Shaye Baker

3 days ago | wired2fish.com | Shaye Baker

When it comes to bass fishing, a spinnerbait is one of the most versatile lures in the tackle box. From burning a double willow leaf right along the surface to slow-rolling a big blade in 20 feet of water, there’s a way to target bass with a spinnerbait throughout a wide portion of the water column. But picking the right spinnerbait for a given situation can be tricky, since there are hundreds of combinations of weights, colors, blade sizes, and blade types.

1 week ago | fieldandstream.com | Shaye Baker

For many bass fisheries across the country, the post-spawn is upon us. This means fish have made their beds, laid their eggs, and tiny little fry are beginning to hatch. The good news for anglers is that the big bass are still lurking nearby in the shallow water. And now is one of the best times to land a giant largemouth or smallmouth. According to our spawn reporters, the post-spawn bite in regions two and three (see map below) should just be heating up.

2 weeks ago | wired2fish.com | Shaye Baker

Mike Iaconelli is a gritty, hard-working, well-rounded angler with a little bit of an attitude. And I’d say his signature series of rods from Abu Garcia exude those same characteristics. The Abu Garcia IKE Power Series 3.0 Casting Rod has been a lot of fun to test out, and it’s proven to be quite the rod for $150.

3 weeks ago | fieldandstream.com | Shaye Baker

Learning to effectively and efficiently use an artificial lure to trick a bass into biting is an important step in your development as an angler. Adding additional techniques to your repertoire helps broaden your tackle box, giving you different offerings for various seasons, weather patterns, water colors, and types of cover. This is 102-level stuff. The advanced courses in bass fishing involve learning when and how to use multiple baits, swapping back and forth at the exact right times.

3 weeks ago | wired2fish.com | Shaye Baker

April is the most unanimously anticipated month of bass fishing for anglers in the U.S., from one end of the country to the other and as far north and south as you can go. Sure, there are times later in the year when the northern fisheries are even better, and the peak of the spawn in the southernmost states has come and gone by now, but spring is officially here nationwide, and the fish are biting.