Northwoods Bass Fishing Adventures

Northwoods Bass Fishing Adventures Northern Wisconsin’s top trophy producing bass fishing guide service & online informational resource.

Northwoods Bass Fishing Adventures, LLC is Wisconsin's top trophy producing bass fishing guide service and bass fishing informational resource. Located in Minocqua, Wisconsin, Andrew Ragas fishes the waters of Vilas, Oneida, Iron and Forest Counties exclusively for trophy bass, and looks forward to hosting you. SCHEDULE YOUR FISHING TRIP WITH US TODAY!

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ss is Wisconsin's number-1 resource for world-class smallmouth bass fishing information, education, entertainment, conservation, and angling instruction.

Bass Bling - A variety of swimmers are doing their best work right now. What’s your top paddletail in spring ?Pictured: ...
05/12/2025

Bass Bling - A variety of swimmers are doing their best work right now. What’s your top paddletail in spring ?

Pictured: Z-Man Fishing Products Diezel Minnow; Kalin's Fishing 3.8 Tickle Tail; Big Bite Baits Pro Swimmer 3.8

Northwoods Bass fishing report for early May is hot off the press and now published. See what we've been up to and all t...
05/10/2025

Northwoods Bass fishing report for early May is hot off the press and now published. See what we've been up to and all that's working. Included within is current report, bass bling, and other insightful intel.

Good luck this next week. [Get Digital Access]

Northern Wisconsin smallmouth bass fishing report for early May, 2025. Lots of sunlight has woken up the smallmouths and we should have another two weeks of solid pre-spawn fishing.

Caught several and some good ones yesterday morning before the midday heat wave shut them down and I had to return home ...
05/10/2025

Caught several and some good ones yesterday morning before the midday heat wave shut them down and I had to return home for Mother's Day weekend.

May 17 and 20 are all I have now for the remainder of May. Next week will be peak.

Call your mother.

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This cloudless blazing sun sky is starting to get a little tiresome, but the quality fishes are not. As a result of a da...
05/09/2025

This cloudless blazing sun sky is starting to get a little tiresome, but the quality fishes are not.

As a result of a date swap and reschedule - May 20th just became available 🚨

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We caught a lot of basses yesterday. Always a great day hosting Barry. Quit counting after 65. Several doubles. 21, 20, ...
05/08/2025

We caught a lot of basses yesterday. Always a great day hosting Barry. Quit counting after 65. Several doubles. 21, 20, several 18-19s. After a long chaotic spring just happy to be back in my element.

Ps - This could be you in my boat on Saturday May 17th and Monday May 26th 😃

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First day and first casts of the year yesterday. Got out late due to boat work and probably missed good morning activity...
05/07/2025

First day and first casts of the year yesterday. Got out late due to boat work and probably missed good morning activity. Jumped a few lakes with the deckhand. Excellent fishing and activity late morning thru early afternoon before the heat possibly screwed them up. 82 yesterday on May the 6th, that was something.

25 fish with a pair of 21+’s. By 2pm the day seemed done. 3-6 was a waste of time.

4-inch Z-Man Fishing Products Diezel Minnow, 08 Xrap, and 5” Jerk Shadz secured all bites.

Despite the heat, fish were doing normal ice out / cold water kinda things. But the week after (next week) could be interesting.

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2025 Calendar of open dates ---------------------------------MAY: 17, 20 (full days only)JUNE:  Whole month open. Dates ...
05/03/2025

2025 Calendar of open dates
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MAY: 17, 20 (full days only)

JUNE: Whole month open. Dates can change and schedule is subject to change according to demand, TBD. Otherwise we go only June 16th thru 29th.

JULY: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31

AUGUST: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

SEPTEMBER: 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 29, 30 (full days only)

OCTOBER: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (full days only). More to be added later, TBD.

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Northwoods Bass Fishing Adventures, LLC is Wisconsin's top trophy producing bass fishing guide service and bass fishing online informational resource.

05/02/2025

✅ AR quick prediction topic - Now that we have somewhat of an idea what weather conditions are for the first couple of weeks of May (looks warm), what do you think the bass will be doing? And where will they be doing it? And where will be their typical spring modes as we get deeper into the calendar. (Barry)
✅ Perhaps spend a little time this week describing what exactly defines the "spring peak." Temperature of the water? Depth of the water? (Jim Schaefer)
✅ Disappointing smallie lures. We spend a ton of time talking about lures that we love. How about a discussion of lures that caught us, but just couldn't catch smallies? (Roger Johnson)
✅ Opener weekend preview, ideas, predictions, May fishing, and any last minute questions.

Saturday May 17th remains open for prespawn smallmouths. It’ll be a glorious Saturday, a day of champion angling, and in...
05/01/2025

Saturday May 17th remains open for prespawn smallmouths. It’ll be a glorious Saturday, a day of champion angling, and in the middle of May under warming skies and water temperatures. Then conclude your day of excellence devouring a prime rib special at Fibbers…. but only on the condition if you’ve achieved 20’s. What the hell more could you ask for.

Here’s some good ones and big ones we’ve caught on May 17ths of prior years 🤓

May 15, 26, 27 each also remain for smallmouth domination.

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Northwoods Bass Fishing Adventures, LLC

The waters surrounding the Minocqua, WI lakeland region teem with largemouth and smallmouth bass. The mission of this specialty guide service is to showcase Wisconsin's Northwoods as a premier world-class bass fishing destination. With our trophy regulated and well-managed inland lakes now populated with more big fish than ever before, we invite you to join us on our big fish adventure of catching, conserving, and chronicling the trophy smallmouth bass of Northern Wisconsin.

Our guided fishing trips and northwoods tours are committed to providing the most successful, informative and educational fishing experience possible. Bass anglers who fish with me (newbies, veterans, or pros, whichever you choose to be) will learn how to locate, approach, and catch smallmouth bass and largemouth bass on our region’s waters. Catching and releasing big smallmouths is each day’s mission, but cannot be made possible without the desire to learn and become a better bass angler. I will teach you my game, and how to fish at a level to succeed.

When hosting guests for smallmouth fishing, I don’t have a preference with whom I am fishing with. I enjoy fishing with men, women, and children who have a passion for fishing, a willingness to learn, and want to experience a day in my life as a northwoods bass angler.

I preach open-mindedness and positive attitude to all guests who fish with me. Despite my high standards, I also keep expectations realistic, as not every day will be as good as a weekend fishing TV show. For instance, some days of fishing are better than others. Each lake also contains more or less fish than the other, or smaller or bigger fish than the other.