(Sep 27, 2016 - Minneapolis, MN) FLW announced Tuesday the Costa FLW Series rules, entry fees and payouts for the 2017 season. The season will again consist of three events in each of the five divisions – Central, Northern, Southeastern, Southwestern and Western – along with the no-entry-fee Costa FLW Series Championship to be held on Kentucky Lake in Paris, Tennessee. 


(Sep 27, 2016 - GUNTERSVILLE, AL.) Local angler Gil Summerlin of Guntersville, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 17 pounds, 4 ounces, Sunday to win the FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Choo Choo Division Super Tournament on Lake Guntersville, with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 38 pounds, 14 ounces. For his victory, Summerlin earned $8,234.

(Sep 27, 2016 - OSAGE BEACH, Mo. () Ed Young of Harrison, Arkansas, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 20 pounds, 12 ounces, Sunday to win the FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Ozark Division Super Tournament on Lake of the Ozarks presented by Minn Kota, with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 37 pounds, 13 ounces. For his victory, Young earned $6,586.

(Sep 27, 2016 - CLAYTON, N.Y.) Tom Tarasoff of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 19 pounds, 1 ounce, Sunday to win the FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Northeast Division Super Tournament on 1000 Islands, with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 44 pounds, 4 ounces. Tarasoff took home $6,367 for his win.

(Sep 24, 2016 - Dayton, TN) The Bryan College duo of Connor Cohran of Dalton, Georgia, and Cole Sands, of Calhoun, Tennessee, won the FLW College Fishing Southeastern Conference event at Lake Chickamauga Saturday with five bass weighing 16 pounds, 3 ounces. The victory earned the club $2,000 and qualified the team for the 2017 FLW College Fishing National Championship.

(Sep 23, 2016 - Crosslake, MN) For most anglers, ‘sight-fishing’ evokes images of super shallow bass or lunkers hunkered tight to a spawning nest.   Not necessarily.

(Sep 23, 2016 - Plano,IL) Anglers love a good wrap. No, we aren’t talking about those culinary creations involving buffalo chicken or turkey and avocado served to calorie counters at that fancy place on the end of the dock.

(Sep 23, 2016 - Park Falls, WI) ‘X’ marks the spot. It’s the Sharpie scribble on Grandpa’s composting lake map on the fridge, where lunker largemouth hunker as promised. It’s the four billionth Navionics waypoint; that microscopic seam between the point and hump – visually referenced by the purple martin house and ranger tower – that only you and the bronzebacks know about.

(Sep 23, 2016 - SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY, La.) Pressure builds every year, like a Major League Baseball pennant race, when the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens Series schedule continues after the conclusion of the Bassmaster Elite Series season. 

(Sep 23, 2016 - PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.) Bryan Schmitt fed Lake Champlain bass a steady diet of bogus crawfish this week to win the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open finale.

(Sep 22, 2016 - PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.) Bryan Schmitt had planned on catching a mixed bag of largemouth and smallmouth bass on Lake Champlain, but it was a limit of five smallmouth that nudged him into the second-round lead in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open.

(Sep 22, 2016 - ) The dropshot rig is widely recognized as a fantastically effective finesse approach for presenting both live and artificial baits. Originally developed as a technique for targeting highly pressured bass in deep water, the contemporary dropshot rig crosses all species boundaries and dominates in both fresh and saltwater environments.

(Sep 22, 2016 - ) It happens right after Labor Day every year: Cold front after cold front roll through the Great Lakes states and Canada. And with every frigid rain and stony north wind, another pod of Chinook and coho salmon make their way from the Great Lakes into one of the many tributaries that feed them.



(Sep 21, 2016 - the Madison Chain of Lakes.) Have you ever heard that the first time is the charm in musky fishing? Well that is just what it was for the two brothers of Ben Michlig from Minoqua, WI and his brother Matt Michlig from Milwaukee WI when they went to compete in the PMTT tournament, Musky Hunter Magazine’s Fall Meltdown on September 17 & 18 on the Madison Chain of Lakes.

(Sep 21, 2016 - Birmingham, AL) B.A.S.S. and Yamaha Marine Group have signed an agreement for Yamaha to continue to sponsor Bassmaster events through 2020.

(Sep 21, 2016 - San Antonio, TX) The Association of Collegiate Anglers has announced that Garmin will continue its support of the 2017 Cabela's Collegiate Bass Fishing Series.  As a series sponsor, Garmin will continue to be able to reach collegiate anglers with their new lineup of fishing electronics and enjoy extensive promotion with collegiate anglers throughout the nation at numerous events as well as on the television series.  

