News Stories & Fishing Articles

JACOB WHEELER: New strategy for a new-look Bass Pro Tour

Mercury pro is embracing the challenge posed by BPT’s forward-facing sonar restrictions in 2025

Jacob Wheeler • Angler Columns

Mercury pro-Jacob Wheeler has already been strategizing the best way to handle the Bass Pro Tour’s new forward-facing sonar rules. Photo by Garrick Dixon

35 Water Safety, Fishing, and Boating Tips for January

By Ken Schultz
https://www.takemefishing.org/

These many water safety, fishing, and boating tips for January focus on clothes, rods, gear, boats, and assorted practicalities.

SFN Print From 1999

Return to July 1999 for some memories of bass fishing in North Alabama.

Glide Baits: It’s All In The Details

By Sean Ostruszka • Major League Lessons
(Editor Note: Story content edited)

So many of these glides are now quality baits, and it’s a matter of finding ones you like for the price you want to pay.

Today’s lure market offers glide bait options for everyone from the budget-conscious beginner to the big-bait fanatic—photo by Brandon Rowan.

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Andy Poss-Pickwick to A-Rig

DAVID RAINER
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Andy Poss knows the Tennessee River’s Pickwick Lake from top to bottom – literally. Fishing for both largemouths and the scrappy smallmouths, as well as crappie, is what he does now. For 15 years prior, he probed the lake from bottom to top to make a living.

Andy Poss shows off a three-pound smallmouth that hit a live threadfin shad at Pickwick Lake. Photo by David Rainer

McFarland Boat Ramp (Pickwick Lake) Closed For Approximately Three Months

The Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) has temporarily closed the three-lane ramp at the McFarland Public Boat Ramp (McFarland West) in Florence for major upgrades.

McFarland west ramp. Google Map Image

Outboard motors: A look back

We have come a long way with outboard motors from the 18 HP, 1928 Elto-Quad to the 350 HP Mercury. Motors of yesteryear looked, well, odd for the most part. But, you have to start somewhere.

Bassmaster Elites no longer pay to play

Professional bass fishing will never be the same. Ever. That’s a huge statement. In this case, it’s true.

WFF Fisheries Continues to Monitor Invasive Carp Species

By DAVID RAINER
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

 

Dave Armstrong is planning to go hunting when the weather cools off, but he actually hopes he doesn’t find an abundance of the species he’s stalking.