- Fly Fishing Tips

One of the best stories Ive read on fly fishing in the past few months was just published by -- get this -- Teen Ink. It was written by teenager Breton S. (Teen Ink doesnt publish authors last names) of...

On Friday, February 20, Peter Harrison caught a steelhead estimated at 29-30 pounds on an 8kg tippet on Washington States Hoh River. The existing IGFA world record for rainbow trout (the IGFA groups steelhead with rainbows) on 8kg tippet is...

pESPN2's The Bassmasters on Saturday, February 28, will relive the action of the 2009 Bassmaster Classic with ESPN Outdoors personalities Tommy Sanders and Mark Zona, along with an in-studio appearance by Classic champion Skeet Reese of Auburn, California, in the 2009 Bassmaster Classic Highlight Show./p

pCatch the action of Fishing 411 with Mark Romanack this week on The Sportsman Channel. Host Mark Romanack takes us to Northwest Ontario after the king of fresh water fish. Mark is on Eagle Lake, fishing out of Andy Myers Lodge. Eagle Lake has produced the world record musky twice, and Mark is hoping for a hat trick as he jumps in the boat with Veteran Guide Scott Jaeger. The two anglers cast a combination of jerk baits, spinners, and topwater lures to entice the big fish. Although the bite is a little slow, the pair manages to land four fish, two of them pushing the magic fifty inch mark. Lot's of big fish action this week on Fishing 411 with Mark Romanack. A clip of this episode will also be available on the web at http://www.thesportsmanchannel.com/p

pAthens, Alabama -- American Bass Anglers announces that Early Times Whisky will sponsor the 2009 Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series and be the Official Whisky of American Bass Anglers./p pAs a part of this sponsorship, they also announced a special series of events that will be held in conjunction with bass tournaments at 5 locations in the southern US in 2009. These special events are designed to attract community involvement by challenging both professional and backyard (amateur) barbeque enthusiast to test their cooking skills at these events for cash and prizes. Named American Bass Anglers Barbeque Cook-off, sponsored by Early Times Kentucky Whisky, they will be held the same day of, and in association with Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series events./p

pAnnapolis, Maryland - Maryland Department Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary John R. Griffin has announced the Department 's decision to withdraw the Limited Crab Catcher (LCC) component of the Department's 2009 blue crab regulatory proposal./p

pNORMAN, Oklahoma- The BASS ZONE on Sports Nation, satellite radio's first show devoted entirely to professional bass fishing, features BASS Elite Series anglers Michael Iaconelli and Mike McClelland. The show can be heard on Sports Nation, which include Sirius Channel 122 and XM Channel 143. The show broadcasts Sunday, March 1, at 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. EST./p

pThe Nevada Department of Wildlife is holding a three-day progressive fly tying class the evenings of March 17-19. The class will start with a basic fly and progress to a more advanced fly by the third class. If you always wanted to learn how to make your own flies or learn how to match the hatch this class will teach you the basics. The class is designed for beginning to intermediate level fly tiers and is free to all participants. Class is limited to the first 15 persons who enroll./p

pFrankfort, Kentucky - For years, anglers at Kentucky and Barkley lakes sought crappie in spring by jigging baits around drop-offs, fishing with minnows in shallow brush and probing stake beds with grubs. While these traditional methods worked well for white crappie, they are not nearly as effective nowadays because of the growing population of black crappie in both lakes./p

pThe Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' Fisheries Section need helps from Alabama anglers in its quest to gain information about the southern walleye./p pNumbers of this distinct strain of walleye have diminished to the point that Fisheries biologists have initiated a plan to try to locate fish and establish a brood stock at Marion Fish Hatchery./p