2008-07-23	Pressure’s on for Pros on Bubble for Bassmaster Classic By this weekend, Bassmaster Elite Series pros will be back on the road, headed to New York for the final two events of 2008. If the pro is a “bubble boy,” right now he’s feeling th...

2008-07-23	Castaic’s RockHard Swimbaits score colossal catches Oak View, CA, July 2, 2008 – Southern California angling wizard Mike Long knows a thing or two about the phenomenon...

2008-07-22	ICAST 2008 Continues Tradition as World’s Largest Sportfishing Trade Show July 22, 2008 - Alexandria, VA— From July 16-18, 7,000 representatives of the global sportfishing community came together for ICAST 2008, the world’s largest sportfishing tradeshow...

2008-07-22	JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONS TO BE CROWNED AUGUST 16 IN CONJUNCTION WITH FORREST WOOD CUP COLUMBIA, S.C. (July 22, 2008) – The Bass Federation announced Tuesday its field for the 2008 National Guard Junior World Championship on Lake Monticello in Columbia, S.C., Aug. 15...

2008-07-22	Bassmaster Elite Series Heads to Smallmouth Country The Bassmaster Elite Series will bring its 10th tournament of the season – the Empire Chase presented by Farmer’s Insurance – to Lake Erie and the Niagara River out of Buffalo as t...

2008-07-16	BAUMGARDNER LEADS STREN SERIES EVENT ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (July 16, 2008) – Pro Chris Baumgardner of Gastonia, N.C., caught a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds, 13 ounces Wednesday to lead opening day of the Stren Seri...

2008-07-16	100% BASS Announces The California Team Tour The California Team Tour is a new and exciting format for Pro Team Fishing. With the high cost of travel, Pro fishing is changing and the CTT will offer a way to compete at the hig...

2008-07-16	BASS Announces 2009 & 2010 Bassmaster Elite Series Schedules BASS announced today its Bassmaster Elite Series tournament schedule for the next two seasons, 2009 and 2010. In 2009, the most prominent tournament trail in the world will make a ...

2008-07-15	Malikian & Levy Take Top Stick Tour Finale Congratulations and job well done go to Manas Malikian and Andrew Levy for coming out on top of a tough day fishing. Here are the official results for the finale at Castaic earlier...

2008-07-12	Manas is the Man in 2008 Top Stick Finale at Lake Castaic June 28, 2008 Lake Castaic – Today was the 2008 Top Stick Tours’ final stop at the same lake where the season began. Though one of the cornerstones of the Top Stick Tour is to only...

2008-07-12	DUDLEY WINS LAND O’LAKES ANGLER OF THE YEAR TITLE DETROIT (July 11, 2008) – David Dudley of Lynchburg, Va., added to his already impressive list of career accomplishments by winning the Land O’Lakes Angler of the Year title Friday...

2008-07-09	Bassmaster Angler of the Year Competition Shaping Up into a VanDam-Faircloth Face-Off The competition for the 2008 Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year crown and its $250,000 prize looks like it will come down to a Kevin VanDam vs. Todd Faircloth fight....

2008-07-09	River2Sea Releases New Nest Raider Size Richmond, Calif. – In 2007, River2Sea introduced Nest Raider, a lure designed to target the naturally aggressive nature of large spawning bass. Sightfishing specialists in the wes...

2008-07-08	Something Different Online Chula Vista, CA – [July 2008] – The Fish Icon, after recently receiving LLC status, announces the 1 For a Friend program; a savings enhancement tool for the customers willing to ad...

2008-07-08	Bass Angler’s Guide teams with John Caulfield Martinez, Ca – July 2008 - The Bass Angler’s Guide magazine, a leading west coast bass publication has just teamed up with John Caulfield as its advertising manager....

2008-07-04	WON BASS U.S Open draws top names to Lake Mead The WON BASS U.S. Open will once again be returning to Lake Mead this August 21-27th for what is the longest running, richest bass fishing tournament in the west....

2008-07-02	Frey/Remmers win at McClure and Wrap up Angler of the Year Honors Sunday was the last stop of the year for both 100% BASSand the Mother Lode Region.With 27 boats checking in at Barrett Cove on Lake McClure, we found ourselves in for a quick day. ...

2008-07-01	Officials boost chlorine in canal water Although quagga mussels have yet to arrive in the Coachella Valley, water officials decided Tuesday to fight the invasive species by adding 4,050 gallons of chlorine a day to the C...

2008-07-01	Wire-to-Wire Effort Brings Wirth First BASS Victory in 14 Years at Old Hickory Lake HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. – Kevin Wirth of Crestwood, Ky., tried a new strategy that made him uncomfortable throughout the Tennessee Triumph presented by Longhorn on Old Hickory Lake, ...

2008-06-27	Wirth Grabs Day 1 Lead at Tennessee Triumph on Old Hickory Lake HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. – Veteran Bassmaster Elite Series pro Kevin Wirth of Crestwood, Ky., fished a depth at which he wasn’t exactly comfortable, and the change produced the best r...

2008-06-27	Louisiana’s Jamie Laiche Repeats as BASS Federation Nation Central Divisional Champion YANKTON, S.D. – Louisiana angler Jamie Laiche won his second straight BASS Federation Nation Central Divisional title at Lewis & Clark Reservoir, and now he has his sights set on c...

2008-06-27	Powell Rods Announces New Lower Pricing Structure on Powell Max Bass Rods Novato, Calif. – As the cost of living seems to increase daily and retail prices continue to climb nationwide, the burden of those increased costs land squarely on the shoulder of ...

2008-06-26	FLW SERIES LAKE MEAD EVENT TO AIR JULY 6 MINNEAPOLIS (June 26, 2008) — Tune in Sunday, July 6 to “FLW Outdoors” on FSN for the $1 million Wal-Mart FLW Series National Guard Western Division tournament on Lake Mead in Hend...

2008-06-25	WON BASS TEAMS TO HOST CLEAR LAKE SUMMER SERIES Don’t put away those rods for summer as WON BASS will be hosting a special teams region out of Clear lake this June through September....

2008-06-25	Kim Bain Tightens Her Grip On Lead in Women’s Bassmaster Tour Points Race Leading since the tour began in April, Kim Bain of Alabaster, Ala., has a firmer grip on the top spot in the season-long points competition to be the 2008 Toyota Women’s Bassmaster...

2008-06-25	Florida Postal Worker Reels in $100,000 in Fifth FLW Fantasy Fishing Tournament MINNEAPOLIS (June 25, 2008) – Four years ago, one of Terry Totten’s coworkers, a fellow postal worker, invited Totten to try bass fishing. That day, they caught more than 18 bass o...

2008-06-25	San Vicente Reservoir Closure Update San Vicente Reservoir is currently open on its normal summer schedule, Thursdays through Sundays. The city of San Diego, the owner and operator of the reservoir, anticipates that S...

2008-06-16	PROFESSIONAL ANGLERS ASSOCIATION INTRODUCES PAA CORPORATE CUP Benton, Ky. – The Professional Anglers Association (PAA) is proud to announce the 2008 PAA Corporate Cup. The event is a high stakes professional bass fishing tournament on Alabama...