(Sep 21, 2016 - Wagoner, OK) The Costa FLW Series is headed to Fort Gibson Lake Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 for a tournament presented by Lowrance when as many as 400 pros and co-anglers will take to the water for the third and final stop of 2016 in the Southwestern Division.

(Sep 21, 2016 - Dayton, TN) The FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) is headed to Lake Chickamauga Sept. 29 - Oct. 1 for the first of six BFL regional championships. The three-day tournament, which is presented by Mercury, will feature the top 50 boaters and 50 co-anglers from each of the Arkie, Hoosier, LBL, and Mountain divisions.

(Sep 21, 2016 - PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.) Guessing his primary spot would be taken, Jesse Tacoronte went to his Plan B spot and took over the pro-division lead at the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open on Lake Champlain.

(Sep 19, 2016 - Grove,) Benjamin King of Garnett, Kansas, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 14 pounds, 2 ounces, Sunday to win the FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Okie Division Super Tournament on Grand Lake, with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 29 pounds, 7 ounces. King pocketed $8,349 for his victory.

(Sep 19, 2016 - SENECA, S.C.) Andy Burgess of Greenville, South Carolina, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 12 pounds, 14 ounces, Sunday to win the FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Savannah River Division Super Tournament on Lake Keowee, with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 27 pounds, 3 ounces. For his win, Burgess took home $4,931.

(Sep 19, 2016 - La Crosse , WI) Local angler Mike Brueggen of La Crosse, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 15 pounds, 5 ounces, Sunday to win the FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Great Lakes Division Super Tournament on the Mississippi River presented by Minn Kota, with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 32 pounds, 6 ounces. For his win, Brueggen took home $8,011.

(Sep 19, 2016 - GALLATIN, TN.) Michael Delvisco of Dandridge, Tennessee, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 11 pounds, 1 ounce, Sunday to win the FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Music City Division Super Tournament on Old Hickory Lake, with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 28 pounds, 14 ounces. For his win, Delvisco took home $4,037.

(Sep 19, 2016 - Hixson, TN) FLW Tour pro Alex Davis of Albertville, Alabama, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 11 pounds, 10 ounces, Sunday to win the FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Volunteer Division Super Tournament on Lake Chickamauga, with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 28 pounds, 6 ounces. For his victory, Davis earned $8,006.

(Sep 19, 2016 - Lake Sam Rayburn, TX) With a $3,700 payout for just 8 teams,  Day 1, Everyone brought a limit to the scales........There were 40 total fish, weighing 132.48 lbs. Day 2 there were only 4 limits, with 28 total fish weighing 86.78 lbs.

(Sep 18, 2016 - ONAMIA, Mn.) Gerald Swindle of Guntersville, Ala., clinched his second Angler of the Year title since 2004 at the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship at Mille Lacs Lake in central Minnesota.

(Sep 18, 2016 - HUNTERSVILLE, N.C.) Bryan Thrift of Shelby, North Carolina, brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 11 pounds, 11 ounces, Saturday to win the Walmart FLW Tour Invitational at Lake Norman presented by Lowrance.

(Sep 16, 2016 - Alexandria, VA) The American Sportfishing Association (ASA) and Keep Florida Fishing® commend the U.S. Senate for passing the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (WRDA), which provides essential funding for the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP), as well as infrastructure and other habitat and water quality projects throughout the nation.

(Sep 16, 2016 - HUNTERSVILLE, N.C.) Quaker State pro Scott Canterbury of Springville, Alabama, brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 12 pounds, 1 ounce, Friday to take the lead after Day Two of the Walmart FLW Tour Invitational at Lake Norman presented by Lowrance.

(Sep 16, 2016 - ONAMIA, MN.) Another impressive day of hefty smallmouth astonished fans during the second round of the $1 million Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship at Minnesota’s famed Mille Lacs Lake.  

(Sep 15, 2016 - ONAMIA, MN.) Giant limits of smallmouth bass created quite the spectacle during the first weigh-in of the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship at Mille Lacs Lake in central Minnesota.

(Sep 15, 2016 - Alexandria, Va.) With the recent announcement that President Obama is creating the first marine monument on the east coast – the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument – many anglers are probably wondering, “how do we fit in?”

(Sep 15, 2016 - HUNTERSVILLE, N.C.) George Hirapetian of Charlotte, North Carolina, brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 14 pounds, 7 ounces, Thursday to grab the early lead after Day One of the Walmart FLW Tour Invitational at Lake Norman presented by Lowrance.

(Sep 15, 2016 - Merrill, WI) Anglers from the Central Wisconsin River Series presented by Minn Kota, Humminbird and the Stevens Point Brewery took on a sometimes finicky Boom Lake in Rhinelander.

