IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER
By Ron McDonald, Editor & Publisher Southern Fishing News
We have all heard the old story that a few lure colors are made to catch fishermen, not fish. This “phenomenon” applies primarily to hard plastic lures, soft plastic lures, and probability skirted jigs.
2023 was a memorable year for college fishing. As the year draws to a close, the Association of Collegiate Angers takes a look back at some of the heaviest bags of fish to cross the scales along with some of the prize-winning big bass.
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We will take a look at the teams ranked 1st-5th in college fishing’s only all-encompassing National Rankings system.
Read more about the road to the Classic.
Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation is your path from fishing club tournaments to fishing in the BASSMASTER Classic!
Memories on Guntersville
Jeff Barnes can picture it still, clear as day. Eating lunch on the river. The clouds hanging overhead. Lizards running across the rocks. “Then it rained, and we had to go in,” Barnes said. “I never forgot that day. It turned me into a fisherman. I feel blessed that I had a grandad to take me out there.”
Randy Howell holds up a fish that Joe Long caught at Guntersville Reservoir.
How Mercury pros Alton Jones, Alton Jones Jr. have cemented their status as the “first family” of professional bass fishing
The father/son relationship between 60-year-old Wendell Alton Jones and 31-year-old Wendell Alton Jones Jr. is multi-sided. It’s grounded in strong family values – respect for a parent, love for a child, etc. – but it also represents a high-level working rapport where each is both partner and competitor.
Bass tournament success is a family affair for the Joneses.
At the Future Angler Foundation, we help schools bring fishing into their program and curriculum. Whether a passionate angler within their community brings the need to the FAF, or if a school needs to fill, we help make it all work together.
Kayak fishing has grown over leaps and bounds over the past decade and a half with vessels growing from once simple, sit-inside boats to sit-on-top, miniaturized bass boats with all the bells and whistles of professional tournament rigs.
Southern Fishing News talked to bass pro and guide Jimmy Mason in a Q&A interview. His responses give you an inside look at his bass fishing ideas and opinions based on more than two decades of tournament fishing as well as a professional guide.
Southern Fishing News publishes bass fishing news articles, tackle tips, tournament info and angler photos to an established readership of dedicated, fishing enthusiasts.
Our center of publication and local coverage is the north Alabama region. Our online news carries on the tradition of Southern Fishing dating back to the late 1970's with the Southern Fishing Television Show, then the print publication Southern Fishing.
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