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2 days ago | wired2fish.com | Brent Frazee

How many times have you seen a lure burst onto the scene and become wildly popular for a while — everybody’s throwing it; everybody’s catching bass on it — then, mysteriously, the bite slows down and that bait becomes yesterday’s news? Well, it’s no coincidence. Fisheries biologists and professional anglers alike are convinced that bass have the ability to learn. When they’ve had a negative experience with a bait they’ve seen too often, they are going to remember.

6 days ago | wired2fish.com | David Appleton

In this action-packed spring fishing session, professional bass angler Casey Scanlon takes advantage of muddy, post-frontal conditions to target spawning bass in stained water. Following a heavy rain and cold front, Scanlon hits some backwater pockets in search of prespawn and spawning bass setting up near shallow cover.

6 days ago | wired2fish.com | Joe Albanese

The best spincast reels are easy to use and durable. Unlike spinning reels or baitcasting reels that require a more delicate touch, a quick lesson is usually all that’s required to get a new angler catching fish on their own with a spincaster. Also known as “push button” or “closed face” reels, these have kick-started many an angler’s passion for fishing. But spincast reels aren’t just for beginners anymore.

1 week ago | wired2fish.com | Bob McNally

Michigan’s catch-and-release fishing season runs year-round, but Michigan anglers Steve Schwartz and Tom Remington know that the right time to try for heavyweight pre-spawn smallmouths is the first weekend in May in the state’s Upper Peninsula. “We’ve been fishing the same inland lake for 14 years,” Schwartz told Wired2Fish. “The lake is big and windy, cold and deep, and not too far from Lake Michigan. But I’m not gonna reveal its name, because it’s too consistently good to share that info.

1 week ago | wired2fish.com | Shaye Baker

Of the dozens of casting reels I’ve tested in the past few years, the new Okuma X-Series lands in the top five, for sure. I’d place it right there with the Lew’s HyperMag and close to the Abu Garcia Zenon MG-X; the X-Series is that good. This came as quite a surprise to me, since this reel is the first Okuma product I’ve ever fished, but considering how impressed I am with it and the Okuma X-Series rod, I can guarantee you it won’t be the last.