The Major League Fishing (MLF) Toyota Series Southern Division opener is set for this week (Wednesday through Friday) at the Harris Chain of Lakes in ...
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Preview: Big weights expected at Harris Chain
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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Daniels is latest addition to Toyota pro staff
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Texas-based Toyota Motor North America announced that it's added Mark Daniels Jr. to its professional bass angling team.
Daniels, who holds a degree ...
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Scroggins puts paint jobs on plastics
Monday, January 30, 2023
(Editor's note: This feature comes from Alan McGuckin at Dynamic Sponsorships.)
By the time Team Toyota’s Terry “Big Show” Scroggins turned 18 he was ...
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Wilks: Tiny Topwater
Monday, January 30, 2023
(Editor's note: "Catching Bass with Dustin Wilks" airs five times per week on the Outdoor Channel – 2 p.m. ET Sunday, 4:30 a.m. Monday, 6 a.m. ...
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Angler catches two 14s in a day from Ivie
Monday, January 30, 2023
A Field & Stream report late last week detailed how Kentucky resident Dalton Smith caught two largemouths that each weighed more than 14 pounds in late ...
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Applications open for Sevier Pioneer Scholarships
Monday, January 30, 2023
Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Helen Sevier Pioneer Scholarships for young female anglers, which honor Sevier’s leadership and long-term ...
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Bed-fishing produces HS win at Harris Chain
Monday, January 30, 2023
Trusting in what they could not see and putting in the time to make it happen led Caden Branch and Connor Beach of Florida's Liberty County High School ...
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Chalk Talk: Forward-facing sonar with Livesay
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Wilks: Surgical tubing is a must
Thursday, January 26, 2023
(Editor's note: "Catching Bass with Dustin Wilks" airs five times per week on the Outdoor Channel – 2 p.m. ET Sunday, 4:30 a.m. Monday, 6 a.m. ...
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Applications accepted for BFHOF grants
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Grassroots organizations can apply for the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame's 2023 conservation grants, which are a key pillar of the Hall’s mission of celebrating, ...
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Balog: The obstacles we face
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Compared to other sport-fishing groups, bass anglers have it pretty good – mostly due to the propensity for releasing the vast majority of the fish we ...
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B.A.S.S. adds second day for Kayak Series
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
After crowning its first Angler of the Year in 2022, the Bassmaster Kayak Series now has its five-tournament regular-season schedule in place. New for ...
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Wind cancels Day 1 at Rayburn Toyota Series
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
In a move that most of the field could see coming and fully supports, Toyota Series Tournament Director Mark McWha canceled Day 1 of the Southwestern ...
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Arey hopes for Magic Kingdom memories at Big O
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
(Editor's note: Alan McGuckin at Dynamic Sponsorships passed along this feature.)
Cleveland County, North Carolina, where Team Toyota’s Matt Arey calls ...
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Toyota Series to get under way at Rayburn
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
BROOKELAND, Texas – The Major League Fishing (MLF) Toyota Series is set to open the season in Brookeland, Texas, this week with an event at Sam Rayburn ...
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Nominations open for humanitarian award
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
B.A.S.S. and the C.A.S.T. for Kids Foundation are accepting nominations for their annual humanitarian award recognizing the important work being done ...
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Catawba Valley CC duo wins at Harris Chain
Monday, January 23, 2023
LEESBURG, Fla. – The Catawba Valley Community College duo of Will Hammond of Huntersville, North Carolina, and Cabe Mackey of Denver, North Carolina, ...
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Clausen enters deal with Phenix Rods
Monday, January 23, 2023
Phenix Rods has announced the addition of Major League Fishing competitor Luke Clausen to its pro staff. Clausen will fish with the company's bass rods, ...
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Chalk Talk: How Whitaker fishes floating docks
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Megabass announces signings of Palaniuk, Kimura
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Megabass has announced the multi-year signing of two-time Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year Brandon Palaniuk and Northern Open champion Kenta ...
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Balog: A different kind of winter
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Joe Balog recently spent some time pursuing big bass on a lake in his home state of Florida. Winter is different down there than where he grew up on the ...
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VanDam reflects on 38 years of seminars
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
(Editor's note: This feature comes from Alan McGuckin at Dynamic Sponsorships.)
Team Toyota’s Kevin VanDam was 18 years old the first time he spoke ...
