PORTLAND, Ore. — In recent years, even fisheries managers have become part of the anti-bass movement pervasive in the Northwest, according to Herb Doumitt, communications director for the Oregon...
BUCKHORN, N.C. — Volunteers joined with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) this past summer to continue a long-term habitat enhancement program on Shearon Harris Reservoir,...
SEDONA, Ariz. — Visualize bass spawning in a hatchery and what do you see? Big, fat females, right? Maybe even double-digits, if you're familiar with Texas' ShareLunker program, which uses 13-pound...
VERSAILLES, Ky. – This is now a tale of two fish kills: On July 2, a massive die-off commenced on the Kentucky River as a result of a bourbon spill from a Jim Beam warehouse. It followed hard on...
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Largemouth Bass Virus (LMBV) never really went away. As kills related to its presence diminished, biologists predicted that it would persist, and it has. From time to time during...
ROANOKE, Va. — Four years ago, fisheries biologists tried to convince Robert Wood that stocking with hybrid largemouths wasn't the way to improve the bass fishery at Smith Mountain Lake."That wasn...
PRATT, Kan. — Reservoir bass fisheries are among the most challenging to manage, especially in Kansas.As Fisheries Division Director Doug Nygren detailed the impediments recently, Mother Nature...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Following a pause this past winter to listen to concerns and ideas and then modify its strategy, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has resumed...
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Indiana anglers are fighting back against formation of a conservancy district on a popular suburban fishery here, asserting that it will impose prohibitive cost on public...
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is looking for a few good bass clubs.Well ... actually, it's looking for more than a few. The PFBC needs partners to help with its...
AUSTIN, Texas – In 2010, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and its conservation partners embarked on an ambitious mission to restore and conserve 10 self-sustaining populations of the...
LYNCHBURG, Tenn. – In Tennessee, AFTCO and B.A.S.S. have earned a spectacular return on their investment, as a $5,000 conservation grant to enhance habitat in one reservoir ignited an effort to...
SHELBYVILLE, Ill. – The Lake Shelbyville Fish Habitat Alliance (LSFHA) continues to provide an evolving blueprint for bass clubs and other angling groups across the nation to improve their home...
EUGENE, Ore. – Angler advocate groups are keeping close watch on bills proposed in the Northwest that could have catastrophic consequences for bass fisheries and bass fishermen.That comes as no...
STARKE, Fla. – Biologists are winding up an investigation into why one of Florida's least known fisheries is such a prolific producer of big bass.During the past six years, 2,000-acre Kingsley Lake...
Palatka, Fla. – The Bassmaster Elites Series kicks off its 2019 season Feb. 7 on the St. Johns River, out of a county, Putnam, that still justifiably promotes itself as the "Bass Fishing Capital of...
WINCHESTER, Tenn. – In Tennessee and Kansas, new state conservation directors (CDs) have taken the reins, eager to continue the B.A.S.S. Nation tradition of working with state agencies and others...
Auburn, Ala. – Most communities near public fisheries benefit economically. But Eufaula, on the Alabama side of Lake Eufaula, seems especially blessed, with bass anglers and bass tournaments major...
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Specific goals vary, but two new B.A.S.S. Nation state conservation directors share a general objective."I want to grow in the job and impact the actions and decisions of our...
RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina's passage of an amendment guaranteeing the right to fish and hunt enjoyed strong support in the November mid-term elections, as more than 2 million voted for the...
