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West End Outdoors, on Highway 72 in Athens, Alabama, should be one of your first stops on the way to the 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hank Cherry now occupies some rare air in the sport of professional bass fishing, and he has the bank statements to prove it.

Hank Cherry, of Lincolnton, N.C., has won the 2021 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk with a three-day total of 50 pounds, 15 ounces. Photo by Chris Brown/B.A.S.S.

Richardson & Kelly from Newberry College claim 2nd, University of Tennessee’s Gee & Sentell finish in 3rd

The conclusion of the 2021 BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops on May 27, 2021marks the end of the 2020-21 Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series.

2021 BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Winners with 32.51 lbs. Photo BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing

Here’s everything you ever wanted to know about life jackets.

DSC_5027 Photo Courtesy of The U.S. Coast Guard.

By Jason Duran   Photos by Chris Brown

One hundred teams launched at Lakepoint State Park for the second of three events in the brand-new Alabama Bass Trail 100 series. The ABT 100 series features 100 teams, 100 percent payback, and a $100,000 total payout in each event.  Steve Hatfield and Jim Leary claimed the first-place title, took home the hardware and $25,000.

Steve Hatfield and Jim Leary claimed the first-place title.