SAN ANTONIO, TX – Just less than one week ago, the Association of Collegiate Anglers concluded its 18th season of the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series. The ACA completed the 2022-23 campaign with the 18th edition of its year-end National Championship event on Lake Hartwell, the BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops. This...
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Bassmaster College Series Takes on Lay Lake for Last-Chance Championship Qualifier
Shelby County, Ala. — For the third year in a row, the Strike King Bassmaster College Series Wild Card presented by Bass Pro Shops will return to the Coosa River. This time anglers will take on Lay Lake, and Bassmaster Elite Series rookie David Gaston believes consistency will be the key to success. “There will...
Yamaha Rightwaters Lends Support to 5th Annual Emerald Coast Open
DESTIN, Fla. – During the 2023 Emerald Coast Open, 144 competing divers removed 24,699 invasive lionfish from the Gulf of Mexico. With support from Yamaha Rightwaters™ as well as many local, national and international conservation-minded organizations, the annual event set records for largest lionfish (five times) as well as the number of lionfish caught in...
Stracner Not fishing Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Elite Series pro Josh Stracner of Vandiver, Ala., will not be fishing this week’s Folds of Honor Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River. B.A.S.S. officials have ruled him ineligible for the sixth stop of the 2023 Bassmaster Elite Series season because he is unable to secure the required Texas fishing license. Bassmaster Elite Rule C6....
Top College Anglers Cash In On Yamaha Power Pay at Lake Hartwell
San Antonio, TX –Last week, the Association of Collegiate Anglers contested its 18th BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops. College fishing’s longest-running National Championship event boasted an elite field of close to 400 anglers and a total payout of over $30,000 in prizes & contingencies. One of those major contingencies awarded at the...
Major League Fishing Combines Technology and Conservation to Host Bass Pro Tour on Cayuga Lake Prior to Fishing Season Start
UNION SPRINGS, N.Y. – Major League Fishing (MLF) and the Bass Pro Tour, featuring the top professional anglers in bass fishing, is set to return to Union Springs, New York, and Cayuga Lake next week, June 6-11, for the fifth event of the 2023 Bass Pro Tour season – the Favorite Fishing Stage Five at Cayuga...
Bassmaster Kayak Series Returns to Possum Kingdom
Graford, Texas — For just the second time in its young history, the Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series powered by TourneyX will head to Possum Kingdom Lake June 3-4 — and while Texas angler Mark Pendergraf thinks the bass might be in a postspawn funk when they arrive, anglers will still have the opportunity to...
Leveraging Early Action, Walton Wins B.A.S.S. Nation Regional on Douglas
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Talk about a memorable debut. Kevin Walton of Norfolk, Va., made the most of his first time fishing Douglas Lake by catching a three-day total of 42 pounds, 7 ounces to win the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Southeast Regional at Douglas Lake. After a Day 1 limit of 14-14 put Walton an...
Auburn University’s Smith & Marbut Win the 2023 BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops
Anderson, SC – The 2023 BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops is in the books. The Association of Collegiate Anglers’ 18th annual National Championship awarded over $30,000 in prizes and contingencies, crowned a National Champion, and named a number one team in the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented...
Key West Marlin Tournament to Offer $50,000 in Guaranteed Cash Prizes
KEY WEST, Florida Keys — In 1982 some 400 anglers targeted marlin in the waters off the continental United States’ southernmost city, fighting the huge billfish like Ernest Hemingway did in the 1930s, during the inaugural Key West Marlin Tournament. Now in its 41st year, the tournament is to challenge participants Wednesday through Saturday, July...