(Sep 15, 2016 - PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.) A hot, dry summer is likely to alter the shallow-water bite at Lake Champlain during the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open Sept. 21-23.

(Sep 13, 2016 - Dayton, TN) FLW College Fishing is headed to Lake Chickamauga on Sept. 24 for the third and final regular-season bass-fishing tournament in the Southeastern Conference. A full field of college teams will be competing for a top award of $2,000 and a berth in the FLW College Fishing National Championship.

(Sep 13, 2016 - Minneapolis, MN) Fishing League Worldwide (FLW), the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, announced today the 2017 Costa FLW Series schedule, which will consist of three events in each of the five divisions – Central, Northern, Southeastern, Southwestern and Western – along with the no-entry-fee Costa FLW Series Championship to be held on Kentucky Lake in Paris, Tennessee.

(Sep 13, 2016 - Birmingham, AL) Skeeter Products Inc., maker of high-performance bass boats, and B.A.S.S., the world’s most prestigious bass tournament organization, have signed a multiyear agreement for Skeeter to continue as an official premier boat sponsor of all B.A.S.S. circuits.

(Sep 13, 2016 - HARRISON TOWNSHIP, MI) Matthew Malmquist of White Lake, Michigan, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 21 pounds even Sunday to win the FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Michigan Division Super Tournament on Lake St. Clair. For his victory, Malmquist took home $7,106.

(Sep 13, 2016 - ) Local angler Dustin Wood of Eufaula,OK weighed a 5-bass limit totaling 13 lbs, 10 ozs, to win the (BFL) Bulldog Division Super Tournament on Lake Eufaula, with a 2-day total of 10 bass weighing 28 lbs, 3 ozs. For his win, Wood took home $5,660.

(Sep 13, 2016 - GILBERTSVILLE, Ky.) Stephen Barga of Benton, Kentucky, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 19 pounds, 6 ounces, Sunday to win the FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) LBL Division Super Tournament on Kentucky and Barkley lakes with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 40 pounds, 2 ounces. For his win, Barga pocketed $7,717.

(Sep 13, 2016 - SANDUSKY, Ohio) Steve Hatfield of Ashland, Ohio, weighed four bass totaling 11 pounds, 3 ounces, Sunday to win the FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Buckeye Division Super Tournament on Lake Erie, with a two-day total of nine bass weighing 26 pounds even. Hatfield took home $5,077 for his win.

(Sep 13, 2016 - SALISBURY, N.C.) Jeremy Talbert of Albemarle, NC weighed a 5-bass limit totaling 13 lbs, 2 ozs, Sunday to win the(BFL) Piedmont Division Super Tournament on High Rock Lake, with a 2-day total of 10 bass weighing 30 lbs, 8 ozs.

(Sep 13, 2016 - Brookeland, TX) Jason Bonds of Lufkin, Texas, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 22 pounds, 6 ounces, Sunday to win the FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Cowboy Division Super Tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 45 pounds, 3 ounces. For his victory, Bonds took home $8,595.

(Sep 13, 2016 - SCOTTSVILLE, Ky.) Brett Graham of Cold Spring, Kentucky, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 16 pounds, 6 ounces, Sunday to win the FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mountain Division Super Tournament on the Barren River with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 31 pounds, 5 ounces. Graham earned $8,211 for his efforts.

(Sep 11, 2016 - Crystal River, FL) Organizers have announced that the 2016 Florida Fly Fishing Expo will be at The Plantation on Crystal River on Florida’s West Central coast. Organizers have announced that the 2016 Florida Fly Fishing Expo will be at The Plantation on Crystal River on Florida’s West Central coast.

(Sep 11, 2016 - La Crosse , WI) Ott DeFoe maintained his lead for the third day in a row to earn his first career regular-season Bassmaster Elite Series victory at the Plano Bassmaster Elite at the Mississippi River presented by Favorite Fishing.

(Sep 10, 2016 - La Crosse , WI) Ott DeFoe widened his lead in the Plano Bassmaster Elite at the Mississippi River presented by Favorite Fishing today, if ever so slightly.

(Sep 9, 2016 - La Crosse , WI) After claiming second with a 17-plus-pound limit of bass in the first round of the Plano Bassmaster Elite at the Mississippi River presented by Favorite Fishing Thursday, Knoxville, Tenn., angler Ott DeFoe predicted he would catch one more limit at least that big — and that would be it.

(Sep 8, 2016 - Park Falls, WI) We’ve all heard the adage “think outside the box”. And then there’s the axiom when anglers talk about their “confidence bait”. Combine the two and you know what you get? What it took for Ryan Wood and Turner Masson to win the 2016 Costa Bassmaster High School National Championship on Kentucky Lake, near Paris, Tennessee, in early August.