Tips to ensure a safe boating. Can you believe it? Hurricane season is once again upon us, and if you own a boat now is the time to start preparing for the unthinkable. It doesn't matter whether you store your most prized possession at a marina, on a trailer or in dry storage, everyone is susceptible to damage from heavy wave action, hurricane force winds, tropical downpours, storm surge, and collisions from nearby vessels/objects. Remember that it doesn’t take a direct hit from ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Two big bass taken on back-to-back casts into Lake Maumelle grass sealed the deal Saturday for Paula Alexander in the Academy Sports + Outdoors Women’s Bassmaster Tour event on Lake Maumelle. The Lincolnton, Ga., pro took her first BASS career win with 27 pounds, 5 ounces, to take the top prize of a $55,000 Skeeter/Yamaha boat rig. Starting the final day in fourth place, she easily cleared her nearest challenger, Secret York of Benton, Ky., by 5 pounds, 11 ounc...

June Fishing Report & Tips.  Finally, the pattern is broken and the game is on.  Getting used to fishing in gale force winds was getting pretty tiring.  Current conditions have b...

When Bill called earlier in the year to book his usual three fishing trips, I knew one of them had to be the first week or so of June. Over the past few years, we’ve had some very memorable days...

 Its summertime and we are into some of the finest summer fishing we can have.  It may not be chronologically summer yet but the conditions are such.  Great tarpon fishing still abounds...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Jade Keeton of Florence, Ala., is one good son, not to mention a heck of an angler. He made his mom proud Saturday, winning the Co-angler Divison of the Walmart BFL All-American on her birthday. With his $70,000 top prize, getting a present shouldn’t be a problem. Not even halfway through 2009, Keeton is experiencing the year of a lifetime. Not only did he come from behind to claim the All-American title with a three-day weight of 18 pounds, 5 ounces – br...

June 8th - The lake level came up to292.62 and has stayed steady for the last 4 days. Amistad released 1.5 ft of water and their lake level is at1,116.05 ft, and they are not releasing any more. Falcon has also shut the gates with minimal flow. The fishing is still hot, don't be discouraged if you can not catch fish. You have to move from a spot if you don't get bit in the first 20 minutes, the fish have so much bait to eat that you have to locate some that are feeding, Flipping Willow trees a...