2008-06-12	Bassmaster Elite Series ‘River Rumble’ Relocated to Tennessee’s Old Hickory Lake Recent unsafe conditions on the Mississippi River have prompted BASS to relocate the Bassmaster Elite Series’ River Rumble presented by Longhorn, set for June 26-29 and originally ...

2008-06-11	Future Pro Tour News KELSEYVILLE, Ca. - When he got the word two weeks before last month’s Future Pro Tour delta event that his first born was due any day,soon-to-be father Jose Soto, had a pretty good...

2008-06-10	Women’s Bassmaster Tour Rolls into Tennessee for Third Event of Season Old Hickory Lake will be a new test for the anglers as the Women’s Bassmaster Tour (WBT) presented by Academy Sports & Outdoors makes its June 19-21 stop in Tennessee’s Sumner Coun...

2008-06-08	West Virginia’s Jeremy Starks Takes First BASS Win at Bassmaster Elite Series Event at Alabama’s Whe DECATUR, Ala. – With the odds stacked against him, Jeremy Starks of Charleston, W.Va., outlasted perennial favorite and three-time Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year Kevin...

2008-06-03	TBF Federation National Championship Airs Sunday June 8th Tune in Sunday, June 8, to “FLW Outdoors TV” on FSN 11:00am, EST10CST for complete coverage of the 2008 The Bass Federation National Championship held on Lake Wylie near Charlo...

2008-06-02	FPT get ready to "rumble" at Clearlake this coming Saturday KELSEYVILLE – Ca, There is no question, for anyone in the know, that Clearlake is a big-bass factory that has proven itself time and time again as being perhaps the best big bass f...

2008-06-02	BERLO WINS $1 MILLION WAL-MART BFL ALL-AMERICAN HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (May 31, 2008) – Shayne Berlo, 38, of Vienna, Va., came from behind to win the Wal-Mart BFL All-American presented by Chevy on Lake Hamilton Saturday with a three...

2008-05-30	CARVER TAKES LEAD IN $1 MILLION WAL-MART BFL ALL AMERICAN HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (May 29, 2008) – Veteran angler Kim Carver of Milledgeville, Ga., caught five bass weighing 11 pounds, 6 ounces Thursday to grab the opening-day lead in the $1 mi...

2008-05-30	Gutierrez Steps Away From BASS Elite Series For the past several years I have maintained my position as a Fire Captain with CAL FIRE while I competed on the Bassmaster Elite Tour, and believe me, balancing the busy schedule ...

2008-05-30	WON BASS CLOSES OUT NORTHERN SEASON AT DELTA Bethel Island, CA– The Northern WON BASS Pro-AAA circuit will be making its final stop of the season as it hits the California Delta this June 14 and 15th. Staged out of Russo’s Ma...

2008-05-29	$9.5 MILLION WAL-MART FLW TOUR TO VISIT FORT LOUDOUN-TELLICO LAKES KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (May 28, 2008) – The $9.5 million Wal-Mart FLW Tour will stop in Knoxville, Tenn., June 19-22 for its fifth regular-season tournament, a $1 million event presented...

2008-05-29	QUAD CITIES TO HOST $1 MILLION WAL-MART BFL ALL-AMERICAN IN 2009 DAVENPORT, Iowa (May 28, 2008) – FLW Outdoors® announced today that the Quad Cities and the Mississippi River will play host to the $1 million Wal-Mart™ BFL All-American presented ...

2008-05-29	BASS Celebrates 40th Anniversary With ‘Gear Up Giveaway’ in June Throughout June, fishing fans can win one of more than 325 prizes in the BASS 40th Anniversary Gear Up Giveaway. Starting at 12:01 a.m. June 1, fans can enter daily to win at Bassm...

2008-05-28	FPT "Delta Shootout" airs this Saturday on Comcast Sports ROCKLIN, Ca - It's showtime! The 2008 FPT "Delta Shootout" that was held May 10th on the California Delta will air this Saturday, May 31st at 10:30am on COMCAST SPORTS TV! Tune in ...

2008-05-27	FLW WALLEYE TOUR ACTION RETURNS TO FSN MINNEAPOLIS (May 27, 2008) — Tune in Sunday, June 1, to “FLW Outdoors” on FSN for complete coverage of the season-opening Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour event held on Lake Erie in Port ...

2008-05-27	Martin-Wells Logs Third Women’s Bassmaster Tour Victory on Neely Henry Lake GADSDEN, Ala. — Two lures she nicknamed “Randall” and “Bobby” helped Pam Martin-Wells of Bainbridge, Ga., to a winning overall weight of 36 pounds, 1 ounce, Saturday at the second ...

2008-05-22	New Fish On Insurance Program Moving Fast In Spite Of Slowing Economy STOCKTON, Calif., May 22nd, 2008 — Westmar Marine Insurance, administrators to the Fish On Insurance Program announced today that their program has consistently doubled in new busi...

2008-05-20	Roumbanis Captures His Second Bassmaster Elite Series Victory on Lake Murray COLUMBIA, S.C. – Confidence, luck with a frog and a big fish he named “Shug” did the trick Sunday for Fred Roumbanis of Bixby, Okla., as the Day 3 leader carried through to win the...

2008-05-20	Bass Angler's Guide #3 On Sale June 1 Don’t miss the best western bass fishing information available today. New and innovative fishing information direct from the angler’s themselves. The Bass Anglers Guide Issue #3 i...

2008-05-19	Pack Wins Wal-Mart Open, $200,000 on Beaver Lake ROGERS, Ark. (May 18, 2008) – Mark Pack of Mineola, Texas, pocketed $200,000 Sunday in the Wal-Mart Open on Beaver Lake with a final-round, two-day total of 10 bass weighing 21 pou...

2008-05-17	Roumbanis Takes Lead in Day 3 at Elite Series Event on Lake Murray COLUMBIA, S.C. – Getting all the fish that bit into the boat made the difference Saturday for Fred Roumbanis of Bixby, Okla., as he claimed the lead heading into the final day of t...

2008-05-17	PORTER WINS STREN SERIES EVENT ON CALIFORNIA DELTA OAKLEY, Calif. (May 17, 2008) – Pro Kyle Porter of Acampo, Calif., caught a five-bass limit weighing 31 pounds, 7 ounces Saturday to win the Stren Series Western Division tournamen...

2008-05-16	Goldbeck Surges to Lead at Elite Series Event on Lake Murray COLUMBIA, S.C. – A first-timer on the tournament waters for the sixth Bassmaster Elite Series event of 2008, Grant Goldbeck of Gaithersburg, Md., ignored his instincts and claimed ...

2008-05-16	ANDREWS LEADS STREN SERIES EVENT ON CALIFORNIA DELTA OAKLEY, Calif. (May 15, 2008) – Pro Mike Andrews of Oakley, Calif., caught a five-bass limit weighing 24 pounds Thursday to retain the lead in the Stren Series Western Division tou...

