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By Mike Iaconelli
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Guys… this is a BIG one. Like, one of the BIGGEST Ike Live episodes we've ever done. 🍺🎣 Tonight is the night. LIVE on Ike Live — Mike and Becky are drawing the winner of The Ike Foundation's Boat Sweepstakes. One lucky angler is about to find out they're taking home Mike's fully loaded 2025 Bass Cat Puma — valued at over $100,000 — powered by a Yamaha V6 V MAX SHO 250 with four Lowrance HDS Pro units and a Lowrance Ghost trolling motor. The boat that spent its entire life competing at the highest level of professional bass fishing… could be sitting in YOUR driveway. 🏆⛵ LIVE. TONIGHT. Right here. But that's not all, guys. This episode is also a milestone moment for Mike, Becky, and this entire community. The 2026 Bassmaster Elite Series is officially in the books. Mike's final two tournaments are done. He's giving you the full honest recap — what went right, what didn't, and what he learned from his very last days competing on the biggest tour in bass fishing. And then… we look FORWARD. 🔥 Because this isn't a goodbye. This is a PIVOT. And Mike and Becky have never been more fired up about what's coming next. New projects. New content. New ways to engage with this incredible community that has supported them for over 30 years. Here's what we're getting into tonight: 🏆 THE LIVE DRAWING — Ike Foundation Boat Sweepstakes winner announced LIVE on air ⛵ Everything included in the prize package — and what this boat means to the lucky winner 📊 Honest Elite Series final recap — the last two tournaments, real talk, no spin 🎣 31 years of competing at the highest level… and what comes next 🚀 The pivot — new projects, new content, and what Mike and Becky have planned for 2027 and beyond ❤️ A thank you to the fans, the sponsors, and everyone who has been part of this incredible ride This community made all of this possible, guys. Tonight we celebrate together. Pull up a chair. Grab a drink. And let's close this chapter the right way. 🔥 👉 Support The Ike Foundation: www.theikefoundation.org 👉 Shop Tackle Warehouse: www.tacklewarehouse.com

Guys… suspended bass. The most frustrating fish in the water. 🎣 You can SEE them. You know they're there. And they just… won't bite. Sound familiar? On this week's Ike's Bytes presented by Berkley Labs, Mike sits down with Bassmaster Elite Series pro Logan Parks — one of the best offshore and suspended fish hunters in the game — to go DEEP on exactly how to find, target, and CATCH those tricky suspended bass that have been haunting your fishfinder all season long. Logan's signature strength is offshore structure fishing, and nobody breaks down the suspended fish puzzle better. Whether it's a tough post-cold-front day, mid-summer suspended fish over open water, or finicky bass hanging in the water column on your most pressured lakes — this episode is going to change the way you think about targeting them. Here's what we're getting into: 🎣 Why bass suspend in the first place — and what it tells you about their mood 📡 How to use your electronics to identify truly catchable suspended fish vs. fish that won't bite 🧠 Presentation, angles, and depth control — the adjustments that trigger strikes when nothing else works ⚡ The best baits and techniques for suspended bass at every level of the water column 🏆 How Logan uses his offshore structure expertise to locate and target suspended fish at the Elite Series level 🎯 The mental game — knowing when to commit to suspended fish and when to move on Real talk. No fluff. Just championship-level knowledge from one of the sharpest young minds on the Bassmaster Elite Series tour right now. This is Ike's Bytes — and if suspended bass have ever made you want to pull your hair out, this one's for YOU. Let's go. 🔥

Guys, we are BACK at the bar and this week there is A LOT going on in the world of bass fishing. 🍺🎣 The 2027 schedules are out for both the Bassmaster Elite Series AND the Bass Pro Tour — and Mike and Becky are breaking down every single stop, every single decision, and every single thing that has them fired up heading into next year. But first… the future of bass fishing is in GOOD hands. 🙌 The 2026 Bassmaster High School Combine just wrapped up at Wheeler Lake in Decatur, Alabama — 100 of the nation's top high school anglers going head to head in skills challenges and meeting with college coaches from 25 of the best fishing programs in the country. Mike's got thoughts on what this event means for the future of the sport, and guys — it's exciting. Now let's get into the REAL talk. 🔥 Here's what we're getting into tonight: 🗓️ Full 2027 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule breakdown — Okeechobee opener, back to back Florida events, Lake Fork, Lake St. Clair, Mississippi River finale and everything in between 🗓️ Full 2027 Bass Pro Tour schedule breakdown — St. Johns River opener, REDCREST on Logan Martin, Kubota Heavy Hitters on Kentucky and Barkley lakes and more 📡 FFS in 2027 — Is Bassmaster going back to full use? Banning it entirely? The answer is here and Mike's got an unfiltered take on what it means for the sport ⚠️ THE SCHEDULING CONFLICT — The 2027 Bassmaster Elite Series opener AND the Toyota Series Southern Division are BOTH scheduled on Lake Okeechobee at the EXACT same time. Same lake. Same dates. We need to talk about this, guys. What does this mean for the grassroots angler? What does it mean for the Elite pros? And how does something like this even happen? 🎓 Bassmaster High School Combine recap — the next generation of bass fishing stars and why Mike is pumped about the future of the sport Real talk. No spin. Straight from the bar. 🔥 Brought to you by Tackle Warehouse 👉 www.tacklewarehouse.com Support kids fishing 👉 www.theikefoundation.org

Guys… this one is different. And trust me — you need to hear it. On this week's Ike's Bytes presented by Berkley Labs, Mike sits down with one of the most accomplished tournament walleye anglers on the planet — two-time National Walleye Tour Champion John Hoyer — for a conversation that is going to change the way you think about fishing. Period. Because here's the thing, guys. Bass anglers and walleye anglers have been fishing side by side for decades — and most of them have no idea how much they could be learning from each other. The baits. The techniques. The presentations. The strategies. There is a MASSIVE crossover happening right now and John Hoyer is the perfect guy to break it all down. Here's what we're getting into: The crossover baits that are flat out KILLING it for both bass AND walleye — and why more anglers aren't using them What bass guys can steal from the walleye world to immediately catch more fish What walleye pros are taking from the bass fishing playbook and using to win tournaments How fishing pressure and clear water tactics translate across both species Why the gap between bass fishing and walleye fishing is smaller than you think John's journey from musky guide to two-time NWT Champion — and what it taught him about reading fish across every species This is Ike's Bytes — and this one is a MUST WATCH for any angler who wants to think outside the box and catch more fish. Let's go.

Guys, we are BACK at the bar and this week it's all about ICAST 2026. The world's biggest fishing tackle show just went down in Orlando — and there is A LOT to talk about. New baits. New tackle. New technology. And of course… more urchin baits than you can shake a rod at. Mike and Becky are breaking down everything that matters from ICAST 2026 — the stuff that's going to change the way you fish, the products that caught their eye, and the real talk on what's actually worth your money and what's just hype. Here's what we're getting into tonight: The urchin bait takeover continues — EVERY major brand showed up to ICAST with their own version. Which ones are actually worth it and which ones are just chasing the trend? Missile Baits dropping TWO new Ike-designed products — the Micro HD Football Jig AND the Dice Jig, which solves ALL the rigging and storage headaches around the urchin bait craze Abu Garcia's new VoltIQ reel — digital cast control that is changing the game for casting light baits accurately Best of Show breakdown — what took home hardware and why it matters to YOU on the water Mike's unfiltered take on the state of the tackle industry in 2026 — what's innovative and what's just noise The products YOU need to have on your radar heading into the back half of the season.
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