DAYTON, Tenn. — You know you’re doing something right when you’re throwing back 4-pounders. Such was the case for Gage King and Banks Shaw of the University ...
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Welcome to BassFan's Dock Talk section, where you will see brief, newsworthy items that for one reason or another can't be made into full-blown news articles. Despite the name, and in keeping with BassFan's editorial policy, every effort will be made to avoid publishing outright rumors.
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North Alabama duo victorious at Chickamauga
Saturday, May 31, 2025
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Ike Foundation announces four scholarship winners
Thursday, May 29, 2025
The Ike Foundation has announced its for scholarship winners for 2025. Selected from a pool of 251 high school senior applicants from across the country, ...
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Balog: Hackney finding a way to get 'er done
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Greg Hackney is having a down year on the Bassmaster Elite Series, but a recent NPFL victory and a steely determination to keep doing things his own way ...
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PiranhO2 sponsoring fish care for MLF
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
BENTON, Ky. – Major League Fishing announced PiranhO2 as a sponsor of its MLF5 leagues and the MLF Fisheries Management Division (FMD) Fish Care program. ...
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Montevallo's Harris, Head prevail at Hartwell
Monday, May 26, 2025
Peyton Harris and Dalton Head of top-ranked University of Montevallo caught 37.14 pounds over 2 days to win the Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship at ...
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Three tied for lead in NPFL tournament
Friday, May 23, 2025
Improved weather brought calmer conditions on Day 2 of the National Professional Fishing League event at Douglas Lake, but the offshore bite took a hit. ...
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Canterbury leads after first day at Douglas
Friday, May 23, 2025
DANDRIDGE, Tenn. – Day 1 is in the books at Douglas Lake and the leaderboard is stacked. With rising water pushing fish shallow and a handful of offshore ...
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Johnson Outdoors renews partnership with MLF
Friday, May 23, 2025
BENTON, Ky. – Major League Fishing (MLF) and Johnson Outdoors, parent company of Minn Kota and Humminbird, announced the renewal of their partnership ...
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B.A.S.S. announces renewed deals with Yamaha, Daiwa
Thursday, May 22, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – B.A.S.S. announced today that Yamaha Marine, a worldwide leader in outboard marine products, has signed a four-year renewal as a premier ...
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Balog: A big payoff swims in the shallows
Thursday, May 22, 2025
The Bass Pro Tour's Heavy Hitters event, which concludes today at Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia, will award $100,000 to the angler who catches the biggest ...
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High School Combine registration starts May 28
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – One hundred young anglers will have the opportunity to showcase their on-the-water skills and network with 25 of the best colleges ...
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Lowen enters agreement with PiranhO2
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Bassmaster Elite Series veteran Bill Lowen has joined the pro staff of PiranhO2 Oxygen Enrichment Systems.
“Yes, I make my living by putting the right ...
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Weather causes cancellation of Poteat fundraiser
Monday, May 19, 2025
DANDRIDGE, Tenn.—The National Professional Fishing League has canceled the Chad Poteat ALS Fundraiser tournament scheduled for Wednesday due to potentially ...
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Lucas has big day as Group B begins qualifying
Sunday, May 18, 2025
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – For the second day in a row, one angler unlocked the bite better than the rest during his first day on Smith Mountain Lake. Like ...
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Kayak angler dies at California tournament
Sunday, May 18, 2025
The Bass Angler Magazine Tournament Trail announced that kayak angler Ryan Mora died during an event at Lake Almanor on Saturday.
The organization ...
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Neal grabs early lead at Heavy Hitters
Saturday, May 17, 2025
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – Saturday’s opening day of qualifying for Group A at Heavy Hitters also marked the first time Virginia’s Smith Mountain Lake has ...
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Peavyhouse wins Toyota event at Guntersville
Saturday, May 17, 2025
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. – Blasting off on Friday with a lead of more than 4 pounds over his nearest pursuer, Isaac Peavyhouse could taste his first Toyota Series ...
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Team Series event makes TV premiere Saturday
Friday, May 16, 2025
The first episode of the 2024 MLF Team Series event filmed in Florida's Indian River Country last fall is set to premiere this Saturday at 2 p.m. ET on ...
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Chapman talks faith, family, fishing in video
Friday, May 16, 2025Veteran MLF Bass Pro Tour angler Brent Chapman, along with sponsor KastKing, has produced a YouTube video in which he discusses the impact of faith and ...