2008-05-16	ANDREWS LEADS STREN SERIES EVENT ON CALIFORNIA DELTA OAKLEY, Calif. (May 16, 2008) – Pro Mike Andrews of Oakley, Calif., caught a five-bass limit weighing 15 pounds, 1 ounce Friday to widen his lead in the Stren Series Western tourna...

2008-05-16	Shaw Leads Wal-Mart FLW Tour Wal-Mart Open on Beaver Lake ROGERS, Ark. (May 16, 2008) – Alvin Shaw of State Road, N.C., caught five bass weighing 13 pounds, 6 ounces Friday to capture the lead in the $1.5 million Wal-Mart FLW Tour Wal-Mar...

2008-05-16	Morris Climbs to Lead after Day 2 at Elite Series Event on Lake Murray COLUMBIA, S.C. – Going after the big fish all day proved to be both gutsy and just what Rick Morris of Virginia Beach, Va., needed to take over the lead Friday in the Carolina Clas...

2008-05-14	Kyle Clement Memorial Fund Established Novato, Calif. – The Northern California bass fishing community lost a cherished family member on Saturday, May 10, 2008 when 25-year-old Kyle Clement from Anderson, Calif. was thr...

2008-05-14	ANDREWS LEADS STREN SERIES EVENT ON THE CALIFORNIA DELTA OAKLEY, Calif. (May 14, 2008) – Pro Mike Andrews of Oakley, Calif., caught a five-bass limit weighing 36 pounds, 3 ounces Wednesday to lead opening day of the Stren Series Western ...

2008-05-13	Zapponi and Perry put delta bass on "lockdown" BETHEL ISLAND, Ca - In the same way they help keep order on their day jobs as a sergeant on San Francisco's police force, and director of loss prevention for the Gap Stores Inc., P...

2008-05-13	Indiana Man Leads Race for $1 Million FLW Fantasy Fishing Prize Minneapolis (May 13, 2008) -- The race for FLW Fantasy Fishing's $1 million grand prize continues to heat up with just four more tournaments to go....

2008-05-13	Andrews/Delamater Take Top Honors at Delta on a Crowded Day Saturday was anything but normal. There were approximately 500+ boats on the delta fishing under incredibly good fishing conditions. 180 in a rookie event, 150 practicing for FLW S...

2008-05-10	HAWK WINS $1 MILLION WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON LAKE MEAD HENDERSON, Nev. (May 10, 2008) – Pro Roy Hawk of Salt Lake City, Utah, caught a five-bass limit weighing 11 pounds, 11 ounces Saturday to win $100,000 in the $1 million Wal-Mart FL...

2008-05-09	MINDERMAN LEADS WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON LAKE MEAD HENDERSON, Nev. (May 9, 2008) – Extreme Pringles pro Sean Minderman of Spokane, Wash., caught a five-bass limit weighing 6 pounds, 11 ounces Friday to widen his lead in the $1 mill...

2008-05-08	MINDERMAN LEADS WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON LAKE MEAD HENDERSON, Nev. (May 8, 2008) – Extreme Pringles pro Sean Minderman of Spokane, Wash., caught a five-bass limit weighing 11 pounds, 12 ounces Thursday to retain the lead in the $1 ...

2008-05-07	MINDERMAN LEADS WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON LAKE MEAD HENDERSON, Nev. (May 7, 2008) – Extreme Pringles pro Sean Minderman of Spokane, Wash., landed five bass weighing 13 pounds, 9 ounces Wednesday to lead day one of the Wal-Mart FLW S...

2008-05-06	Future Pro Tour stops at the California Delta BETHEL ISLAND, Ca. - Happy to finally put aside for a while their dropshot/darterhead baits and light tackle rigs, Future Pro Tour anglers are welcoming with open arms the middle l...

2008-04-30	Camanche set for FPT Central Valley this Saturday IONE, Ca – Well off the beaten path of most tournament schedules lies a lake that many bass anglers would just as soon see kept off the list of lakes visited by tournament trails....

2008-04-29	WesternBass.Com launches bassfishingtv.com OAKLEY, CA (April 29, 2008) — WesternBass.Com announced today the addition of a brand new website to its suite of bass fishing Internet destinations, bassfishingtv.com. ...

2008-04-28	Hoernke Wins National Guard Open on Lake Norman CHARLOTTE, N.C. (April 27, 2008) – Sean Hoernke of Magnolia, Texas, pocketed $150,000 Sunday in the National Guard Open on Lake Norman with a final-round, two-day total of 10 bass ...

2008-04-28	Travis wins TBF National Championship on Lake Wylie CHARLOTTE, N.C. (April 26, 2008) – Brian Travis of Conover, N.C., a 30-year-old supervisor for Southeastern Freight Line, is now “Living the Dream” after catching five bass weighi...

2008-04-24	Future Pro Tech series begins May 15th at Sportsman's Warehouse ROCKLIN Ca. – The technology available to today's angler is amazing. Ol' school anglers often express their dismay at the fact that much in the way of electronics didn't exist in t...

2008-04-24	Bassmaster Elite Series Returns to Clarks Hill Lake The Bassmaster Elite Series will bring its fifth tournament of the season – the Pride of Georgia presented by Evan Williams Bourbon – to the Peach State....

2008-04-22	Garrigan/Phelps Take Delta by Narrowest of Margins Fishing on Saturday turned out to be pretty good considering for 3 days straight the wind had blown and by noon it was howling again. That being said, it sure didn’t slow down the ...

2008-04-22	Dehart's Walk Away with New Melones Sunday wasn’t what we expected after the wind blew for days; it was very nice outside as everyone checked in at Glory Hole Sports in Angels Camp. The only exception, it was 31 degr...

2008-04-21	GARCIA WINS STREN SERIES EVENT ON CLEAR LAKE KELSEYVILLE, Calif. (April 19, 2008) – Pro Philip Garcia of Yuba City, Calif., caught a five-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 3 ounces Saturday to win the Stren Series Western Divisi...

2008-04-19	CURTISS LEADS STREN SERIES EVENT ON CLEAR LAKE KELSEYVILLE, Calif. (April 18, 2008) – Pro Wade Curtiss of Lincoln, Calif., caught a five-bass limit weighing 13 pounds, 5 ounces Friday to widen his lead in the Stren Series Weste...

2008-04-17	CURTISS LEADS STREN SERIES EVENT ON CLEAR LAKE KELSEYVILLE, Calif. (April 16, 2008) – Pro Wade Curtiss of Lincoln, Calif., caught a five-bass limit weighing 34 pounds, 11 ounces Wednesday to lead opening day of the Stren Series...

2008-04-14	Faircloth Surges to Victory at Bassmaster Elite Series Event on Lake Amistad DEL RIO, Texas - Sparked by a 'magic tree', Todd Faircloth of Jasper, Texas, jumped Sunday from 10th place to first at the Lone Star Shootout presented by Mahindra Tractors, edging...

