Launch time

The first event of 2025 for the Association of Collegiate Anglers on the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series is the Pickwick Slam at Pickwick Lake in Florence, AL on April 5th – 6th.

Terry Thornton
Vantage Tackle

If you’ve never fished the shad spawn, you’re missing out on one of the wildest feeding frenzies in bass fishing.

I came across this chart some time ago so I don’t remember who to give credit to. That aside, here’s a fairly usable chart featuring seasons, water temperature, and lure selection for clear and muddy water conditions.

The Bill Dance Giant Bass Open is heading to Pickwick Lake on March 8 and 9 out of Pickwick Landing. One of our Southern Fishing News readers, and a former tournament angler, has some reservations about this event and tournaments in general due to tournament-related bass mortality.

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Written by
David A. Brown

Photography by
Andy Crawford and Dalton Tumblin.

Twice in three days vegetation threatened to thwart Bill Lowen’s efforts.

DECATUR, AL (February 20, 2025) – The Alabama Bass Trail Teams Series (ABTTS) is set to kick off its twelfth season of the South Division on Stop #1 at Lake Martin on Saturday, February 22, 2025.

Take a trip back in time with this print issue of Southern Fishing 2001.