The Shoals Youth Bassmasters sweated a lot during their July 17 club tournament on Wheeler Lake but the trophy winners still brought in 56.125 pounds in spite of the temperature.
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Are the fish you are catching toxic?
The 2021 Alabama Fish Consumption Advisory has been published. The advisory lists specific locations where the fish have been exposed to toxic substances such as mercury, PCBs, and PFOS. 
Colossal Crayfish Collection
Crayfish, crawdads, mudbugs, ditchbugs, mountain lobsters, or good eats. No matter what you call it, crayfish are an important bellwether species that Jeff Simmons — a TVA aquatic biologist — studies to measure aquatic health.
Youth anglers bag three and four pounders on Wilson Lake
Several three and four-pound bass were brought to the scales at the end of the Shoals Youth Bassmasters’ third tournament of the year, July 10, 2021, on Wilson Lake.
Shelby County Team Takes Bassmaster Junior Series On Alabama’s Lay Lake
The Shelby County Junior Anglers team of Aiden King and Dillyn Dill defended their home-lake advantage by winning the Mossy Oak Bassmaster Junior Series title on Lay Lake Saturday afternoon with 10 pounds, 15 ounces.
Alabama’s Aiden King and Dillyn Dill, of the Shelby County Junior Anglers, have won the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster Junior Series at Lay Lake with 10 pounds, 15 ounces.
Photo by Emily Hand/B.A.S.S.
Late Big Bites Lift Gardendale To Bassmaster High School Series Victory On Lay Lake
Although they only live about an hour from Lay Lake, Will Phillips and Fletcher Phillips from Gardendale High School had not spent much time on the lake prior to this weekend. Fletcher Phillips and Will Phillips, of Gardendale (Ala.) High School, have won the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series at Lay Lake presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors with 17 pounds, 15 ounces. |
Big fish tie on Pickwick Lake
The Shoals Youth Bassmasters fished Pickwick Lake on June 19th. The famed smallmouth bass impoundment was stingy on the brown fish with the green largemouth dominating in the livewells of the youth contenders.
Bradley Jones and Broox Goxa take the win at Neely Henry and win AOY
By Jason Duran and Photos by Chris Brown
The Alabama Bass Trail North Division concluded its regular season on Lake Neely Henry. Just like all regular-season events, teams were fishing for the $10,000 first-place check, and with this being the final event, the focus was also on the AOY points race.
Bradley Jones and Broox Goxa take the win at Neely Henry and win AOY.
ETBU’s Ross And Thurston Leverage Kicker For College Classic Win
Missing a limit usually dooms championship hopes, but East Texas Baptist University’s Cody Ross and Ethan Thurston defied the odds by winning the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Classic presented by Bass Pro Shops on Eagle Mountain Lake and Lake Worth with a four-fish bag that weighed 16 pounds, 6 ounces.
Ethan Thurston and Cody Ross, of East Texas Baptist University, have won the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Classic presented by Bass Pro Shops on Eagle Mountain Lake and Lake Worth with 16 pounds, 6 ounces.
Photo by Chris Mitchell/B.A.S.S.
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