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Bass Fishing Hall of Famer Skeet Reese announced Tuesday that the 2025 Bass Pro Tour season will be his last.

Ten-time tour-level winner Skeet Reese will retire at the end of the 2025 Bass Pro Tour season—photo by Phoenix Moore.

The Exceptional Anglers event Gone Fishin’, Not Just Wishin’ at Oak Mountain State Park will occur May 7-9, 2025. The event teaches basic fishing skills to students with disabilities from Alabaster and Pelham city schools and the Shelby and Jefferson county school systems. The media is invited to attend on Thursday, May 8, from 9:30-11:30 a.m.

This past weekend (April 5), the Association of Collegiate Anglers contested the third event of its historic 20^th season on the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series. Over 270 teams were on hand in Florence, AL at Pickwick Lake to compete in the Pickwick Slam.

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Paxton & Jerry from 12th ranked Adrian College take 2nd,
and Zion & Brady with Purdue University finish in 3rd

Florence, AL (April 5, 2025) – Following close monitoring of the conditions and reports from both the National Weather Service and TVA, the ACA made the decision to cancel Day 2 of the tournament competition at the Pickwick Slam, due to weather and current conditions projected to impact the area. The Pickwick Slam was then shortened to a one-day event.

Chandler Hall & Clayton Ellis from 17th-ranked Blue Mountain Christian University win the Pickwick Slam. CBFS Photo

A few years ago Southern Fishing News shot this video of the late Ray Scott talking to Charlie Brewer, Jr. about how he got into fishing with the Slider Lure. You’ll enjoy this.

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.