Some stuff you may not know
By Craig Springer
For this article on smallmouth bass, we dig back in our archives to 2011. The article was published in the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service– Fisheries publication, Eddies, Reflections on Fisheries Conservation, Summer Edition 2011. Here we go.
MASSENA, N.Y. — For a brief moment Thursday afternoon, the machine that is Jacob Wheeler allowed himself to exhale.
During the break between the second and third periods of the final qualifying day at Minn Kota Stage Seven Presented by Humminbird, Wheeler sat on the front deck of his bass boat. Situated in ninth place in Group B, just a few pounds clear of the elimination line, with rain from Hurricane Debby falling ever harder, Wheeler knew he would be in for a soggy and stressful final two and a half hours on the St. Lawrence River.
Public Meeting in Florence AL and Nashville TN to Address Proposed Invasive Carp Deterrent Projects
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will host public meetings in Florence, Nashville, and online in August 2024 to discuss a pilot project designed to manage and prevent the spread of invasive carp within the Tennessee and Cumberland River basins and the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway.
The Shoals Youth Bassmasters launched from the First Creek boat ramp on Wheeler Lake on July 20 to compete for the top trophies in each age division. This was the fourth tournament in the club’s 2024 six-event season.
Effective July 15, new regulations are in place regarding shoal bass length limits and creel limits for several black bass species.
Angler Fred Wammock with Shoal Bass Catch.
Genetics studies confirmed what many anglers and biologists have believed for a long time – Florida bass are special! Florida’s most popular freshwater game fish has a new name.
The dog days of summer greeted fifty-four members of the Shoals Youth Bassmasters at their Pickwick tournament on June 29. Humidity and heat was the weather for the young anglers. The hearty club members and their boat captains ignored the weather conditions and hammered some nice Pickwick bass.
