Ike's Fishing Blog – Fishing Articles from Bass Tournament Champion Mike Iaconelli

Suspended Bass in Rivers?

Life’s crazy, man! A few weeks ago on the Upper Mississippi River I had an experience that might help you sometime in the future so […]

After some street fishing in Paris late this summer, we moved on to Spain. We — Becky, myself and the youngest kids — spent a […]

Those of you who follow me know that I’m a big advocate for urban fishing. I’ve filmed countless TV shows and posted I don’t know […]

No matter how many lures you carry in your boat there’s always a color you need but don’t have. That’s a problem that plagues professional […]

One of the questions I get all the time is how to keep a plastic bait from sliding down the hook. I get it. Ruined […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Free Rig

This spring has been unbelievably wet. It seems like it rains every other day, sometimes not even every other — just every single darn day. […]

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. […]