Largemouth Bass Virus update
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...
175,000 fish die in Alabama wastewater spill
Earlier this month, a Tyson Foods plant in Hanceville, Alabama spilled over 800,000 gallons of wastewater into the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River. Immediately after the spill, the...
Centex Basshunters clean up local lake
SALADO, Texas — Flooding last fall on Stillhouse Hollow Lake prompted the Centex Basshunters to conduct a shoreline cleanup conservation project in February. “We have done the cleanup here many...
Ripping current changes grass on Tennessee River
provided by the Tennessee Valley Authority There’s a reason why the Tennessee River is a seasoned host of the Bassmaster Classic — it’s home to some of the nation’s top-ranked...
Virginia’s tiger bass program
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....
Catching and releasing
The 1971 Bassmaster Classic at Lake Mead, Nevada, is remembered as the first world championship of bass fishing — the inaugural running of what has become the Super Bowl of...
Daily Limit: Biologist lauds derby anglers
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — On a sunny afternoon, Jeremy Risley was waiting to put tournament anglers’ fish in his tank to release back in Bull Shoals Lake. Before the top...
Kansas bass stocking
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 provided graphic...
Florida announces treatment plans
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has issued the following statement: FWC will conduct aquatic plant control in Lake Okeechobee this month, weather permitting. This linked PDF contains maps and...
