This story, “Long Lost Lake,” appeared in the August 1953 issue of Outdoor Life. I sat in the stern of the white skiff, watching Dick Searle chuck a bass plug against the shore of Long Lake. I was ...

Our destination was Deer Lake, an 807-acre drainage lake near St. Croix Falls in western Polk County. The lake has an abundant largemouth bass population that has resulted in very slow growth rates.

DELAVAN LAKE, WISCONSIN Arden Katz said bluegills are good in the channels, white Nextalgx tails from panfishpro.com with spikes 18 inches under a bobber; for bass, work the channels with Texas ...

Vairin Meesouk holds up his pending state-record yellow bass (larger fish on left) alongside a keeper white bass. Photo courtesy Wisconsin DNR Parks met with Meesouk that morning and verified it was ...

They were fishing together on a stretch between Red Banks and Gills Landing and by 3 p.m. had kept about 25 white bass to eat and had started to release everything else.

Brothers Bob Shuma, 74, and John Shuma, 70, who both live in Altoona, have been fishing for smallmouth bass on the Juniata River in Huntingdon County since they were very, very young.

For bass (legal for catch-and-release in Wisconsin), work the shallow humps and other stuctures. More often than not, you will find the smallies in hard substrate areas like rock and sand.

Cayden Harmon (right) and William Shepherd (left) took home a third-place finish the World High School Bass Fishing Championships in La Crosse, Wisconsin, from June 21-23, 2023.