Author Archives: Jeff Narron

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 [...]

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 [...]

Area boat & tackle shows help to get you back in the groove.
It’s almost that time again! Time to hit the water and start stretching line and bending rods. For those living in the deep southern states some of the best fishing of the year is nearing. For the rest of us farther north, we [...]

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. [...]

Historic ‘mercury and air toxics standards’ meet 20-year old requirement to cut dangerous smokestack emissions
Actions by the Environmental Protection Agency to set emission standards for power plants to reduce mercury and other toxic pollutants will result in healthier lakes, streams and fish.
EPA estimates that “the new safeguards will prevent as many as 11,000 premature deaths [...]

Check out the newly updated web site for Outdoor Accessories Unlimited. Outdoor Accessories Unlimited carries a large selection of fresh and saltwater fishing products, as well as, a selection of items for your hunting needs. Located on Hwy 222 in Kenly NC, Outdoor Accessories Unlimited has been serving local anglers and hunters for over 20 [...]

If you put E-15 in your boat, beware the consequences
By: Frank Sargeant, B.A.S.S. Times
Dec 14, 2011
FOND DU LAC, Wis. — Understand upfront that proponents of E-15 gasoline, containing up to 15 percent ethanol, are not pitching the fuel as suitable for marine engines. In fact, it is a violation of federal law to use [...]

Written byKeith C. Heidorn, PhD, THE WEATHER DOCTOR
We generally think of weather processes as occurring from the surface upward into the atmosphere, but weather has its influences downward into the soil and water bodies as well. Many atmosphere-ocean interactions are well known, particularly those siblings El Niño and La Niña. Atmosphere-lake interactions produce lake-effect snow [...]

Walk into any local tackle store, find the resident group of social anglers telling tall tales of the one that got away, and ask them of their thoughts on the Alabama Rig and you will get an array of personal opinions about the hottest lure choice for tournament bass anglers to stir the market in [...]