New weigh-in system

Connecticut B.A.S.S. Federation Nation unveiled its new fish-care system during the group's third tournament of the season, and it performed without a hitch during a big weigh-in. Fishing the Connecticut River in early July, 111 anglers entered 266 bass weighing 462.87 pounds

The dirty politics of development

For decades developers have continued to overbuild central and southern Florida, showing no concern for a limited water supply. They did so because they knew that their political allies would assist them when the wells ran dry

Clouding our waters

Coast to coast, algae blooms are on the increase. Possibly they are related to climate change, specifically to warmer worldwide temperatures.

Burning Ethanol

Byproduct of this corn-based alternative fuel threatens to increase pollution of fisheries

Biofuels

The good and the bad new of biofuels

Bass War

Anglers, conservationists and scientists are angered by CapeNature's tentative plans to treat four rivers with rotenone to kill bass and trout, both exotic species that were introduced to the nation more than a century ago.

Anglers pay

Your purchase of fishing tackle and motorboat fuel last year generated roughly $398 million for fisheries management programs nationwide.

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