Union Sportsmen’s Alliance, Alabama Power and B.A.S.S. complete Smith Lake pavilion
Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) volunteers completed construction of a new public fishing tournament weigh-in pavilion at Alabama’s scenic Smith Lake in June. The state-of-the-art structure was created at no cost...
House of Representatives passes Great American Outdoors Act
ALEXANDRIA, VA – By a vote of 310 to 107, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), a landmark legislative package to fund access...
Taking care of our most precious resource
I have been fortunate to win two B.A.S.S. tournaments and qualify for six Bassmaster Classics, but one of the crowning achievements of my 17-year career as a full-time professional angler...
Restoring the coast: 10 years after the Deepwater Horizon
It’s been 10 years since the Deepwater Horizon disaster killed 11 men and leaked more than 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
TPWD launches innovative bass tracking study
AUSTIN – With more people heading out to the water, recent reports have shown anglers aren’t catching bass as often despite healthy fish populations in lakes. The Texas Parks and...
Yamaha Rightwaters sponsors dive during South Carolina Seven expedition
KENNESAW, Ga. — Yamaha Rightwaters will sponsor a blackwater dive in the Cooper River near Charleston on July 29 as part of the South Carolina Seven (SC7), a first-of-its-kind expedition across...
Classic fans and Carhartt help Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful
Fans who attended the 2020 Bassmaster Classic in Birmingham earlier this year had the chance to help keep Lake Guntersville and other Tennessee River reservoirs clean by making a $10...
Are Florida plant managers listening?
Florida is arguably the bass fishing capital of the world, but the Sunshine State also claims the unwanted designation as home to the most invasive species. Invaders like pythons and...
Don’t even think about spreading invasives
In nearly two decades of competing as a professional angler, I have seen many of our best fisheries change as the result of both accidental and purposeful introduction of invasive...
