McConnell provision to combat Asian Carp spread in Kentucky clears hurdle
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell successfully secured a provision in the Senate Interior Appropriations bill to combat the spread of Asian Carp in both Kentucky Lake...
Alabama Power Company educates and adds aquatic plants
On July 3, Alabama Power Company employees planted water willow on Smith Lake with high school anglers – and a few parents – from Hayden High School and Vinemont High...
Urgent: Take action to defend the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Congressmen Tom Emmer (R-MN, CD6) and Rick Nolan (D-MN, CD8) have introduced an amendment (Amendment #71) to the 2019 House Interior Appropriations Bill, blocking Secretary Ryan Zinke from ordering a...
AFTCO and B.A.S.S. Nation Conservation Grant winners selected
ORLANDO, Fla. – AFTCO and B.A.S.S Nation are proud to announce the four chapters selected for the AFTCO and B.A.S.S. Nation Conservation Grant Program. The winning grants were presented at...
Your voice was heard on H.R. 200
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 200, a bipartisan bill that includes the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 (Modern Fish Act). This historic...
Forty Creek funds conservation projects in partnership with B.A.S.S.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Forty Creek®, an award-winning Canadian whisky distiller based in Ontario, has signed on as a Conservation Partner of B.A.S.S. and sponsor of former Bassmaster Classic champion Casey...
Fishing Trail of North Carolina
Cormorants again being culled
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a one-year prohibition as a result of a court order, harmful cormorant populations are once again being culled. “We’re trying to balance maintaining a stable cormorant...
Lake Shelbyville habitat project
SHELBYVILLE, Ill. – An ambitious grassroots project to improve bass habitat at Lake Shelbyville will get even more ambitious this fall, when financial assistance arrives as a $30,000 grant from...
H.R. 200 – now is the time to act
H.R. 200 is up for vote in the U.S. House of Representatives next Tuesday, June 26. The voice of bass anglers is critical in changing fisheries management laws for recreational...
