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From: Bassfan.com
Story By: Todd Ceisner
Kudos to the Bluegrass State for its plans to add fishing to the list of sanctioned high school sports in Kentucky for the 2012-13 school year.
“We’re not going to be afraid of trying something new around here,” said KHSAA Commissioner Julian Tackett in the January edition of High School Today, the [...]

U.S. House Votes to Protect Hunting / Shooting on Public Land

NC Camo members took action on this issue from an alert last September.  Thank you for taking action and here is the result:With bipartisan support the U.S. House of Representatives today approved the most significant pro-sportsmen legislation in 15 years.  H.R. 4089, which passed by [...]

Kerr Lake was the location for the second club tournament of the 2012 season. There was a field of twelve boats that competed.
Finishing in first place was Ed Collier with a five fish limit weighing 12.75 pounds. Ed also had the lunker which weighed 4.12 pounds. Ed used a spinnerbait, carolina rig, and senkos to [...]

Carson Orellana carries the marketing credentials of an adult pro

Photo: Adam Harbottle
By Craig Lamb
Apr 6, 2012
Unless you see B.A.S.S. tournament angler Carson Orellana, you’d never guess he’s just 16 years old. That’s because for somebody that age he carries the marketing credentials of a fully-grown adult pro.  
He’s got a cleverly appointed website (carsonorellana.com), a [...]

 
The Five County Bassmasters’ very own, Brent Boyette, will represent North Carolina at the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation National Championship later this year in Alabama.

Competing in his very first Southern Divisional, Boyette took the lead on day number one and never looked back. Although North Carolina teammate, Chuck Murray, gave Boyette a run for his money [...]

It was a wet start for the first tournament of the 2012 Five County Bassmasters Season.  Joey and Wayne Worley took first place with a final weight of 14.07 lbs.  They used a variety of techniques to catch their fish including jigs, spinnerbaits, and shaky heads.
Perry Doan finished second with a weight of 8.26.
Tim Gardner [...]

The Five County Bassmasters voted to change the location of the launch ramp for the March 24th Lake Jordan tournament from Farrington Point to the Ebenezer Ramp in order to avoid schedule and resource conflicts with a competing tournament.
Click HERE for map

During a recent NC B.A.S.S. Federation Nation annual meeting members of the NC Wildlife Resource Commission reported on the current largemouth bass status in the coastal regions of North Carolina. These areas were hit hard by hurricane Irene in 2011 resulting in massive fish kills. Kevin Dockendorf, Coastal Research Coordinator, provided a detailed presentation that [...]

Coastal Game Fish Proposal Before Special Legislative Study Committee
The 2011 North Carolina General Assembly deferred action on the Coastal Game Fish Bill (HB 353) that would have designated speckled sea trout, red drum, and striped bass as coastal game fish.  Coastal game fish status would mean that these three fish could be taken only with [...]

New Efforts to Ban Lead in Fishing Tackle Demonstrate the Need for a Legislative Solution
Source: www.keepamericafishing.org
Last November, 43,000 anglers like you helped to defeat an attempt to ban lead in fishing tackle nationwide when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied a petition to ban lead in fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act. [...]