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Andy Poss-Pickwick to A-Rig

Dec 1, 2024 · by Southern Fishing News

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.

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

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Outboard motors: A look back

Nov 4, 2024 · by Southern Fishing News

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.

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WFF Fisheries Continues to Monitor Invasive Carp Species

Oct 13, 2024 · by Southern Fishing News

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.

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NEW 2025 SFN calendar

Oct 6, 2024 · by Southern Fishing News

Our new Southern Fishing News 2025 Calendar has been posted and is available for download/printing in PDF and .jpg format.

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Strategy shift in store for Bass Pro Tour anglers in 2025

Oct 6, 2024 · by Southern Fishing News

MLF’s new forward-facing sonar restrictions will alter the complexion of the Bass Pro Tour in several ways

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Drew Gill, Jesse Wiggins and Alton Jones Jr. will have to adapt to the new forward-facing sonar regulations on the Bass Pro Tour in 2025.

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Pickwick Trophy Winner Weight Was 81.48 Pounds of Bass

Oct 2, 2024 · by Southern Fishing News

The Shoals Youth Bassmasters fished Pickwick for their final tournament of the 2024 season. Forty-eight young bass anglers and their adult boat captains departed from McFarland ramp in their quest to land the first-place spot in one of the three age divisions.

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Pickeick trophy winners. SYBM photos

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Three Anglers Named to All-Academic Team

Sep 28, 2024 · by Southern Fishing News

First Event of the ACA’s Historic 20th Season

This past weekend, the Association of Collegiate Anglers, before the start of the Kentucky Lake event, named the first three anglers to its 2024-25 All-Academic Team.

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Southern Fishing News Sponsor Feature – Bass Assassin

Sep 24, 2024 · by Southern Fishing News

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Alabama’s Choquette claims Overall title

Sep 22, 2024 · by Southern Fishing News

2024 Skeeter Bassmaster High School Combine

by Kyle Jessie, BASS

Opportunities are endless when you gather 97 talented high school anglers from across the country along with 26 of the top collegiate fishing programs in the U.S.

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