Obama’s 11th hour edict labeled anti-fishing
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — On the day before President Barack Obama left office, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued an edict to ban lead fishing tackle and ammunition from...
Sportfishing industry lists top policy accomplishments for 2016
Alexandria, Va. – The past year not only brought significant change within the U.S. political system, and also within the nation’s recreational fishing policy arena. The American Sportfishing Association (ASA) recounts the top recreational...
Don’t be a ‘bucket biologist’
Lonnie Johnson, conservation director of the Oregon B.A.S.S. Nation, wants everyone to know the dangers of stocking fish in non-native waters. The clever name for this is a “bucket biologist.”...
Clubs place habitat in Kansas waters
TOPEKA, Kan. — Forty Georgia cube habitats have been placed in Kansas waters in recent months, thanks to B.A.S.S. clubs in Kansas City and Leavenworth, Kan. Georgia cubes were designed...
Congress passes Outdoor REC Act
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Outdoor REC Act was passed by House and the Senate in November, and it now goes to the president’s desk for signature. The legislation would instruct...
Zebra mussels threaten much of the country
NEW MILFORD, Conn. — Candlewood Lake, arguably Connecticut’s most popular bass fishery, is but one of many waterways newly threatened by zebra mussels as the exotic species continues its expansion...
Water bill contains troubling language for California delta bass anglers
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The United States Senate recently passed a comprehensive new water infrastructure bill, containing language that will likely be alarming to be many bass anglers — especially those...
Take action: Sign the ethanol petition
Use your voice to come out against raised ethanol levels by signing this petition. A recent decision by the Obama Administration raised the required volume of ethanol in our nation’s...
Volunteers help restore Claytor Lake habitat
DUBLIN, Va. — The Virginia B.A.S.S. Nation worked with Friends of Claytor Lake on a plant growing project this summer to improve habitat at Claytor Lake. Hydrilla choked out native...
Center for Coastal Conservation becomes Center for Sportfishing Policy
Washington, D.C. – The Center for Coastal Conservation, the nation’s leading advocate for saltwater recreational anglers, announced today that, effective immediately, its name has changed to the Center for Sportfishing...
