Trading bats for bass

During the two-day event on Lake Amistad in Del Rio, Texas, Hawkins, four buddies and five bass pros managed to raise $50,000.

Dean Rojas: Changing gears

Other than pure fishing skills and know-how, one of the things that separates the pros from the weekend anglers is their ability to adjust when their preconceived notions turn out to be wrong.

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Corps' life vest rules

Below are the Corps' Mandatory Life Jacket Rules in their three -year test program for Boaters on Arkabutla, Sardis, Enid and Grenada Lakes in North Mississippi

Dam failures

Below are the Corps' Mandatory Life Jacket Rules in their three -year test program for Boaters on Arkabutla, Sardis, Enid and Grenada Lakes in North Mississippi

Logan Gin uses tournament fishing as an opportunity to compete against his peers

Level playing field

When 14-year-old Logan Gin walked on stage in June it was with the help of crutches, but the young angler was ecstatic because it was the first time he weighed a bass during a Junior Bassmaster event.

WBT Angler Profile: Barbara Ferge

WBT Angler Profile: Barbara Ferge

Feeding the hungry

John Foster, tournament director of the New Hampshire BASS Federation Nation, said members of the state chapter wanted to do something that would make a measurable difference to people in such a tough economy.

E15 proposal dropped, for now

A proposed Senate bill that would have led to increasing ethanol content in gasoline from 10 percent to 15 percent is dead — for now.

Tow the distance

When you spend more than 20,000 miles a year with bass boat in tow, you learn important tricks that keep you safe, comfortable and efficient.

BASSography

Had it not been for going fishing on the second day of June 1932, George Washington Perry likely would never have found himself in the world and national limelights.

BASS Times, November 2009

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