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.

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Aug 06, 2024 by Southern Fishing News
Southern Fishing News is pleased to announce that a well-known marine service shop, Frankey’s Marine Super Service, Rogersville, AL, has joined our family of quality sponsors. Frankey Diviney has continued the professional, dependable marine service that began with his father, the legendary marine technician Harold Diviney.
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Aug 04, 2024 by Southern Fishing News
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.

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Jul 26, 2024 by Southern Fishing News
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.
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Jul 23, 2024 by Southern Fishing News
Largemouth bass are now Florida bass
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.

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Jul 21, 2024 by Southern Fishing News
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.

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Jul 10, 2024 by Southern Fishing News
This presentation is for youth anglers new to the sport of bass fishing and appropriate as a youth bass club program and individuals. The lesson is about the strategies for bass fishing in the four seasons of the year and is presented for viewing/downloading in a PDF and PowerPoint format. The material was written by Debbie Hanson and published on Take Me Fishing (takemefishing.org).

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Jul 07, 2024 by Southern Fishing News
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Jul 07, 2024 by Southern Fishing News
Here’s a free eBook from Take Me Fishing that’s full of information and a great download for youth bass club members and new bass anglers. Just click on the book link to view/download the PDF of the guide.

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Jul 06, 2024 by Southern Fishing News
Plus Listing of Sixth Thru Fifteenth Places
This is the final installment of a three-part article series highlighting the Top 25 ranked teams in the final standings for the 2023-24 Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia. In this piece, we will be taking a look at the Top 5 ranked teams. Each of these five teams were picked inside of the Top 10 for the ACA Pre-Season Poll coming into this year:

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Jul 03, 2024 by Southern Fishing News