Latest Southern Fishing News Stories

Color Blindness – When is color important … and when is it not?
Some things in life simply don’t make much sense. Lure color is definitely one of them.

Meet the 2024 Classic Competitors
There are 55 anglers lined up for Grand Lake competition as every berth is set for the 2024 Bassmaster Classic in Tulsa, Okla. — except for the Bass Pro Shops Team Championship winner.

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Modifications to Program Details
The Association of Collegiate Anglers Announces Modifications to Program Details for the 2023-24 Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia
The Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia is college fishing’s only all-encompassing National Rankings system.

Three Ways To Catch More Fish With Forward-Facing Sonar
In the past few years, forward-facing sonar has taken over the fishing world and has become an effective way to win high-level bass tournaments.

Tucker and Green win ABT Championship
By Jason Duran
Leesburg, AL Oct. 21—The event paid out over $100,000 through 25 places. The team of Terry Tucker and Jeremy Green took home $50,000 cash for their first-place finish.

Boaters and anglers asked to report invasive carp sightings/harvests
ADCNR Installs Invasive Carp Signs at Tennessee River Public Boat Ramps
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) is expanding its awareness campaign about two species of invasive carp that pose a potential threat to the state’s native freshwater fish and habitats – bighead and silver carp.

WFF fisheries biologist holds a huge silver carp that was taken from Pickwick Lake in 2022.

Shoals Youth Bassmasters Finish 2023 Season on Pickwick
The Shoals Youth Bassmasters fished their last tournament of the 2023 trail on September 16th on Pickwick Lake out of the McFarland ramp with fifty-two young anglers anxious to fish.