UPDATE: We can still save this bill! Click here to find out how you can help! The entire hunting, fishing, and sportsmen’s conservation community has been championing the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012, and while the bill had a lot of support going into the final vote in the U.S. Senate, partisan politics reared it’s ugly [...]
Alabama Fishing
Alabama Record-Setting Fisherwoman Gets National Geographic Crittercam
You have probably seen Sjon Harless before. She currently holds 12 IGFA world records, and now, National Geographic fans are going to be able to see her on a Crittercam. “She’s kind of a big deal, and people talk about her all the time,” said Hope Harless, Sjon’s daughter, who holds one world record. Sjon has [...]
Four States Give Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Constitutional Protection
There were a lot of things on the ballot on November 6, not just the presidential election. In Idaho, Kentucky, Nebraska and Wyoming, there were measures to make fishing, hunting and conservation all protected by their states’ constitutions, and voters supported all of them. According to the Outdoor Hub, all four of the measures passed pretty [...]
Bassmaster Classic Coming to Birmingham, Alabama
The bass fishing world is amping up for the 2013 Bassmaster Classic at Grand Lake in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but for 2014, B.A.S.S. is keeping the boys close to home. Yesterday, the organization announced that the 2014 Bassmaster Classic will be held jointly in Birmingham and Lake Guntersville, Alabama. B.A.S.S. has recently settled into their Birmingham [...]
Alabama Angler Lands Massive Snapping Turtle
Woody Bozeman was out looking for catfish on the Tallapoosa River, and when he saw his rod bend over, he got pretty excited. But it wasn’t a catfish on the end of his line. Bozeman hauled up an 83-pound alligator snapping turtle. Not wanting to release the turtle with a hook in its mouth, he managed [...]
Australian Fishermen Arrested for Using Explosives
Those that see the Alabama Rig as immoral might realize that there are bigger fish to fry, in this case, fish that are being fried. A fishing vessel off Australia’s Tiwi Islands was stopped and boarded when officials suspected those onboard of using explosives to procure their catch. This boat, according to Nt News, contained [...]
The Worst Way to get a Fly Out of Your Neck
There are a lot of lures we wouldn’t want to have stuck in us. An Alabama Rig comes to mind, right alongside with a Zara Spook, a Bomber Long A, and pretty much anything with treble hooks. A fly though? That we could wince and deal with. But if there’s one thing you shouldn’t need [...]
Legendary Denny Brauer Announces Retirement from Tour Competition
As the old adage says; “all good things must come to an end.” Thus, legendary Strike King angler, Denny Brauer, of Camdenton, Mo. has decided to retire from Bassmaster Elite Series competition following the 2012 season. Citing several facets of the expanded Elite Series schedule and the toll a 32-year career competing on the sport’s [...]
New Record Tuna Worth One Million Dollars?
Yesterday, we told you about a yellowfin tuna that was caught off of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico that should break the IGFA all-tackle record. Guy Yocom landed the 427-pounder, which should best the standing record, set just two years ago, when Mike Livingston landed a 405-pound tuna. Livingston’s fish broke a 33-year-old record. Yocom’s fish [...]
Panama Fishing Report – Awesome Inshore Action! – August 15-16, 2012
We had a two days with two different sets of clients last week. The man from Alabama, repeat client, Kim Kornegay and his friend John Maltry joined us for a day of offshore hunting at Isla Ladrones and also a couple of Brazilian businessmen, Mauricio and Jack, flew in from Panama City for a day [...]
