By DAVID RAINER, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
One thing you will never find is a bass angler who is happy with catching medium-sized fish. It is always bigger is better. That has been the strategy for the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division for decades.
The frustration of fishing filters down to even the youngest of tournament competitors.
The emotion set in for Tucker Smith and Grayson Morris, a team from Birmingham’s Briarwood Christian (School) and regular competitors in Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation High School Tournaments, in the final round of the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Championship presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods.
Five years ago, Cole Burdeshaw and Peyton McCord had limited experience in a bass boat. In just a few days, the two Auburn University and Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation anglers will be competing for a berth in the 2019 Bassmaster Classic.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Since the Bassmaster Elite Series made a two-week trip to the West Coast back in 2015, fans of the sport have been clamoring for the world’s premier bass fishing circuit to return to that region.
Now, they’re about to get their wish.
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The Shoals Youth Bassmasters, based in Northwest Alabama, fished Pickwick Lake July 28, 2018, for their _ club tournament. Fish weighed by the winners in each age division totaled 62.31 pounds. Pickwick provided a mix of both largemouth and smallmouth bass for the young anglers.
Fifty-four members of the Shoals Youth Bassmasters (SYBM) went head-to-head in three age divisions on Wheeler Lake July 14, 2018. The boats with adult boat captains and youth anglers launched from the First Creek ramp.
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Ponca City, Okla., – July 3, 2018 – The TBF Student Angler Federation, (SAF) along with our partners in fishing at FLW hosted the 9thAnnual High School Fishing World Finals June 26-30 on Pickwick Lake. The most prestigious high school event in the country lived up to the hype crushing records in attendance, number of contenders and participating states.
SAN ANTONIO, TX (July 2, 2018) – The 2018 Season of Cabela’s Collegiate Bass Fishing Tournament Series™ will air on the Discovery Channel beginning on July 8, 2018. Fans of the Cabela’s Collegiate Bass Fishing Tournament Series™ can tune in every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. EST to see latest college bass fishing action.
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