Floods spreading giant salvinia

Although giant salvinia has been found in at least 11 states since 1995, it has been most aggressive and troublesome in east Texas and northern Louisiana. Floods last fall along the Sabine and Red rivers emphasized the reality to resource managers, lakefront property owners and anglers.

Fishing for a Cure

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and J. Todd Tucker is leading the charge to get the bass fishing industry informed and involved.

Change is constant

The constant in my fishing pattern is change in strategy and baits. We all need to keep change in mind when we're on the water. The same thing doesn't always work.

BASS Reporter’s Notebook

Deb Johns on highlights on the 2010 Central Opens, Dean Alexander making the Elite Series, and Federation Nation.

In search of big smallies

This is a special week for me. It's time to go smallmouth fishing in northern Michigan. I feel sorry for my bass fishing buddies who live in the South and don't get to experience what we enjoy every fall. Let me put it in perspective: Michigan's fall smallmouth fishing is like the first day of deer season, the opening of the NFL and your birthday all wrapped in one. It's that extraordinary.

How-To

Upgrade your treble hooks

I'm always looking for the perfect hook to match my presentation and the cover I'm fishing. That's never truer than it is with crankbaits.

More border violence

Another grisly murder has taken place along the border between Texas and Mexico.

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