Wisconsin’s most comprehensive, timely, informative, relevant, and non-BS honest fishing reports. Published monthly by Andrew Ragas.
Northwoods Bass Fishing Report – Mid May 2022
Wednesday, 18 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 few days. But then an uncomfortable heat wave came, lasting into this week. Following ice-out, walleyes and pike each spawned in the blink of an
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Northwoods Bass Fishing Report – Early May, 2022
Wednesday, 04 May 2022
Up until the evening hours of May 2nd, I hadn’t made a single cast all year long. Such a lousy introduction to spring season it has been. The fishing however could get better very quickly now.
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Northwoods Bass 2022 Fishing Itinerary
Friday, 14 January 2022
While you could be preparing your 2022 fishing trip plans, it’s never too early to consider a fully guided bass fishing trip on the inland waters of Northern Wisconsin. Here is a complete itinerary of the type of fishing we could be doing during the 2022 fishing season!
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Northwoods Bass Fishing Report – End of Year 2021
Friday, 19 November 2021
Dear 2021, I sincerely hope a season like you never comes around again in the future. You gave me headache, heartache, anger and frustration. The bad days of fishing outnumbered the good. I should never come home from the lake feeling lost and helpless. There aren’t too many positives right now. First ice is now
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Northwoods Bass Fishing Report, September thru mid October, 2021
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
We’ve recently concluded one of the longest Indian Summers in history. As a result, September fishing was a hit or a miss. October has actually been far better in comparison. Lately, we’ve been experiencing 1 hot window per day and the rest is history.
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Northwoods Bass Fishing Report – August 2021
Tuesday, 17 August 2021
Summer season has come and gone. For me personally, it was a blur, and one NOT to remember.
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Northwoods Bass Fishing Report, June and July, 2021
Thursday, 08 July 2021
Our smallmouth fishing has been a tossed salad since mid May. One day will be a 40 fish day, followed by totals of 15, 10, or 6 the next three. That’s fishing! Observing smallmouth bass behavior and how a fishery and individual specimens react positively and negatively to daily conditions is enlightening and educational. One
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Northwoods Bass Fishing Report – May and early June 2021
Sunday, 06 June 2021
Having seen weather doing it all since 2020, I am certain the perfect fishing day no longer exists. Some trip days, we get highs in the 40’s that gives us a non-existent pre-spawn. The next day, temps could increase by 40 to 50 degrees as they did frequently in May, and on these disastrous heat
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Northwoods Bass Fishing Report – Early May, 2021
Thursday, 06 May 2021
Pics overload from opener weekend. Had a good time with family knocking out the other species first. Once bass trips start next week on Monday midday, it’ll be SMB’s for my boat and guests every day.
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