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B.A.S.S. and Wildlife Forever sign national agreement to fight invasive species
WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. — Wildlife Forever is proud to announce B.A.S.S., the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society, as the newest partner of the national Clean Drain Dry Initiative. A recently signed memorandum of...
Bass Fishing Hall of Fame awards 2022 conservation grants
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – For the third consecutive year, the Board of Directors of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame announces that the Hall has awarded four conservation grants to contribute to the...
Bass care 101
B.A.S.S. Conservation Partner AFTCO has updated their online fish care information at aftco.com, incorporating guidelines found in the time-tested B.A.S.S. booklet Keeping Bass Alive and more recent recommendations from Dr. Hal Schramm’s research on...
Bassmaster’s The Lake Y Project: Episode 7
The Lake Y Project has gotten to an exciting stage, stocking bluegill. Learn about the different types and sizes of baitfish to accelerate the growth of the ecosystem in the...
Plant it and they will come
Palatka high school Bassmaster anglers Syler Prince, Cody Mullis and Camryn Teuton along with 45 other local volunteers helped the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) in their efforts...
The invasive species debate
References to “invasive species” are often pitched with doom and gloom scenarios, but sometimes the result isn’t as bad as some scientists predicted. I’m not promoting invasive species or the...
Females in Fisheries conservation scholarships awarded
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The sixth annual Noreen Clough Memorial Scholarships for Females in Fisheries have been awarded to Iowa State University student Madeline Lewis and Noel Schmitz, who is studying...
New commission will work to control aquatic invasive species
Members of the $689-billion outdoor recreation industry have established a blue-ribbon commission to stop and reverse the spread of aquatic invasive species in the U.S. The commission will convene leading...
Research to understand black blotches on black bass
Have you recently caught a black bass with black patches or blotches on its body in your favorite lake or stream? Researchers at West Virginia University and the U.S. Geological...
Leave it better than we found it
I’m old enough that I’ve been around the block a few times, and during my years of fishing locally and around our great country, I’ve gotten to experience some mighty...
What do you know about Aquatic Invasive Species?
B.A.S.S. is partnering with BoatUS to survey boaters about their knowledge and opinions of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS). This information will help guide the work of a Commission that will lobby...
Florida’s never-ending grass saga
When the wind suddenly picked up on Lake Okeechobee, anglers feared the worst from herbicide spray boats that had arrived earlier. As evidence of what they thought was irresponsible behavior,...
