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The Shoals Youth Bassmasters headed toward their final tournament of the year with an August 28 2021 on Wilson Lake.

@greghackneyfishing is feeling the flames.

The 13th Annual High School Fishing World Finals & National Championship is slated to be held June 22-25, 2022 in Florence, Alabama on Pickwick and Wilson Lakes.

North DeSoto High School duo of Luke Herring and Tyler Pate. FLW photo

Boat Safe (boatsafe.com) has compiled some interesting data and a map on what state the best pro anglers call home. Which state boasts the most?

After finishing no worse than 16th during four regular-season tour stops on the 2021 slate for the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, the Auburn University team of Logan Parks and Tucker Smith were officially named the 2021 Bassmaster Team of the Year.

The Auburn University team of Logan Parks and Tucker Smith have won the 2021 Bassmaster Team of the Year title.
Photo by Dalton Tumblin/B.A.S.S

The Shoals Youth Bassmasters sweated a lot during their July 17 club tournament on Wheeler Lake but the trophy winners still brought in 56.125 pounds in spite of the temperature.

The 2021 Alabama Fish Consumption Advisory has been published. The advisory lists specific locations where the fish have been exposed to toxic substances such as mercury, PCBs, and PFOS. 

Crayfish, crawdads, mudbugs, ditchbugs, mountain lobsters, or good eats. No matter what you call it, crayfish are an important bellwether species that Jeff Simmons — a TVA aquatic biologist — studies to measure aquatic health.

Several three and four-pound bass were brought to the scales at the end of the Shoals Youth Bassmasters’ third tournament of the year, July 10, 2021, on Wilson Lake.