Mike Iaconelli That’s a question I get all the time, and it’s a good one. They’re both similar at first glance but they behave very differently and they should be used under very different conditions. Here’s how I make the decision… If I want my presentation to look vertical, I go with a Neko - Read Entire Ike Fishing Post

Mike Iaconelli A bait that’s really started to shine over the past few years is the squarebill crankbait. Their shine is well deserved, too. They catch bass in heavy cover when they’re shallow, and there are always a few good ones shallow regardless of the season or the weather. Squarebills will - Read Entire Ike Fishing Post

Mike Iaconelli One of the great things about fishing is that everything old will become new again if we wait long enough. And so it is with the free rig, a new technique that’s really a take-off of the old Texas rig. We’ll talk about building a free rig first and then we’ll talk about what - Read Entire Ike Fishing Post

Mike Iaconelli This spring has been unbelievably wet. It seems like it rains every other day, sometimes not even every other — just every single darn day. The lakes and rivers are high. The fishing is tough but it’s still possible to catch them if you keep a few basic things in mind. First, when - Read Entire Ike Fishing Post

Mike & Vegas Iaconelli This is a proud time around the Iaconelli house. Vegas will be an official tournament angler in less than a week, and he’s only eight-years-old. Better yet, he’ll be fishing out of my first boat. It’s a Coleman Crawdad. I have to tell the truth, though. It was getting - Read Entire Ike Fishing Post