B.A.S.S. Nation

Cooking up a winner

Sylvia Morris wakes up every day around 3:30 a.m. to start packing lunches, and then she cooks their breakfast.

Alton Jones

Alton Jones discusses the outstanding year he had in 2008, especially his win at the Bassmaster Classic at Lake Hartwell.

B.A.S.S. Nation

Lowrance awards 14 states for promotion

Lowrance Electronics, longtime sponsor of BASS and the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation, awarded $16,800 in merchandise certificates and $12,500 in cash to participating state chapters during the presidents' meetings at the recent B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Championship.

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Alliance pays out more than $139,000

$139,000 was paid out to state chapters and individual members in 2008, courtesy of the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Alliance presented by Triton Boats, Mercury Marine, MotorGuide Trolling Motors, Lowrance Electronics and Optima Batteries.

Bush signs water compact

Water resources shared by the United States and Canada are now protected by law under the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, an international agreement that creates a management partnership between the two countries.

Susquehanna Smallmouth

Dissolved oxygen levels in Pennsylvania's premier smallmouth fishery were well below normal when the kills occurred.

Dredgers will continue surveying

As a legal showdown with the commonwealth of Pennsylvania loomed, three river dredgers dropped their appeal of tough new permitting requirements on western Pennsylvania rivers.

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