbers. 

Fishing for smallmouths on the Wisconsin is a simple thing to do.  Get yourself a few topwater baits, a few small spinners and a few jigs and you’re all set.  It’s fast simple fishing and when you find that first school of smallies, you’ll be grinning from ear to ear as you fight these amazingly strong fish.

post by: Dan Bomkamp                                                 www.WisconsinLandValues.com

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