B.A.S.S. Nation
Best laid schemes o’ mice and men
Gary Morrison is always looking for different things for his club to do throughout the year.
Storms hurt Louisiana freshwater fisheries
Preliminary estimates indicate at least 165 million fish were killed by the one-two punch of hurricanes Gustav and Ike, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported in early October
Storms bring welcome water to South Florida
By late summer vast areas of Lake Okeechobee were dry or inaccessible because of prolonged drought.
Full-court press against snakeheads
State and federal wildlife officials are taking decisive steps to prevent the spread of northern snakehead fish up and down the Mississippi River.
Rejection for snakehead sympathizers
If you believe the ill-tempered, gluttonous northern snakehead is truly a fish only a mother could love, then you are in for a shock
Westward trek continues
Federal and state officials working in Colorado announced in late September that larval quagga and zebra mussels (veligers) have been found in water samples taken from Grand Lake, Shadow Mountain and Willow Creek reservoirs
Record year for pollution
Last spring's floods that inundated several Midwestern states washed near-record amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus into the Mississippi River and its tributaries
Potomac sewage facility seeks reduction in limits
Sprawling across 150 acres of Potomac River shoreline, Blue Plains discharges more than 300 million gallons of treated wastewater daily into one of the most productive bass fisheries in the nation
Conservation measure on Minnesota ballot
Anglers and hunters in Minnesota will have the opportunity to make a bold statement during this month's election.
Supreme Court sinks public access
U.S. Supreme Court opted not to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling in a Louisiana case that denies recreational access to what was once considered public water.
