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Story by Brad Fuller | Photos by Tanner & Travis Lyons

After many sleepless nights and countless hours of discussions that touched every corner of the fishing industry, we at the National Professional Fishing League have come to realize several important things about live forward-facing fishing technology.

By Bruna Carincotte

When it comes to deciding whether or not to catch and release fish, there are many things to consider. As a first place to start, it’s important to know something about the water you’re fishing.

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The Shoals Youth Bassmasters went hunting for Wilson Lake bass on August 10 out of the Lock Six ramp. This tournament was the fifth of the six tournaments of the 2024 trail events. Several youths caught some good fish and numerous limits were brought in (limits reduced to three bass due to the heat).

Age division trophy winners.

Some stuff you may not know

By Craig Springer

For this article on smallmouth bass, we dig back in our archives to 2011. The article was published in the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service– Fisheries publication, Eddies, Reflections on Fisheries Conservation, Summer Edition 2011. Here we go.

Tennessee pro adds to all-time résumé with third AOY title in past four seasons

MASSENA, N.Y. — For a brief moment Thursday afternoon, the machine that is Jacob Wheeler allowed himself to exhale. 

During the break between the second and third periods of the final qualifying day at Minn Kota Stage Seven Presented by Humminbird, Wheeler sat on the front deck of his bass boat. Situated in ninth place in Group B, just a few pounds clear of the elimination line, with rain from Hurricane Debby falling ever harder, Wheeler knew he would be in for a soggy and stressful final two and a half hours on the St. Lawrence River. 

Public Meeting in Florence AL and Nashville TN to Address Proposed Invasive Carp Deterrent Projects

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will host public meetings in Florence, Nashville, and online in August 2024 to discuss a pilot project designed to manage and prevent the spread of invasive carp within the Tennessee and Cumberland River basins and the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway.