Applications open for scholarships honoring former B.A.S.S. Conservation Director Noreen Clough
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Applications are now being accepted for the 2022 Noreen Clough Memorial Scholarship for Females in Fisheries. In memory of the late Noreen Clough, the long-time U.S. Fish...
Bass Fishing HOF enhances its mission with conservation and participation focused grants
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – February 1, 2022 – Beyond honoring and celebrating those inducted into the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, the HOF’s Board also focuses on its mission of promoting and...
Hartwell’s habitat enhancement
For a grad student pursuing a masters in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, working alongside South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) fisheries technicians offered a rare shot of real-world exposure...
The top 5 threats to the future of bass fishing
Most Bassmaster.com readers want to know how to catch more fish or what the latest trends are in gear and gadgets. But like the snowball rolling down the hill, there...
Kentucky and Barkley Lakes bass on the rebound
Ignited by a massive spawn in 2015, an explosion of the Asian carp population damaged bass fisheries on Kentucky and Barkley Lakes. But nearly three years after the worst was...
Contest finds new ideas to recycle line and baits
After a yearlong search and over 120 submissions, the winners of the BoatUS Foundation Recast and Recycle Contest have been announced. Thanks to support from Berkley along with so many...
AFTCO contributes $548,000 towards conservation in 2021
2021 has come to an end, and at AFTCO the gears have been turning on ideas to be bigger and better in 2022. But we want to take a moment...
High School Conservation Challenge presented by St. Croix
St. Croix and Texas Fish & Game want to take this to the youth and incentivize conservation activism among Texas high school bass fishing competitors. “We believe this tech-savvy generation...
Biologists refine the native range of Florida bass
For decades, George Perry’s world-record bass suffered from a case of mistaken identity. That revelation is but a part of a larger discovery by Auburn scientists that likely will have...
Northern smallmouth have turned into the incredible hulks
In large, Northern waters, smallmouth bass aren’t what they used to be. They’re much more. So much more that they’ve often supplanted largemouth bass as the primary targets for fishermen,...