Mossback offers grant for 2017 B.A.S.S. Nation fish habitat projects, pledges more in 2018
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Mossback Fish Attractors is looking to reward B.A.S.S. Nation chapters or clubs who propose innovative ways to use their artificial structures in fish habitat enhancement projects. The...
Scholarship awarded in honor of former B.A.S.S. Conservation Director Noreen Clough
OKLAHOMA CITY — The first annual Noreen Clough Memorial Scholarship for Females in Fisheries was awarded at the Southern Division, American Fisheries Society’s annual meeting to Whitney (Jacobs) Della Torre from Gainesville,...
Pitch It campaign provides incentives for B.A.S.S. Nation chapters
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — To help encourage the proper disposal and possible recycling of worn out or used soft plastic lures, Keep America Fishing is partnering with B.A.S.S. Nation chapters to...
Okeechobee vs. Everglades: Can both win?
Debate rages about what to do with excess water from Lake Okeechobee. Laden with nutrients, it feeds algae blooms and kills fish when discharged by the Corps of Engineers into...
Gator gar to the rescue?
It’s not like there’s a new sheriff in town; it’s more like a deputized P.R. agent. We’re talking about the movement to reintroduce alligator gar into areas of the species’...
AERF-APMS offers $3,000 grant for B.A.S.S. Nation plant management projects
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — If your B.A.S.S. Nation club has a proposal for a project that either helps native vegetation thrive or controls exotic invasive species, your club could win up...
Obama’s 11th hour edict labeled anti-fishing
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — On the day before President Barack Obama left office, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued an edict to ban lead fishing tackle and ammunition from...
Sportfishing industry lists top policy accomplishments for 2016
Alexandria, Va. – The past year not only brought significant change within the U.S. political system, and also within the nation’s recreational fishing policy arena. The American Sportfishing Association (ASA) recounts the top recreational...
Don’t be a ‘bucket biologist’
Lonnie Johnson, conservation director of the Oregon B.A.S.S. Nation, wants everyone to know the dangers of stocking fish in non-native waters. The clever name for this is a “bucket biologist.”...
Clubs place habitat in Kansas waters
TOPEKA, Kan. — Forty Georgia cube habitats have been placed in Kansas waters in recent months, thanks to B.A.S.S. clubs in Kansas City and Leavenworth, Kan. Georgia cubes were designed...
