By Andrew Ragas The lake is dirty and discolored, with remnants of weeds and detritus floating across the surface. Water clarity is mysteriously pea green and soupy as if an algae bloom broke out. Take a whiff of what’s in front of you, and you might smell a stench that’s stinky sulfuric in scent that

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 and strategy at hand. Like some of our fishing strategies, jig fishing can become a complicated matter due to the wide variety of jig head

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 my life up to this point fishing the waters around Minocqua, WI, there is no better bass fishing destination for catch and release only fishing,

By Andrew Ragas Spring bass fishing has always been personally challenging, engaging, and exciting for myself and guests throughout the years. More heavyweight largemouth and smallmouth bass tipping the scales between 4 and 8 lbs. are caught and released in May and early June than most months combined. Catching them consistently however, isn’t easy. While

By Andrew Ragas It was a typical early May morning in Wisconsin’s northwoods. Air temperatures were in the high 40’s, water temperatures not much greater and windless with the skies lacking cloud cover. Despite this coldfront and within a week following ice out, sunlight penetration was warming the water temperatures, making the bass on my

By Andrew Ragas Most bass anglers will cringe at the concept of fishing with live bait, let alone the thought of ever using it. Putting the ego aside, as water temperatures at your favorite bodies of water cool down to below 50 degrees in mid to late fall, fishing with live bait is an excellent

By Andrew Ragas Who knew what you can do with a plastic frog? I began fishing with frogs in summer of 2008. Ever since then, frog fishing has become a favorite method for catching largemouth bass throughout all of summer. It’s hard to describe the adrenaline rush of setting the hook following a huge blow-up