OAK VIEWThe big bass swam out of some murky water, eyeing a threadfin shad like an hors d’oeuvre on a tray. After a moment of stalking, it finally decided to devour the tasty tidbit, opening its ...

In an early May Bass Pro Tour tournament on the Tennessee River, Major League Fishing pro David Walker explained the importance of playing your cards right when a shad-spawn bite goes bust, switching ...

To catch boatloads of big Tennessee River bass during a shad spawn, Major League Fishing Pro David Walker spends his mornings casting reaction baits and finesse rigs at freshwater mussel beds on the ...

While talking with a couple of Lake Mead fishermen recently, the subject turned to gizzard shad. Since they showed up in Lake Mead in 2007, gizzards have displaced threadfin shad as both the primary ...

If history is any teacher, we will have another three weeks until 2025’s shad spawn on our local reservoirs comes to an end, and with it one of the two best windows of fishing opportunity of the year.

A lure with a funny name is serious business when it comes to catching black bass as winter marches toward spring. Jerk baits, sometimes called stick baits, are long, minnow-shaped lures that shake, ...

With all of the modern advancements in technology and electronics, it is easy to overlook the subtle clues nature provides us with as the change of seasons plays out year after year. Although the ...

It wasn't a gizzard out of a Thanksgiving Day turkey. Wouldn't find it in a giblet gravy. Still, a "gizz" is very popular, particularly among inland lake fishermen. No, not the bird kind of gizzard.

The upcoming full moon is known as the Pink Moon, Fish Moon, or Egg Moon. The full moon signals the start of shad spawning season, which attracts larger fish. He scans the lecture hall and asks the ...

For nearly 32 years, Jim Goff has been a fixture on Lake Mead and Lake Mohave, where he has spent his “retirement” years guiding fishermen in search of striped bass. That makes him not only the ...

Although throwing topwater baits is exciting, expecting those explosive blow-ups, reaction baits with better hook-up ratios will put more fish in your boat during Tennessee River reservoir shad-spawns ...