Andrew Ragas splits time between the Chicago area and Wisconsin's Northwoods. Based in Minocqua, WI, he specializes in trophy bass fishing and offers guided trips from May thru October. While big bass is the passion, he dabbles in multi-species as well. He may be visited online at www.northwoodsbass.com
Monday, 06 June 2022 / Published in Short Stories and Timely Tips

Sunlight and Smallmouths

  This short quickly details the the spring transition from pre-spawn to spawn, so you can further understand locations and how to best approach them.
Wednesday, 01 June 2022 / Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass

Flooded Out Largemouth

  Water covers more than 80 percent of the earth’s surface, in oceans, lakes, rivers, ponds, ice caps, glaciers, and even underground aquifers. It is a limited renewable resource for
Wednesday, 01 June 2022 / Published in Bass Fishing Articles, Largemouth Bass

Bass Funnels

  When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Admittedly, poorer fishing days outweigh the good days, and this happens more often than we’d like due to powers beyond
Tuesday, 31 May 2022 / Published in Fishing Reports

Northwoods Bass Fishing Report – End of May 2022

  Looks like all of my issues and misfortunes from May month are over and done with. And that means lots of uninterrupted fishing time for the next few weeks!
Monday, 30 May 2022 / Published in Crappie Fishing, Short Stories and Timely Tips

Uprooting Spring Crappies

  Spring time is crappie time, and for me the first prolonged warm spell in spring signifies the arrival of the crappies in shallow water. Schools of spawning crappies will
Monday, 23 May 2022 / Published in Short Stories and Timely Tips

Suspending Jerkbaits for Coldfront Smallmouths

  As a true power fisherman, my favorite way to catch spring smallmouths is with a jerk bait. During spring when bass are in the pre-spawn phase, cruising the shallows
Wednesday, 18 May 2022 / Published in Fishing Reports

Northwoods Bass Fishing Report – Mid May 2022

  May 2022 has been good up to this point! For a while, a week before opener, I had thought we’d still be stuck in winter coming and going every
Monday, 16 May 2022 / Published in Short Stories and Timely Tips

Spring Post-Frontal Smallmouths

  Since lakes vary so widely with depth, clarity and cover options for bass during the pre-spawn period, it’s difficult to anticipate or define exactly what bass may do under