An absolutely beautiful fall day in Iowa brought about one of the best catches of my fishing career. While on the water with my brother, Marty, chasing smallmouth and walleye with jerkbaits I set up on a nice rock point. I predicted a big walleye for Marty and two cast later I set the hook on what I knew [...]
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24-Hour Fish-A-Thon Raises Money, Cleans the Streams, Across the U.S.
From Recycled Fish Executive Director, Teeg Stouffer: The details from the 2012 Recycled Fish 24 Hour Fish-A-Thon presented by Berkley Fishing are still rolling in, but the early indication is that anglers east of the Rockies battled high winds. Across the country, rain, heat, cold, wind – even hail – made fishing challenging for our [...]
James Vincent to join Larysa Switlyk at this years World Carp Classic
Have you met James Vincent yet?…….if not, James Vincent along with Larysa Switlyk will be representing Team U.S.A. while competing in the 2012 World Carp Classic. As a Berkley consultant with a solid carp angling background, James’ brings tremendous experience and knowledge that will certainly benefit Team U.S.A. Although living in separate countries and having [...]
Berkley, Sebile to Host “Texas Hold ‘Em” Bass Tournaments
Shuffle up and deal. Berkley along with fellow Pure Fishing brand Sebile will host the South Carolina Berkley/Sebile Big Bass Challenge on Lake Murray on October 13 and the Texas Berkley Big Bass on Lake Fork on October 20 and 21. The tournaments are a bit unorthodox compared to most bass tournaments. Instead of searching all [...]
Recycled Fish 24-Hour Fish-A-Thon Registration Closes Sunday, August 12
What are you doing on September 8? If that answer is nothing, we have something to take up your entire day. Recycled Fish’s 24-Hour Fish-A-Thon presented by Berkley is set to take place the first full weekend in September. The Fish-A-Thon is an all-day fishing marathon for charity. The goal of the event is to [...]
Arkansas Tech: The Nations Best Bass College
Arkansas Tech University might not be featured on SportsCenter very often, but in the only sport we really care about here on GoFISHn, they’re the best in the nation. The Association of Collegiate Anglers has unveiled their new points ranking system, and the small school in Russellville leads the other 159 bass fishing teams in [...]
Gulf Restoration Gets a Huge Victory!
The entire outdoor community has been waiting for the RESTORE Act to be signed into law, so we can start bringing the Gulf of Mexico back to its former glory since the Deepwater Horizon Disaster, and it looks like we may have just jumped the biggest hurdle. The coalition group Vanishing Paradise, today, announced that [...]
Spirit Lake yields three Master Angler awards.
In less then one week Spirit Lake gave up three Iowa Master Angler awards to three different guide clients. Kelli and Rod both had Master Angler bluegill over 10 inches and Marty had a trophy smallmouth of 20 1/4 inches. Kelli’s big bluegill hit a 3″ Berkley Pro Tube when we were casting for bass, [...]
West Okoboji White Bass double up.
One lure, one cast, can sometimes equal two fish on that one cast. That has happened a couple of times in the past week on W. Okoboji. New weed growth combined with spawn time temperature have created this fantastic bite. Nearly all of the bays are harboring big schools of roving whites. Casting #8 Rapala X-Raps [...]
Is Pebble Mine Dead?
Last night, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership held their annual awards dinner honoring Berkley and Tom Bedell (of Berkley Fishing fame), Senator Ronald Wyden and Congressman Robert Wittman. But the real highlight was probably TRCP President and CEO Whit Fosberg breaking news that the open pit mine proposed for Bristol Bay is dead. The open [...]
