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The Best Lures for Smallmouths During the Mayfly Hatch
19 June 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
The Best Chatterbait Trailers
12 May 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Northwoods Bass 2026 Fishing Itinerary
23 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Fishing Reports
The Best Spots You Can Find with Satellite Imagery
23 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
The Importance of Wind for Spring Success
08 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth BassSMALLMOUTH BASS
The Best Lures for Smallmouths During the Mayfly Hatch
19 June 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth BassThe Best Spots You Can Find with Satellite Imagery
23 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth BassThe Importance of Wind for Spring Success
08 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Have Smallmouths Become Conditioned?
08 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Short Stories and Timely Tips, Smallmouth Bass
Fish These Lures to Catch More Smallmouths This Spring
08 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth BassLARGEMOUTH BASS
The Best Chatterbait Trailers
12 May 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth BassThe Best Spots You Can Find with Satellite Imagery
23 April 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
My Shallow Water Playbook for Ice Out Largemouths
05 March 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Finding Trophy Bass Lakes
26 February 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
My Best Chatterbaits for Spring Largemouths
20 February 2026 By Northwoods Bass in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Mysteries of the Deep: Schooling on Cisco Smallmouth
Friday, 06 July 2018
By Andrew Ragas Lakes are the lifeblood of the northwoods. From the expansive Great Lakes to the inland lakes throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Northwestern Ontario, a large percentage of
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Small Streams, Big Bass
Thursday, 07 June 2018
By Andrew Ragas We fish our flowing waters by wading, kayaking, bank fishing or floating them with small craft. At some point in our angling careers, we likely cut our
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Swim Jigs, Northwoods Style
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
By Andrew Ragas Bass fishing can become as technical and complicated as we make it. Often times, anglers become too fixated on unnecessary extras rather than focusing on the presentation
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
My Favorite Early-season Fishing Outings
Monday, 12 March 2018
By Andrew Ragas I am biased but blessed. I get to fish and guide in relative bass fishing obscurity for half the year. Having spent nearly all 31 years of
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass
Five Bass Fishing Philosophies
Thursday, 01 March 2018
By Andrew Ragas Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters that encompasses knowledge, values, and reason. I don’t believe Pythagoras was a fisherman himself, but his
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Overlooked Bass Fishing Routines for 2018
Monday, 12 February 2018
By Andrew Ragas Routines are described as detailed courses of action to be followed regularly. In a bass fishing sense, when preparing for your season of fishing, a systemic method
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallie Blog
Catch and Release Smallmouth Fishing, with Trokar Live Bait Hooks
Tuesday, 21 November 2017
I don’t promote the use of live bait fishing unless it’s done responsibly and 100% catch & release survival is assured. When nothing else works to catch fish, it’s a
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Gear Reviews, Smallie Blog, Smallmouth Bass
Fall Smallmouth Bass Strategies: No Shame with the Live Bait Game
Thursday, 21 September 2017
By Andrew Ragas Bass fishing purists and elitists revile it. The professionals consider it cheating. Tournament organizers and circuits ban it, and its competitor jersey-clad fishermen laugh at it in
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
Bass in the Grass
Thursday, 06 July 2017
By Andrew Ragas Clustered throughout northern Wisconsin’s wilderness landscape is the upper Midwest’s most extensive collection of inland freshwater lakes. From infertile rocky oligotrophic cold water lakes, to fertile habitat
- Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Smallmouth Bass
