Largemouth Bass Fishing
Clear Lake Bass Tournament Brings Up Monster California Largemouths
Clear Lake is Kevin VanDam’s favorite bass lake in all of California. This is why. At a recent, local WONBASS tournament, the bass were so big at the weigh in, that the average was 4.3 pounds. According to the Lake County Record-Bee, the top six teams all had more than 52 pounds, with the big [...]
Two Bass Records Fall on San Marcos River, Texas
With temperatures cooling in Texas, the bass are biting, and some of them are record-sized. Jim Darnell, columnists for the Daily Record, was fishing with his friend Mike Schlimgen, and Darnell was out for big bass on the fly. He found them. After very little success with his popper, Darnell tied a streamer below his popper, [...]
Record Goldfish Caught in Lake Tawakoni?
It’s not secret that the goldfish found at county fairs across the United States are a species of carp, but it’s a bit of a shock when you find a carp with such a flashy tail. According to Lone Star Outdoor News, John Wiseman was having a slow day on Lake Tawakoni just east of Dallas, when [...]
Beginner’s Luck
Before this week, the biggest fish Dave Sanchez had ever caught was a largemouth bass near his home in Kansas City, Missouri. His first marlin, a 465-pound blue landed Thursday off Cabo San Lucas, was respectable but not exceptionally large by normal Black & Blue standards. It happened to be the only qualifying marlin weighed [...]
Catch and Release Tiger Fish Tournament Hands out $25,000 Prize in Zimbabwe
There are plenty of fishing tournaments in the United States, but hardly any of them are targeting fish with teeth like these. But in Kariba, Zimbabwe, the 3-day Kariba Invitation Tiger Fishing Tournament ended with angler Gideon Benade landing a 25-plus-pound tigerfish. The monster fish won Benade a new Nissan NP200 truck, worth $25,000. In all, 130 people [...]
First Largemouth Lunker of the Year Landed in Texas
We have always been big fans of the Toyota ShareLunker Program in Texas. Who doesn’t like big bass? Bennett Cowan of San Marcos landed a 14.28-pound, 27.25-inch long largemouth on October 16 from Lake Austin. According to the official release from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Bennett was fishing a bluff with a hand-poured 17-inch worm when the [...]
First Trophy Bass Landed in Florida
This 12.3-pound largemouth bass caught by Corey Dolan on Florida’s Lake Talquin is the first entrant into Florida’s newly initiated Trophy Program which rewards anglers for reporting catches of monstrous largemouth bass. There are various categories that qualify you for different prizes. Fish of 8 pounds or more, 10 pounds or more, or 13 pounds [...]
In Maine, Poachers and Largemouth Bass are Biggest Problems
It’s not a stretch to think of poachers as being a huge problem for any fish and wildlife management task, but largemouth bass? That’s what Maine weekly newspaper, the Irregular (whose tagline is: “Serving the western mountains of Maine where the kids grow straight and tall and the women are all good looking”), is saying. According to their [...]
Will the Clear Lake Hitch Ruin California’s Premier Bass Fishery?
The Clear Lake hitch is a small fish found in, you guessed it, Clear Lake, California. But the fish has hit some hard times lately, and The Center for Biological Diversity has asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to place the hitch on the Endangered Species List, and some California anglers are worried. Among [...]
