Although it has come nearly three weeks later than usual, the peak of the Belton Lake spring hybrid striped bass bite, and the threadfin shad spawn that typically corresponds with that bite, are ...

Water level is about 7 inches high and fairly clear. Water temperature in the low 70s. Josh Menard at the Tackle Addict says bass fishing has been excellent around shallow cover using swim jigs, ...

This year’s run of American shad continues to tease anglers. Some days they hit, some days they don’t. Some days the river is raging, some days it’s not. When the run first started in the lower ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...