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B.A.S.S. announces Nation Regional schedule
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
The 2023 B.A.S.S. Nation schedule features five opportunities for grass-roots anglers to battle some of the country’s best bass fisheries. Each regional ...
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Wilks: Don't be too stubborn
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
(Editor's note: "Catching Bass with Dustin Wilks" airs five times per week on the Outdoor Channel – 2 p.m. ET Sunday, 4:30 a.m. Monday, 6 a.m. ...
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Chalk Talk: Meyer discusses suspended fish
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Females in Fisheries deadline April 15
Thursday, January 12, 2023
Applications are being accepted until April 15 for the 2023 Noreen Clough Memorial Scholarship for Females in Fisheries. The two scholarships will honor ...
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Balog: Striking the hydrilla balance
Thursday, January 12, 2023
Joe Balog was happy to read the positive comments from biologists in Texas and Louisiana in a recent newspaper article about the regrowth of hydrilla ...
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Felix, Huff are newest Sunline additions
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Sunline America has announced the addition of Bassmaster Elite Series anglers Austin Felix and Cody Huff to its pro staff for the 2023 tournament season.
“Our ...
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Gamakatsu will title-sponsor Lake Seminole event
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Gamakatsu, a leading manufacturer and innovator of fishing hooks and terminal tackle, has signed on as the tournament title sponsor for the Bassmaster ...
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T-H Marine hires regional sales manager
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Alabama-based T-H Marine Supplies announced that Gordon Peters has joined the company as regional sales manager. Peters will connect boat builders with ...
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ABT to offer $2,500 Phoenix bonus
Monday, January 9, 2023
The Alabama Bass Trail (ABT), the largest team tournament fishing organization in the Southeast, has announced a new bonus program to the 2023 schedule ...
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Grass returning on Toledo Bend's Texas side
Monday, January 9, 2023Hydrilla, which has been almost nonexistent in Toledo Bend Reservoir for most of the past decade, is making a dramatic recovery on the Texas side, which ...
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Lester: FFS and fewer suppers from a sack
Monday, January 9, 2023
(Editor's note: This quick feature comes from Alan McGuckin at Dynamic Sponsorships.)
You might think after the phenomenal season Team Toyota’s Brandon ...
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Alabama night-fishing legend reveals secrets
Monday, January 9, 2023
Want to learn a whole lot about catching bass at night and be entertained along the way? You can have that privilege by dropping $3 on a Kindle book by ...
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California tourney anglers aid crash victim
Monday, January 9, 2023After reading last week's feature story by Andy Greene about some odd circumstances surrounding the rescue of a man who'd fallen out of his kayak on Lake ...
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Chalk Talk: Buck on forward-facing sonar
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The Bass University sets events for SC, AL, TX
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Founded in 2009 by Mike Iaconelli and Pete Gluszek, The Bass University (BU) offers acclaimed bass fishing education programs in three formats: online, ...
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Hackney links up with Gamakatsu
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Veteran Bassmaster Elite Series angler Greg Hackney has entered into a sponsorship deal with hook and terminal tackle manufacturer Gamakatsu.
Known ...
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KastKing picks up Reese, Elam
Thursday, January 5, 2023
KastKing, the manufacturer of rods, reels, line and tackle accessories that's celebrating its 10th year in business, announced that it's signed Major ...
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Balog: Another year gone by
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Joe Balog takes a quick glance at the most noteworthy happenings in bass fishing from the past year in the first edition of Balog's Bass War for 2023. ...
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NPAA presentations to be livestreamed
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Featured presentations by Gerald Swindle, Bobby Lane and the father/son tandem of Jason and Jay Przekurat at this weekend's National Professional Anglers ...
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Info emerges for giant Idaho smallmouth
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
An angler set a new catch-and-release standard for smallmouth bass in Idaho with a fish that measured 23.75 inches in length from Dworshak Reservoir, ...
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The Big Bass Podcast now available
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
If you’re interested in big bass – the history, the lore, the facts, the fiction, the frauds and even the pranks – then The Big Bass Podcast is for you. ...
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Lane event gives out $41,000 in scholarships
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
The annual Bobby Lane Cup, held recently at the Camp Mack Lodge on Florida's Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, awarded $41,000 in scholarships to high school ...
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