Call to action: Anglers in Cali need to speak up
California Assembly member Bill Quirk has introduced state legislation (AB 2787) that will make it impossible to purchase lead fishing weights and sinkers that are less than 1-3/4 ounces which includes...
Sportfishing leaders converge on Washington
Alexandria, VA – During its annual spring meeting, the American Sportfishing Association’s (ASA) Government Affairs committee discussed a variety of sportfishing policy positions and outlined its agenda for the coming months. Over the...
Wisconsin’s tournament future in residents’ hands
Call-to-action: On April 9, Wisconsin bass anglers will have the opportunity to vote on a pair of questions in the spring Conservation Congress hearings. These questions have the opportunity to greatly...
AFTCO brings conservation support to freshwater and the B.A.S.S. Nation
With a long history of supporting conservation efforts, donating 10 percent of their profits every year to worthy projects – AFTCO continues that tradition with the AFTCO / B.A.S.S. Nation Conservation Grant program. The...
Alamo Lake drawdown
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Disregarding concerns of state resource managers and sportsmen groups, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers initiated a drawdown that likely will decimate the sport fishery at Arizona’s...
Greenville hosts B.A.S.S. Conservation summit
Hal Schramm presents issues of fisheries growth and management to state agency representatives and B.A.S.S. conservation directors from across the country Saturday at the 2018 B.A.S.S. Conservation Summit Saturday morning in Greenville, S.C. Connecticut...
Conway tackles conservation in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Being the guiding force for what probably is the largest volunteer-led habitat project on a public water is enough to keep two or three normal people busy. But...
Young anglers help clean Green Pond Landing
Leading up to the 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods on Lake Hartwell, youth anglers from the Anderson, S.C., area gathered to pick up trash and debris...
Washington updates bass regulations
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Bass anglers have long felt marginalized and ignored in the Northwest. Smallmouth bass introduced more than a century ago were blamed for the decline of salmon fisheries with...
Anglers helping with fisheries science
RIDGELAND, Miss. — What do bass tournaments and fisheries management have in common? The answer is a lot when it comes to collecting beneficial scientific data so anglers can catch...
