catch and release

Fish is generally considered one of the best health foods a person can eat. This is certainly true when the fish come from pristine waters where pollutants are not nor have ever been present. The bad news is many of the rivers, and even…

An Indiana man was arrested this week for illegal possession of smallmouth bass. Police noticed a man that was keeping too many smallies and had some that were not of legal size. He was arrested and it was found that he had…

One of our missions it to preserve smallmouth bass fishing for generations to come. Please help us. These quick, easy steps were put together by Guy Gibsonick,  as a refernce to help improve the survival rates of smallmouth bass and other…

Smallmouth bass take a long time to grow to the trophy sized fish we love to catch. In recent years, catch and release fishing has helped preserve many of these bass and allowed them to survive, grow and reproduce. In some fisheries, catch…

In this recent article about Lake Erie, they discuss the effects of algae on the Walleye population but also tell the story of the continued improvement of smallmouth bass fishing. Lake Erie has benefited from catch and release fishing…

How can killing smallmouth bass increase smallmouth populations? What about catch and release? This may not make any logical sense but today I came across an interesting study done in 2008 on a small lake in upstate New York name…

It seems that there is more and more concern over smallmouth bass populations around the United States and more calls to protect them. Some Ozark rivers are being threatened by fishing as well as increased number of spotted bass that are…

We are looking at bass tournament fish mortality today because we are strong advocates of catch, photo and immediate release fishing.  To preserve the sport of smallmouth bass fishing, we encourage anglers to immmediately release fish and…

These clips of smallmouth bass eating in the fish ladder are pretty cool.  The little fish don't stand a chance! Chowing on a stonecat httpv://youtu.be/ryE6zezX6UU Multi fish buffet httpv://youtu.be/iluURM_vEmk One more!…