
Fishing Black River, Wisconsin
A scenic western Wisconsin river flowing into the Mississippi near La Crosse. The Black River's pools, riffles, and backwaters hold smallmouth bass, walleye, northern pike, and panfish along its rocky runs. Country Cave Baits injection-pours premium soft plastic baits built for the bass, panfish and walleye that call Black River home.
About Black River
A scenic western Wisconsin river flowing into the Mississippi near La Crosse. The Black River's pools, riffles, and backwaters hold smallmouth bass, walleye, northern pike, and panfish along its rocky runs.
Black River is located in La Crosse / Jackson County in Western Wisconsin and is one of the state's premier fishing destinations. Anglers visiting Black River target Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike and Crappie throughout the open-water season. Whether you're fishing from a boat or the shore, Black River offers diverse structure and productive water that responds well to injection-poured soft plastic baits from Country Cave Baits — made right here in Fall River, WI.
Fish Species in Black River
Landmarks & Points of Interest
Boat Launches & Access
Best Baits for Black River
Our top-recommended Country Cave Baits for fishing Black River in La Crosse / Jackson County, Wisconsin. Each is injection-poured in Fall River, WI and shipped fresh to your door.

Weightless wild action
5 Inch Fluke
Our 5-inch fluke dances with an erratic, darting action on a weightless Texas rig. The soft, slim body glides and slashes through the water column, imitating a fleeing baitfish that bass simply cannot resist.
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Finesse flicker
3 Inch Split Tail Minnow
A delicate 3-inch split tail minnow that flickers and darts on a drop shot or small jig head. The slim forked tail shimmies on the fall, making it a go-to for pressured bass and finicky feeders.
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Flip, pitch & punch
4 Inch Craw
A full-bodied 4-inch craw with aggressive kicking claws that thump on the retrieve. Built thick to hold up through dozens of fish, this bait excels flipped into heavy cover or dragged on a jig head.
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Urchin-style tentacled threat
Cave Prickly Star
The Cave Prickly Star is an urchin-style creature bait with a buoyant center ball and dozens of thin, whipping tentacles that quiver on the slightest movement. It stands up off the bottom, taunts pressured bass into striking, and keeps working long after other baits die. Flip it, drag it, pin it to a jig, or throw it on a Ned rig and watch it come alive.
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Pro Tips for Black River
- ▸Work a fluke through the current seams for smallmouth.
- ▸Drag a craw on a jig through the deeper pools for walleye.
- ▸Ned rig a Cave Prickly Star in the rocky runs for pressured smallies.
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