All I had to do was look at my Chug Bug lying on the deck of my boat!
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Aug 23, 2023 by Southern Fishing News
Florida Strain Bass Stocking In Pickwick Lake
Pickwick Lake in North Alabama has long been a stronghold for smallmouth bass for years. The stocking of the Florida strain of largemouth bass by Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee fisheries agencies indicates a possibility for the consistent over-10-pound class of largemouth bass in Pickwick.
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Aug 13, 2023 by Southern Fishing News
Are the Fish You Catch Safe to Eat?
Reported By Don Gowan
Southern Fishing News Field Staff
The Alabama Department of Public Health; Alabama Department of Environmental Management; Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; and TVA have released the “2023 Alabama Fish Consumption Advisories”. (Area 1 covers North Alabama beginning on page 13 through page 17. Not all streams in the Decatur and Morgan Counties had fish consumption testing conducted.)
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Aug 13, 2023 by Southern Fishing News
Charlie Brewer originated “finesse fishing. Slider’s products not only continue to produce the popular Slider Heads and finesse plastics but have added an extensive line of crappie lures and more multi-species lures. Visit sliderfishing.com and browse the product selection.
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Aug 08, 2023 by Southern Fishing News
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Aug 05, 2023 by Southern Fishing News
The Shoals Youth Bassmasters youth anglers, fifty-eight strong, launched their fourth tournament of 2023 from the First Creek Ramp on Wheeler Lake. Fishing on Wheeler has been tough of late due to the hot weather, pressure, or a plain reluctance of bass to respond to lures this time of year.
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Aug 03, 2023 by Southern Fishing News
If you’re in the water near a dam, powerhouse or lock, you need to be aware of some potential hazards and familiarize yourself with the systems TVA uses to communicate them to you.
Wilson Dam – B.A.S.S. photo
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Jul 31, 2023 by Southern Fishing News
New Online ANS Certification Tool
“Aquatic nuisance species, or ANS, threaten many of our waterbodies around the state,” said Jim Page, WRD Aquatic Nuisance Species Program Coordinator.
Help keep Aquatic Nuisance Species like Northern Snakeheads out of Georgia.
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Jul 21, 2023 by Southern Fishing News
By DAVID RAINER
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
“The first documented sighting was at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (near Decatur) in 1964,” Chuck Sykes, Director of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division, said. “They’ve been in north Alabama for a long time.”
An American alligator was recently sighted in the Huntsville area, which many people consider to be beyond the home range of the animal. Outdoor Alabama photo
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Jul 15, 2023 by Southern Fishing News
Fifty-five Shoals Youth Bassmasters competed on Pickwick Lake on July 8 and found several nice largemouth and smallmouth bass. The trophy winners in the three age divisions weighed in a healthy 88.42 pounds of bass.
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Jul 15, 2023 by Southern Fishing News