2008-04-14	Vicente Final Carryover Storage Project Environmental Study Slated for Certification San Vicente Dam will be raised 54 feet as part of the Emergency Storage Project to store 52,000 acre-feet of additional water for the San Diego region to use in the event of an int...

2008-04-14	Kim Bain of Alabama Pulls Off Upset Win at WBT Event in Texas LEWISVILLE, Texas - Toting more than 17 pounds of bass to the scales Saturday, Kim Bain of Alabaster, Ala., leapfrogged over 19 other pros to win the Women's Bassmaster Tour presen...

2008-04-11	Dove Establishes Lead at Bassmaster Elite Series Event on Lake Amistad DEL RIO, Texas � Demonstrating that Texas� Lake Amistad is still capable of surrendering impressive weights, Kurt Dove of Fairfax, Va., weighed 30 pounds, 8 ounces Fr...

2008-04-11	FPT Berryessa opener air on TV this Saturday ROCKLIN, Ca. – It’s SHOWTIME for all you Future Pro Tour anglers that participated in last month’s season opener on Lake Berryessa, as that kick-off event will be broadcast this Sa...

2008-04-10	Day 1 of Bassmaster Elite Series Event on Lake Amistad Canceled DEL RIO, Texas - Due to unsafe weather conditions and in the best interest of all concerned, BASS announced the first day of tournament action on Lake Amistad, scheduled for Thursd...

2008-04-10	FLW SERIES CAL DELTA EVENT TO AIR APRIL 20 MINNEAPOLIS (April 10, 2008) — Tune in Sunday, April 20 to “FLW Outdoors” on FSN for the big-fish parade from the California Delta in Bethel Island, Calif. The show, which conclude...

2008-04-08	FPT set for spotted bass "shootout" this Saturday at Shasta REDDING, Ca. - Early spring and its Shasta time! Perhaps the most beautiful lake in the west, Shasta's backdrop of high-sierra mountain ranges and abundant wildlife can easily dist...

2008-04-08	$7.3 Million FLW Fantasy Fishing Awards Second $100,000 Prize Race to win $1 million grand prize heats up as fantasy fishing hooks players worldwide. Greensboro, N.C., man wins $100,000 in historic fantasy sports game....

2008-04-06	BENNETT WINS WAL-MART FLW TOUR EVENT ON LEWIS SMITH LAKE BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 6, 2008) – Team Duracell pro Michael Bennett of Roseville, Calif., caught a final-round total of 10 bass weighing 27 pounds, 8 ounces to win $125,000 in the...

2008-04-06	Elias Shatters BASS Record with More Than 130 Pounds in Elite Series Win at Falcon Lake ZAPATA, Texas – Demolishing the four-day BASS heavyweight catch record, Paul Elias of Laurel, Miss., scored his sixth BASS victory Sunday in come-from-behind fashion at the Bassmas...

2008-04-05	BENNETT LEADS WAL-MART FLW TOUR EVENT ON LEWIS SMITH LAKE BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 5, 2008) – Team Duracell pro Michael Bennett of Roseville, Calif., caught a five-bass limit weighing 14 pounds, 9 ounces Saturday to capture the lead in a t...

2008-04-05	Martens top 100 mark, opens 7-pound lead ZAPATA, Texas — Aaron Martens hardly sounded like a man who has a 7-plus-pound lead with 24 hours standing between him and a $100,000 payday. And he certainly didn't sound like som...

2008-04-01	FPT Central valley anglers get ready for Mc Clure this Saturday! ROCKLIN Ca. - After last month's exciting central valley opener on Don Pedro, the Future Pro Tour is ready to go again this Saturday, April 5th, bringing its 2nd event of the seaso...

2008-03-31	LAKE HAVASU TO HOST TBF WESTERN DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (March 31, 2008) – The Bass Federation 2008 Western Divisional Championship presented by the National Guard will be held on Lake Havasu in Lake Havasu City ...

2008-03-29	DEEDS LEADS WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON WHEELER LAKE DECATUR, Ala. (March 27, 2008) – Pro Jake Deeds of El Dorado, Ark., caught a five-bass limit weighing 14 pounds, 6 ounces Thursday to retain the lead in the $1 million Wal-Mart FLW...

2008-03-29	LUNSFORD LEADS WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON WHEELER LAKE DECATUR, Ala. (March 28, 2008) – Pro Scott Lunsford of Calhoun, Ga., caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 7 ounces Friday to capture the lead in the $1 million Wal-Mart FLW...

2008-03-29	COLSON WINS $1 MILLION WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON WHEELER LAKE DECATUR, Ala. (March 29, 2008) – National Guard Pro Ramie Colson Jr. of Cadiz, Ky., caught a five-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 2 ounces Saturday to win $125,000 in the $1 million...

2008-03-27	DEEDS LEADS WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON WHEELER LAKE DECATUR, Ala. (March 26, 2008) – Pro Jake Deeds of El Dorado, Ark., landed five bass weighing 18 pounds, 3 ounces Wednesday to lead day one of the Wal-Mart FLW Series® BP Eastern D...

2008-03-25	Elite Series Travels to Texas for First Visit to Bountiful Falcon Lake The Lonestar Shootout presented by Longhorn marks the first time BASS has visited Falcon Lake in Zapata, Texas. The mainstream reservoir on the Rio Grande River has a surface area ...

2008-03-24	San Vicente Reservoir Closure Update Starting May 1, 2008, the reservoir will reopen on its normal summer schedule (Thursdays through Sundays). This will be the last summer season of recreation at San Vicente Reservoi...

2008-03-20	Big FPT Opener set for Berryessa this Saturday NAPA, Ca. – If there is one thing Future Pro Tour anglers can all agree on it’s that it has been a very long winter. And, with the holidays over and the worst of the cold weather n...

2008-03-19	ROCK N' RODS program enhanced for 2008 SACRAMENTO, Ca – He's an innovator, an entrepreneur, and a forward thinking business man that just happens to like to bass fish. And, as a multiple winner of one of his industries ...

2008-03-19	WBT Champ Judy Wong to Visit President Bush Judy Wong was surprised when the caller identified himself as the deputy director in the office of public liaison for the White House and invited her to meet President George W. Bu...

2008-03-17	New Dobyns Rods promotional staff set for 2008 ROCKLIN, Ca. – Last year at the Future Pro Tour Classic celebration banquet, after the appetizers, cocktails, and dinner had been served, the qualifying anglers and their families ...

2008-03-15	Michigan’s Kevin VanDam Capitalizes on Big Bite to Take Lead at Citrus Slam on Kissimmee Chain LAKE WALES, Fla. -- While a strong wind frustrated the field Saturday, a familiar face leaped to the top of the leaderboard with three days of consistent fishing. Kevin VanDam, of...

2008-03-15	HITE WINS $1 MILLION WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON CALIFORNIA DELTA BETHEL ISLAND, Calif. (March 15, 2008) – Team Coppertone pro Brett Hite of Phoenix, who won the Wal-Mart FLW Tour event March 2 at Lake Toho, continued his winning ways when he cau...

