Fly fishing is a small part of the overall fishing world. Fly fishing in salt water is even smaller, a niche within a niche. To remedy that, Art Webb and John Fall created Legends of the Fly. It started in 2014 with a one-day indoor event designed to increase awareness of saltwater fly fishing in...
MARBURY, Md. – Toyota Series pro Thomas Wooten of Huddleston, Virginia brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 14 pounds, 6 ounces to win the three-day Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland. Wooten’s three-day total of 15 bass weighing 45-2 earned him the win by an 8-ounce...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It will be a game of numbers, in which diligence plus a little luck could equal success for anglers competing in the Basspro.com Bassmaster Southern Open at Lake Norman. Competition days will be Sept. 23-25 with daily takeoffs from Blythe Landing Park at 7 a.m. ET. On Days 1 and 2,...
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – The Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. Western Division will finish out its 2021 season with a tournament next week in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, Sept. 23-25, with the Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. at Lake Havasu . Hosted by Go Lake Havasu, the three-day tournament will feature the region’s best...
The Big Bass Bash is pleased to announce an additional prize incentive for the 2021 AFTCO Big Bass Bash, presented by Phoenix Boats ( Lake of the Ozarks – October 2nd & 3rd). Big Bite Baits and Sunline have added an extra cash bonus available to the highest place finisher of either the top four...
San Antonio, TX – The AFTCO Collegiate Bass Open is the first major Association of Collegiate Anglers’ event of the 2021-2022 season. A new school year is now underway, and hundreds of the nation’s top collegiate anglers are eager to begin a new season on the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series. Set to...
PARK FALLS, Wisc. – At just sixteen years of age, Trey McKinney of Carbondale, Illinois has racked up an impressive list of competitive bass-fishing accomplishments. He’s already won three junior-division national championships, and garnered national acclaim by becoming the first-ever angler to win both the B.A.S.S. and FLW Junior Championships in the same year. Now,...
KEY WEST, Florida Keys — A South Dakota woman was named the women’s master angler in the Key West Fishing Tournament after scoring multiple divisional wins and tournament records in the long-running challenge that spans eight months. Katelynn Wells, a resident of Miller, took top honors for overall releases with 59, including six dolphin...
LA CROSSE, Wis. — Talented kayak anglers from around the country take to the waters of the Upper Mississippi River Sept. 25 for the final stop of the 2021 Bassmaster B.A.S.S. Nation Kayak Series powered by TourneyX. Competition Saturday starts at 6:45 a.m. CT with lines out at 2:45 p.m. An award ceremony will be held...
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. – Amateur fishing buddies Brandon Gray and Allen Kingree claimed first place at the regional qualifying event for the Bass Pro Shops US Open National Bass Fishing Amateur Team Championships – a first-of-its-kind amateur fishing tournament offering the biggest payout in freshwater fishing history – on Saturday, September 11, on Old Hickory Lake...