Get your trout fishing gear ready because starting Nov. 17 more than 100,000 rainbow trout will be heading to Arizona's Urban Program lakes during the four-month winter stocking program. "This is a fantastic time to fish our popular urban lakes," said Eric Swanson, urban fisheries program manager. "We are just...
FLIPPIN, AR -- Ranger Boats founder and fishing industry legend, Forrest L. Wood, received one of the highest honors bestowed on members of the angling community when he was inducted into the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) Hall of Fame on October 26. Wood joins an impressive list of angling...
ESPN Inc., announced that it has finalized the sale of BASS, LLC to a group of investors including Don Logan, Jerry McKinnis and Jim Copeland. An agreement in principle was announced in August by ESPN and the transaction was completed Monday. BASS is the largest membership organization of bass anglers...
AURORA, CO -- A 20-year-old Aurora woman became Colorado's newest fishing state-record holder after landing a 43-pound channel catfish at Aurora Reservoir on Oct. 4. The mammoth fish, caught by Jessica Walton, is the largest channel catfish ever caught in Colorado and the third consecutive state record taken from the...
BLOOMFIELD, NY -- Trophy Score Fishing, an iPhone and iPod Touch application for scoring saltwater and freshwater game fish, is the first mobile application to provide anglers a standard method of scoring their catch and synchronizing to a worldwide no-minimum record book. Trophy Score Fishing is available in the iTunes...
Lincoln Introduces Lead Protection LegislationWashington, DC -- Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus (CSC) member and former Chairwoman, Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, has introduced S.3850 to protect lead based traditional ammunition and fishing tackle from a potential ban by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Center for Biological Diversity, the American...
Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus Fights Proposed Ban of Lead Fishing Tackle Washington, DC -- Seventy-eight members of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus (CSC) signed a letter delivered last Thursday to Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging the agency to dismiss the petition to ban the use of...
All Alabama Waters Now Open for Fishing The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Marine Resources Division (MRD) announces the re-opening to the harvest of fish from all areas previously closed as a precautionary response to the presence of oil from the Deepwater Horizon Incident. These areas include all...
Louisiana Opens Mississippi River Delta to Recreational FishingLouisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Secretary Robert Barham announced the opening of recreational fishing in a portion of the Mississippi River Delta in Plaquemines Parish effective, today, July 29 at 6:00 p.m. Description of area open is as follows: * The...