2008-03-14	Texan Bryon Velvick Jumps to Lead at Bassmaster Elite Series Event on Kissimmee Chain LAKE WALES, Fla. -- Coming on strong after a lackluster 2007 Bassmaster Elite Series season, Bryon Velvick of Del Rio, Texas, surged into the lead Thursday at the Citrus Slam pres...

2008-03-14	RIEHL LEADS WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON CALIFORNIA DELTA BETHEL ISLAND, Calif. (March 13, 2008) – The California Delta continued to produce staggering numbers of large fish — including the fourth- and fifth-largest bass ever to cross an ...

2008-03-13	FRIE LEADS WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON CALIFORNIA DELTA BETHEL ISLAND, Calif. (March 12, 2008) – Pro Chad Frie of Livermore, Calif., landed the largest five-bass limit in FLW Series history — a giant stringer that weighed 35 pounds, 10 ...

2008-03-12	FPT Adds Thunder Valley Casino as Sponsor ROCKLIN, Ca. - The Future Pro Tour Tournament Trails is pleased to announce a new addition to its list of premier sponsors for the 2008 season. ...

2008-03-12	Bruce/Stilley use Swimbait to top field at Lake Don Pedro What can you say about the foothill lakes in the spring, other than they can be hard on you when the conditions are changing and Lake Don Pedro, being primarily a Largemouth Bass o...

2008-03-10	DODSON WINS STREN SERIES EVENT ON NORFORK LAKE MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (March 8, 2008) – Pro Robbie Dodson of Harrison, Ark., caught a five-bass limit weighing 10 pounds, 5 ounces Saturday to win the Stren Series Central Division t...

2008-03-10	McClelland Catches Up to Win Bassmaster Elite Series Season Opener LEESBURG, Fla. – Mike McClelland of Bella Vista, Ark., came full circle Sunday as he took home the winner’s trophy in the Bassmaster Elite Series’ first tournament of the season, t...

2008-03-07	Missouri’s Snowden Surges to Lead at Elite Series Season Opener LEESBURG, Fla. -- Putting together two consistent days on the stingy Harris Chain of Lakes, Brian Snowden of Reeds Spring, Mo., vaulted into the lead Friday with 37 pounds, 3 ounc...

2008-03-07	HEAD-TO-HEAD FLW SERIES ACTION TO AIR MARCH 16 MINNEAPOLIS (March 7, 2008) — Tune in Sunday, March 16 to “FLW Outdoors” on FSN for the inaugural Wal-Mart FLW Series East-West Fish-Off on Lake Amistad in Del Rio, Texas. Thirty p...

2008-03-05	Delta Breaks Wide Open for Zipton and Gizatullin Russo’s Marina was the site of this second stop on the Delta Region. It was early spring on this first day of March and with four days of warm weather the big fish were biting and ...

2008-03-05	Riley / Benson Hit the Spot at Shasta If you like Spotted Bass fishing then Shasta Lake is the place to be. The big Spots are on the prowl and the 32 boats of 100% BASS’s Northern Regions went a hunting. During check i...

2008-03-02	HITE WINS WAL-MART FLW TOUR EVENT ON LAKE TOHO KISSIMMEE, Fla. (March 2, 2008) – Coppertone pro Brett Hite of Phoenix, Ariz., caught a final-round total of 10 bass weighing 38 pounds, 9 ounces to win $125,000 in the $1 million ...

2008-03-02	Future Pro Tour season opener this Sat at Don Pedro LE GRANGE Ca, - The Future Pro Tour's central division is set to kick off it's season opener this Saturday at Lake Don Pedro, a beautiful and fertile impoundment known for its larg...

2008-02-29	HITE LEADS WAL-MART FLW TOUR OPENER ON LAKE TOHO KISSIMMEE, Fla. (Feb. 28, 2008) – Brett Hite of Phoenix, Ariz., crossed an unseasonably-cold weigh-in stage on the edge of Lake Toho Thursday with a five-bass limit weighing 22 pou...

2008-02-28	Elite Series Pros Predict Strong Fishing on Florida’s Harris Chain With the thrill of the 38th Bassmaster Classic still fresh, the 2008 Bassmaster Elite Series season will kick off in earnest with the Sunshine Showdown, March 6-9 on the Harris Cha...

2008-02-26	Out Of Towners open Vanity Cup PreFish Strong KELSEYVILLE Ca. - It was as though someone told the bass it was ok to come out of hiding and feed as the first day of the America's Vanity Cup 5-day pre-fish contest started off wi...

2008-02-24	Alton Jones of Texas Captures His First Bassmaster Classic Win GREENVILLE, S.C. — Alton Jones jockeyed a slim lead into a jumbo win with 49 pounds, 7 ounces Sunday for his first Bassmaster Classic crown and the top prize of $500,000....

2008-02-24	Tucker Receives Posthumous Award for Outstanding Writing Career GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The journalist Tim Tucker brought the outdoors to readers worldwide, and Sunday his fans got to say “Thank you” one more time....

2008-02-23	Louisiana’s Judy Wong Claims Emotional Victory in Women’s Bassmaster Tour Championship GREENVILLE, S.C. – Judy Wong of Many, La., coaxed enough fish out of her “hot hole” Saturday on Lake Keowee to claim the 2008 Women’s Bassmaster Tour Championship by a mere 6 ounce...

2008-02-23	Texan Alton Jones Surges to Lead in Day 2 of 2008 Bassmaster Classic GREENVILLE, S.C. — A sweet, deep spot helped Alton Jones to a second-day catch of more than 18 pounds and the Saturday lead at the 2008 Bassmaster Classic....

2008-02-23	NEWBERRY WINS STREN SERIES EVENT ON SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR JASPER, Texas (Feb. 23, 2008) – Pro Dicky Newberry of Houston, Texas, caught a five-bass limit weighing 23 pounds, 15 ounces Saturday to win the Stren Series Texas Division tournam...

2008-02-23	KERR WINS STREN SERIES EVENT ON LAKE HAVASU LAKE HAVASU, Ariz. (Feb. 23, 2008) – Pro Justin Kerr of Simi Valley, Calif., caught a five-bass limit weighing 12 pounds, 1 ounce Saturday to win the Stren Series Western Division ...

2008-02-22	KERR LEADS STREN SERIES EVENT ON LAKE HAVASU LAKE HAVASU, Ariz. (Feb. 21, 2008) – Pro Justin Kerr of Simi Valley, Calif., caught a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds Thursday to capture a lead in the Stren Series Western Divi...

2008-02-22	Clark Edges Wong for Lead after Day Two of Women’s Bassmaster Tour Championship GREENVILLE, S.C. – Dianna Clark of Bumpus Mills, Tenn., was aware of the bone-chilling weather during Friday’s second round of the Women’s Bassmaster Tour Championship presented by...

2008-02-22	CECIL LEADS STREN SERIES EVENT ON SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR JASPER, Texas (Feb. 22, 2008) – Pro Russell Cecil of Willis, Texas, caught a five-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 11 ounces Friday to capture his lead in the Stren Series Texas Divi...

2008-02-22	Elite Pro Hartley Leads by Slim Margin after Day One of Bassmaster Classic GREENVILLE, S.C. — Holding off three other contenders by less than a pound, Charlie Hartley claimed the lead Friday in the 2008 Bassmaster Classic on Lake Hartwell with 21 pounds, ...

2008-02-21	BASS Announces Three Years of Bassmaster Classic Venues BASS Announces Three Years of Bassmaster Classic Venues: 2009 Classic in Shreveport-Bossier City, La.; 2010 in Birmingham, Ala.; 2011 in New Orleans...

2008-02-20	$10 MILLION WAL-MART FLW SERIES TO VISIT CALIFORNIA DELTA OAKLEY, Calif. (Feb. 20, 2008) – The $10 million Wal-Mart FLW Series® will visit the California Delta in Oakley, Calif., March 12-15 for its first National Guard Western Division t...

2008-02-20	NOLLAR LEADS STREN SERIES EVENT ON LAKE HAVASU LAKE HAVASU, Ariz. (Feb. 20, 2008) – Pro Brian Nollar of Homer, Alaska, caught a five-bass limit weighing 14 pounds, 14 ounces Wednesday to lead opening day of the Stren Series Wes...

2008-02-20	2nd annual Vanity Cup on Clear Lake Approaches KELSEYVILLE Ca. – It was only 7:40 am when our breakfast was interrupted by a phone call from one of the 73 teams we had just blasted off in last year’s inaugural America’s Vanity ...

2008-02-14	C&C Marine help you get ready for season opener at Don Pedro MODESTO Ca, - Need some help figuring out how to pattern those wily bass during the Future Pro Tour's March 8th central valley season opener on Lake Don Pedro? Well stop sweatin. O...

2008-02-14	100% BASS - New Region to open at Lake Havasu 100% Bass is proud to announce the opening of a new region for bass anglers at Lake Havasu. This will bring the total number of regions to 9 for 100% BASS pro teams, now expanding ...

2008-02-09	WAL-MART FLW SERIES EAST VS. WEST BATTLE CONCLUDES DEL RIO, Texas (Feb. 9, 2008) – Clayton Meyer of San Diego, Calif., the No. 13 seed from the National Guard Western Division, out-fished his opponent, Mark Rose of Marion, Ark., th...

2008-02-08	WAL-MART FLW SERIES EAST VS. WEST BATTLE BEGINS DEL RIO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2008) – Jimmy Reese of Witter Springs, Calif., the No. 15 seed from the National Guard Western Division, crushed his opponent, Tommy Biffle of Wagoner, Okla...

2008-02-08	OPTIMA Batteries Joins BASS as Sponsor CELEBRATION, Fla. – OPTIMA Batteries, The Ultimate Power Source, and BASS, the worldwide authority on bass fishing, announced Tuesday that Milwaukee, Wisc.,-based OPTIMA has joined...

2008-02-08	Hall of Fame Angler Dee Thomas Joins Powell Rods Pro Staff Novato, Calif. – Powell Rods announces that Dee Thomas of Brentwood, Calif., the father of the flipping technique and an inductee of three separate Freshwater Fishing Halls of Fame...

2008-02-06	BASS ZONE ANNOUNCES NEW STUDIO SHOW Norman, Okla. – The dawning of the 2008 professional bass fishing season is upon us, and The BASS ZONE, the leader in independent on location coverage of professional bass fishing ...

2008-02-06	Four to enter Bass Fishing Hall of Fame HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Four legendary figures of bass fishing who have contributed greatly to the sport through education, angling achievements, innovations and communications will jo...

2008-02-05	Mclaughlin / Sherman conquer tuff bite at Oroville This weekend at Oroville was definitely a challenge. Normally the Spotted Bass are fairly easy to locate and catch this time of year, but with recent weather conditions also being ...

2008-02-05	Hage / Seals Surprise Field With Big Bag Clear Lake Saturday was a different type of day for tournament fishing. First, the weather for the past weeks had been miserable, second, water temperatures were at 10 year lows (low 40’s), a...

2008-02-04	BROWNLEE WINS STREN SERIES EVENT ON LAKE SEMINOLE BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (Feb. 2, 2008) – Pro Clint Brownlee of Tifton, Ga., caught a one bass weighing 4 pounds, 15 ounces Saturday to win the Stren Series Southeast Division tournament pr...

2008-02-04	Future Pro Tour names Competition Commitee members ROCKLIN Ca. - Tournament organizations for all their pomp and circumstance are really just a big collective. And this collective is not just a head count of the members they serve,...

2008-02-01	JACKSON LEADS STREN SERIES EVENT ON LAKE SEMINOLE BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (Jan. 31, 2008) – Pro Mike Jackson of San Mateo, Fla., caught four-bass weighing 21 pounds, 7 ounces Thursday to capture the lead in the Stren Series Southeast Divi...

2008-02-01	COLLEGIATE BASS FISHING TO BENEFIT FROM NEW ASSOCIATION PONCA CITY, Okla. (Jan. 31, 2008) – College bass fishing got another boost today when an established angler group stepped forward to lend its organizational expertise and nationwid...

2008-01-30	2008 Bassmaster Classic on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell Promises to Add to Tales of Great Classics Everyone likes a good story about their favorite sport, and fishing fans are no exception. With the Bassmaster Classic just three weeks away, the stories about how the world’s top ...

2008-01-30	COLE LEADS STREN SERIES EVENT ON LAKE SEMINOLE BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (Jan. 30, 2008) – Pro Shane Cole of Empire, Ala., caught a five-bass limit weighing 15 pounds, 7 ounces Wednesday to lead opening day of the Stren Series Southeast ...

2008-01-29	Elite Series pro Roumbanis Makes Classic Debut with New Wrap, More Sponsors Fred Roumbanis of Bixby, Okla., will unveil an Ima Lures boat wrap when he competes in his first Bassmaster Classic, Feb. 22-24 on Lake Hartwell out of Greenville, S.C....

2008-01-26	KENNEY WINS $1 MILLION WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE CLEWISTON, Fla. (Jan. 26, 2008) – Team BP pro J.T Kenney of Port Charlotte, Fla., caught a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds even Saturday to win $125,000 in the $1 million Wal-Ma...

2008-01-24	Pros Pinpoint ‘Secrets’ to Winning Women’s Bassmaster Tour Championship in South Carolina Bringing in Lake Keowee’s biggest spotted bass, bagging a couple of kicker largemouths and maintaining a high level of confidence will be the winning formula in the Feb. 21-23 Wome...

2008-01-24	ESPN’s Mike Golic Packs up Rod and Reel The early birds are already up and listening to his popular ESPN Radio show every morning, so ESPN’s Mike Golic is going to take it on the road and bring listeners along for a big ...

2008-01-23	Future Pro Tour announces new enhancements and sponsors for 2008 season ROCKLIN Ca, - One thing northern California’s amateur anglers can be sure of is that the Future Pro Tour, now approaching it’s sixth year, will never compromise on trying to delive...