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Boat drawing benefits Fla. children's hospital
Friday, May 16, 2025
Wolfson Children's Hospital of Jacksonville, Fla., which will hold its 39th annual fund-raising bass tournament this weekend, is conducting a drawing ...
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Balog: A sad state of affairs in Florida
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Freshwater fishing in Florida these days is nowhere near as good as it once was, and in Joe Balog's view, the reason for that is the way it's been managed ...
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NPFL to hold benefit for angler Poteat
Monday, May 12, 2025
WILKESVILLE, Ohio – Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rare and devastating neurodegenerative disorder that results in the progressive loss of muscle ...
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BFL winner catches 40-pound stringer
Monday, May 12, 2025
ZWOLLE, La. – Riley Harris of Orange, Texas, caught a five-bass limit weighing 40 pounds, 8 ounces, Saturday – the fourth-largest limit ever weighed in ...
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Shaw gets his biggest payday at Pickwick
Sunday, May 11, 2025
COUNCE, Tenn.– The fourth MLF Invitationals event of 2025 at Pickwick Lake turned out to be gem of a tournament, with big weights and a tight finish on ...
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Sizzling Lawrence now leads Invitational
Saturday, May 10, 2025
COUNCE, Tenn. – With modern sonar set aside for Day 2 of the MLF Invitational on Pickwick Lake, it was a foregone conclusion that the weights would go ...
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Hawk triumphs at WON Bass Lake Havasu Open
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Every the threat on desert lakes, or anywhere in the West for that matter, former Bassmaster Elite Series and MLF Bass Pro Tour competitor Roy Hawk claimed ...
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AOY leader Shaw boxes 26-06 at Pickwick
Friday, May 9, 2025
COUNCE, Tenn. – Hopes were high for the MLF Invitationals stop on Pickwick Lake, and on Day 1, those expectations were met or exceeded. Leading the way, ...
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Balog: Paradigm shift favors the young
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Is a fair amount of seasoning on the top tours one of the prerequisites for success in professional bass fishing these days? Not hardly, as anglers in ...
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MLF picks up non-alcoholic beer sponsor
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
BENTON, Ky. – Major League Fishing (MLF) announced today that Athletic Brewing Company has been named the organization's official non-alcoholic beer sponsor ...
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Alabama Bass Trail releases 2026 schedule
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
DECATUR, Ala. – The Alabama Bass Trail Tournament Series will enter its 13th season next year with an 11-event schedule offering more than $750,000 in ...
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Octogenarian wins BFL at Shelbyville
Monday, May 5, 2025
Bobby McMullin, an 82-year-old resident of Pevely, Mo., caught a five-bass limit weighing 14 pounds, 3 ounces Saturday to win a BFL Illini Division event ...
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A few ideas for Father's Day shopping
Monday, May 5, 2025
BassFan has put together its annual Father's Day Gift Guide to help ...
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Swindle video captures the essence of fishing
Monday, May 5, 2025Gerald Swindle posted a Facebook video over the weekend as a visit to a campground with a small lake caused him to recall his earliest outings with a ...
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Texan Lee tops shortened Toyota Series derby
Friday, May 2, 2025
EUFAULA, Okla. – Drenching overnight rains sent the water level up even higher than it already was, which turned the Toyota Series Southwestern Division ...
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King University duo triumphs at Buggs Island
Thursday, May 1, 2025
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, Va. — Tournaments are often won by anglers fishing within their comfort zone. That wasn’t necessarily the case for the King University ...
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Three BassmastHER events still on docket
Thursday, May 1, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — BassmastHER, an initiative started with the goal of creating a space for female anglers at all levels to learn new fishing skills ...
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Balog: The things we used to put up with
Thursday, May 1, 2025
In this week's edition of Balog's Bass War, Joe Balog looks back and some of the inconveniences bass anglers formerly had to endure regarding equipment ...
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Key Decisions Will Swing Saginaw Bay BPT
By MLF Communications BAY CITY, Mich. – The Bass Pro Tour is set to wrap up its 2025 regular season with a high-stakes showdown in Bay City, Mich., this
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Summer Smallmouth Shootout On Tap
B.A.S.S. Communications MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. — Summer is in full swing in southern Michigan, which means the smallmouth are starting to feed up just in
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Chapman Looking For Big Finish At Saginaw Bay
By Todd Ceisner BassFan Editor While it doesn’t all come down to this, it basically does all come down to this for Brent Chapman. To re-qualify
