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This week’s been textbook North Alabama summer heat — and the water’s showing it. Guntersville is the warmest of the three, running right at that 88-degree mark you saw — surface readings coming in at 88.3°F on the latest guide update. That’s peak summer, grass-mat hot.

You have probably already caught and released this fish without realizing what you were holding!

With surface temps running in the high 80s, caught bass will be prone to high stress, especially if put in a livewell. Here are a couple of downloadable pocket guides to help improve the chances of the fish’s survival. Catch and immediate release is the best rule of thumb for long-term survival.

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Fifty-eight young bass anglers in the Shoals Youth Bassmasters anxiously awaited take-off time on Saturday, July 18th. Wilson Lake was the contest waters, and they launched from the Lock Six ramp with their adult boat captains, whom most called “Dad.”

The July/August issue of Tightline has been published. Read it, download it here.

Southern Fishing News has announced the addition of RipaLip to its group of Partner Sponsors. RipaLip has a line of essential marine electronics gear and a learning application, RipaLip University.

EGO Fishing’s four best-selling Tool Kits prove pro-grade performance doesn’t require a pro-grade price tag Walk any tackle aisle, and you’ll find kits stacked double-deep, blister-packed and pegged kits out as far as the eye can see. But few are built the way EGO Fishing builds them.