2008-01-23	Diverse, Talented Field Sets Stage for Another Exciting Bassmaster Classic With the 38th Bassmaster Classic less than a month away, the pressure is on for the field of 50 contenders in bass fishing’s most prestigious event....

2008-01-22	Yamaha Motor Corporation Signs with BASS CELEBRATION, Fla. – Yamaha Motor Corporation and BASS, the worldwide authority on bass fishing, announced Tuesday that Kennesaw, Ga.-based Yamaha has joined BASS as an Official Eng...

2008-01-22	Skeeter Products, Inc., Signs with BASS CELEBRATION, Fla. – Skeeter Products, Inc., manufacturer of Skeeter brand high performance boats, and BASS, the worldwide authority on bass fishing, announced Tuesday that Kilgore,...

2008-01-22	Advance Auto Parts Adds Bassmaster Elite Pro Greg Hackney to 2008 Pro Staff Bassmaster Elite Series pro Greg Hackney of Gonzales, La., has joined the pro staff team of Advance Auto Parts, a BASS sponsor and a leading retailer of automotive aftermarket part...

2008-01-21	$1 MILLION ALL-AMERICAN WILL RETURN TO HOT SPRINGS IN 2008 HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (Jan. 21, 2008) – FLW Outdoors® and the Hot Springs Convention and Visitor’s Bureau announced today that Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs will once again play host to...

2008-01-19	‘Peter T’ Wins First Bassmaster Event of 2008, Southern Open on St. Johns River PALATKA, Fla. – Patience, local experience and a “What the heck?” attitude paid off Saturday for Bassmaster Elite Series pro Peter Thliveros, who lives less than an hour from the ...

2008-01-18	Young VanDam of Michigan Takes Lead Going into Final Day of Bassmaster Southern Open on St. Johns Ri PALATKA, Fla. – At just 19 years old, Jonathan VanDam has a command of the St. Johns River that would – and likely did – make veteran anglers rather envious. VanDam, of Kalamazoo,...

2008-01-16	BERKLEY, ABU GARCIA ANNOUNCE PRO ANGLING TEAM MINNEAPOLIS (Jan. 16, 2008) — Berkley and Abu Garcia, two of the biggest names in fishing, announced today the members of its angling team set to compete on various FLW Outdoors® c...

2008-01-15	Bass Angler's Guide Founder Mark Lassagne Starts Off Season Right Bass Angler’s Guide pro Mark Lassagne cracks the top 20 at the FLW Stren Series opener at Lake Shasta on January 11th. Weighing 15 spotted bass for 24lbs -15oz Lassagne placed 17t...

2008-01-14	LASKOWSKI WINS STREN SERIES EVENT ON LAKE SHASTA REDDING, Calif. (June 12, 2008) – Pro Chris Laskowski of Anderson, Calif., caught a five-bass limit weighing 8 pounds, 2 ounces Saturday to win the Stren Series Western Division to...

2008-01-09	River2Sea Pro Staff Member Mark Crutcher wins 2008 WON BASS Pro Am Season Opener at Lake Shasta Lake Shasta, Calif. – River2Sea pro staffer Mark Crutcher has been on a roll in the last two years, and if the first week of 2008 is any indication of the year to come, his winning...

2008-01-08	Report Highlights Fishing’s Broad Economic and Conservation Impact Recreational fishing is more than just a getaway for millions of Americans. As an industry, it provides a living for countless people in businesses ranging from fishing tackle and...

2008-01-08	Powell Rods Pro Staffer Mark Crutcher Wins First WON Bass Pro Am of 2008 Novato, Calif. – Showing the quality of the Powell Rods pro staff, Mark Crutcher, a 34-year-old pro from Lakeport, Calif won the first professional bass fishing tournament of 2008...

2008-01-04	STREN SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP TO AIR JAN. 13 ON FSN MINNEAPOLIS (Jan. 3, 2008) — Tune in Sunday, Jan. 13 to “FLW Outdoors” on FSN for the no-entry-fee Stren Series Championship held in Mobile, Ala. Only the top 40 anglers based on p...

2008-01-02	P&G ANNOUNCES 2008 ANGLING TEAM Procter and Gamble, a platinum FLW Outdoors sponsor, announced today 17 members of its angling team set to compete in FLW Outdoors bass tournaments in 2008. The anglers represent f...

2007-12-27	FSN TO AIR FINAL FLW SERIES EVENT FROM CLEAR LAKE MINNEAPOLIS (Dec. 27, 2007) — Tune in Sunday, Dec. 30 to “FLW Outdoors” on FSN to witness one of the greatest comebacks in professional bass fishing history. The one-hour program c...

2007-12-27	WON BASS SEASON OPENER AT LAKE SHASTA The WON BASS tour will be making the first stop of the northern season this January 5-6th at Lake Shasta. Known for its strong spotted bass bite, the weather at Shasta should chall...

2007-12-19	For Bassmaster Elite Anglers, the Holidays are All About Family Do Bassmaster Elite Series pros want to find fishing tackle in their Christmas stockings?...

2007-12-19	BASS Announces Alignment of Youth Initiatives with BASS Federation Nation BASS announced today enhancements to its youth program, putting its youth competition circuits on a track similar to the BASS Federation Nation tournament structure. As part of the...

2007-12-17	FLW OUTDOORS® OFFERS THE ULTIMATE FISHING BAIT MINNEAPOLIS - (Dec. 17, 2007) – Dangling the opportunity to win as much as $5 million, FLW Outdoors® announces the largest fantasy sports payout in history with the introduction of...

2007-12-17	BASS Announces Full Field for 2008 Bassmaster Elite Series BASS announced today the complete roster for the 2008 Bassmaster Elite Series as the final 10 competitors were determined via the outcome of the Bassmaster Elite Series WildCard ev...

2007-12-10	Bass Anglers Guide, “magazine” is building a team of motivated anglers Have you seen the new book? We pride ourselves as being cutting edge, innovative, performing the impossible. From day one, starting from scratch we gave birth to the Bass Anglers G...

2007-12-10	Gone Fishin' Marine Club Night Out Gone Fishin' is hosting a Club Night Out for the area's bass clubs on Dec. 13th, 6PM at the Dixon shop! And no, no one has to be in a club to attend, it's just a little social ti...

2007-12-06	BASS to Move 2008 Jr. World Championship to Federation Nation Championship Week CELEBRATION, Fla. – In order to align its youth initiatives with its grassroots organization, the Federation Nation, BASS announced today that the 2008 Junior Bassmaster World Cha...

2007-12-06	Cover Your Bass introduces "The Bassroom" MESQUITE, TX --- Cover Your Bass introduces "The Bassroom" the complete portable privacy system that allows you to spend more time on the water fishing by eliminating those inconv...

2007-12-06	PICKWICK LAKE FLW SERIES EVENT TO AIR DEC. 16 MINNEAPOLIS (Dec. 6, 2007) — Tune in Sunday, Dec. 16 to “FLW Outdoors” on FSN for the Wal-Mart FLW Series BP Eastern Division event on Pickwick Lake in Florence, Ala. The fourth an...

