News Stories & Fishing Articles

New “TOON Fishing” video

A new TOON Fishin’ video has been posted on the Southern Fishing News YouTube channel. Take a look, https://youtu.be/XkZNEHfWJ6w

Hayes and Bishop win ABT Wheeler Lake with 23.23

By Jason Duran
 
The final stop of the ABT 2023 regular season was held at Wheeler Lake in Decatur. Two hundred and twenty-five teams from the north division competed for the top prize of $10,000.

Allen and Danny blasted off as boat number 216. ABT photo

HOW HOT WAS IT TODAY ON THE WATER?

All I had to do was look at my Chug Bug lying on the deck of my boat!
 

Smallmouth May Get A Rival As The Favored Catch

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.

 

2023 Alabama Fish Consumption Advisories Are Published

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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Asian Carp in Alabama

Invasive Asian Carp: the Feral Hog of Alabama’s Waterways

Youth Bassmaster Club Fish A “Roast Tournament”

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.

Steer Clear of Dam Dangers

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

Georgia Combating Aquatic Nuisance Species

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.