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,...
Bassmaster’s The Lake Y Project: Episode 5
James Hall shows how to lay out bass habitat to maximize the survivability and fishability of the bass in Lake Y.
Bassmaster’s The Lake Y Project: Episode 4
One important piece of the puzzle is adding structure to a lake. Hear about the different kinds of structure, and watch as we add some to Lake Y.