2007-12-06	Legend Boats Signs as Sponsor of Women’s Bassmaster Tour CELEBRATION, Fla. – In 2008, Legend Boats will become an official boat of the Women’s Bassmaster Tour presented by Academy Sports & Outdoors, signing a multi-year agreement with BA...

2007-12-01	Velvick Takes Bassmaster Elite Series WildCard Event OKEECHOBEE, Fla. – After sharing the same stretch of water for the first two days of the Bassmaster Elite Series WildCard Event, Byron Velvick of Del Rio, Texas, and Keith Phillips...

2007-11-30	Velvick Leads Bassmaster Elite Series WildCard OKEECHOBEE, Fla. – Rebounding from a disappointing 2007 Bassmaster Elite Series campaign, Byron Velvick of Del Rio, Texas, took a commanding lead at the Bassmaster Elite Series Wil...

2007-11-25	America’s Vanity Cup comes back to Clearlake KELSEYVILLE, Ca. - Get ready western anglers, America’s Vanity Cup, the richest event in team bass fishing, is coming back for another go at the number #1 rated bass lake in Americ...

2007-11-20	U.S. Angler’s Choice and Bass West USA Magazine Re-structure Organizations BRENTWOOD, Calif., Nov 20, 2007 -- Privately held U.S. Angler’s Choice, the nations leading team bass tournament trail and Bass West USA Magazine today announced a reorganization o...

2007-11-20	2008 Bassmaster Classic Contenders Set Roughly three months out from bass fishing’s biggest event, the full field for the 2008 Bassmaster Classic was finalized Saturday after Jeff Coble of Beaufort, N.C., punched the fi...

2007-11-14	WON BASS Rookie Team Regional Opener, Sunday NOV 18, CLEAR LAKE In an effort to encourage more beginning anglers to get involved in team tournament bass fishing, WON BASS started our “Rookie Teams” region in Northern California....

2007-11-14	Pyles and Fancelli capture FPT's dual crown OROVILLE, Ca. - Most know that it is quite an accomplishment to win a Future Pro Tour event. And looking at the number of seasoned amateurs fishing the Tour that come close - but n...

2007-11-10	Virginia’s Jeff Freeman Wins BASS Federation Nation Championship KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Jeff Freeman, a deputy sheriff from Max Meadows, Va., locked up the BASS Federation Nation Championship Saturday with a three-day total of 27 pounds, 11 ounces, o...

2007-11-10	River2Sea Introduces Nest Raider Richmond, Calif. – Any angler that has been confronted with a giant bass that is locked on a spawning bed and has felt the frustration of not being able to trigger a strike. Such...

2007-11-08	Best in the west size up FPT Classic event OROVILLE, Ca. – It is for sure that all eyes will be focused this weekend on Lake Oroville as the fifth Future Pro Tour Classic championship event, hosted by the Gold Country Hotel...

2007-11-06	HEAVYWEIGHT BASS CLASSIC ANNOUNCED MESQUITE, NV – It has long been known and generally accepted that there is a huge separation between trophy bass hunters and tournament bass anglers. One group is virtually a secre...

2007-11-06	Angler Support Services for FPT Classic event ROCKLIN, Ca. - Boxers have cut men. NASCAR racers have pit crews. In both cases, these critical support mechanisms are put in place to help competitors recover from bad (and usuall...

2007-10-29	Lake Amistad to Host Wal-Mart FLW Series Fish-off FEb. 7-9 DEL RIO, Texas. (Oct. 27, 2007) – FLW Outdoors announced today that Lake Amistad in Del Rio, Texas, will host the Wal-Mart FLW Series Fish-Off scheduled for Feb. 7-9, 2008....

2007-10-29	KLINGER WINS $1 MILLION WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON CLEAR LAKE KELSEYVILLE, Calif. (Oct. 27, 2007) – National Guard Team Pro Tim Klinger of Boulder City, Nev., caught a five-bass limit weighing an astounding 32 pounds, 8 ounces Saturday to com...

2007-10-26	ZALDAIN LEADS WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON CLEAR LAKE KELSEYVILLE, Calif. (Oct. 25, 2007) – Pro Chris Zaldain of San Jose, Calif., caught a five-bass limit weighing 25 pounds, 11 ounces Thursday to capture the lead in the $1 million W...

2007-10-25	MCABEE LEADS WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON CLEAR LAKE KELSEYVILLE, Calif. (Oct. 24, 2007) – Pro Randy McAbee Jr. of Bakersfield, Calif., landed five bass weighing 27 pounds, 11 ounces Wednesday to lead day one of the Wal-Mart FLW Seri...

2007-10-22	Hartley, Auten and Lane Sew Up Bassmaster Classic Berths DECATUR, Ala. — Bassmaster Elite Series pro Charlie Hartley of Grove City, Ohio, qualified Saturday for the 2008 Bassmaster Classic — his first — along with two-time Classic qualif...

2007-10-22	Father and Son team capture FPT Berryessa title SPANISH FLAT, Ca - Five years ago when a microphone was put in front of him and the question was asked: “How did you like fishing with your dad?”, you would have received from a th...

2007-10-22	President Signs Order to Protect Striped Bass and Red Drum Alexandria, VA – October 22, 2007 – With the vast expanse of the Chesapeake Bay as his backdrop, on October 20, 2007, President Bush signed an Executive Order establishing gamefish...

2007-10-19	Florida’s Bobby Lane Leads Bassmaster Southern Open on Wheeler Lake in Alabama DECATUR, Ala. – Pulling a five-fish limit of largemouth bass from the “Decatur flats” of Wheeler Lake, Bobby Lane of Lakeland, Fla., took the lead Thursday at the season finale of...

2007-10-19	FPT Showdown at Berryessa WINTERS, Ca. – Just as many of the vintners in the Napa valley prepare to gather a harvest that took an entire year to cultivate, Future Pro Tour anglers will also prepare with gre...

2007-10-15	Louisiana Six Win First BASS Club World Championship Title Shreveport, La. -- The Baton Rouge Bassmasters club earned the ultimate bragging rights of the BASS Federation Nation Saturday....

2007-10-15	FLW Outdoors Announces 2008 Stren Series Schedule BENTON, Ky. (Oct. 15, 2007) – FLW Outdoors announced Monday its 2008 Stren Series schedule with a total purse of $6.5 million over 21 events....

2007-10-15	ROSE WINS $1 MILLION WAL-MART FLW SERIES EVENT ON PICKWICK LAKE FLORENCE, Ala. (Oct. 13, 2007) – Suave pro Mark Rose of Marion, Ark., caught a five-bass limit weighing 13 pounds, 11 ounces Saturday to win $125,000 in the $1 million Wal-Mart FLW...

2007-10-15	Bass Angler's Guide goes quarterly Bass Angler's Guide — An exceptional “Must Have” fishing tool is slated to hit news stands in November. “Even if you have seen it before you need to check out this issue”! Publish...