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Smallmouth bass can hook vacationers

By JOHN MOTOVILOFF Special to the Journal Sentinel

Sunday, April 18, 2004

What fish bites like mad during summer's dog days, bucks like a bronco when hooked, and lives in all corners of Wisconsin?

If you guessed smallmouth bass, you're right. What's more, the environs of this game fish (a.k.a. smallie, bronzeback, or black bass) adjoin some of the state's best camping and vacation destinations. Follow me on a bronzeback tour of Badgerland. We'll see some scenic (and unusual) places while learning a thing or two about catching smallmouths. But first a primer on the species.

Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui) thrive in cool waters of Midwestern and ...

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