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Ever Give a Dog a Bassin’ Name?
We’ve got a Lab (black, of course, according to my daughter) incoming from Alabama in a couple months, and the family is playing the name game. My kids are coming up with names like VanDam, Chapman and Nellie (as in Iaconelli). Then we went through stuff like Shimano, Loomis, Bomber, Wooly Bugger (Yum didn’t make [...]
Today’s BassBlaster 7/19/2012
Welcome to the BassBlaster, your daily email about all things bassin’. Hey — have you forwarded the BassBlaster to a bassin’ bud yet?! *|FACEBOOK:LIKE|* Today’s Top 3 Quotes: 1. “We’re in a fiscal crisis here. Bass fishing is not national security.” – Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) on the House voting to overturn the amendment erasing [...]
Science: One Fishing Friend too Many
One of the more common tools available and used by state fishery personnel to help evaluate our local waters is the creel survey. If you’ve ever been stopped at the ramp after a day on the water and asked about your fishing trip, or perhaps had any fish you’ve caught in the livewell checked for [...]
Got Questions? We’ll Get Answers!
Bass Parade is headed to the Classic and we want you to come along with us! Well… sorta’. Here’s the deal. We want YOUR suggestions for interview questions you’d like us to ask the pros while chillin’ in The Big Easy next month. The questions can be serious, silly or somewhere in between. Ask a [...]
Thieves Tunnel Through Wall, Steal Diamonds Fly Rods
It’s the classic movie heist. A handful of bandits, undoubtedly led by some guy named Moe or Chuckles, case the target joint, then devise a crazy scheme to tunnel through a wall and steal all the loot. In the movies, the joint is usually a bank or some fancy museum, and the loot is always [...]
J. Todd Collecting Cash for Komen
In case you’ve been living underground like some kind of Chilean miner (Too soon?) and haven’t noticed: October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. You didn’t think all those NFL dudes were sporting pink just as a fashion statement, did you?
Don’t Make this Woman Angry
Here’s one for the “Women you DON’T want to mess with” file. Mary Ellen Mara-Christian hooked (with a rod and reel), fought (again, with a rod and reel), shot and stabbed a 900-pound aligator during a fishing/hunting expedition at Lake Moultrie in South Carolina.
You’ve Gotta Fight for Your Right…
to Fish?
Did you know that 10 states currently guarantee the right to hunt and fish in their constitutions? And this page tells us that citizens of Arizona, Arkansas, South Carolina and Tennessee will get to vote on amendments that decide whether their respective states will be added to this short list later this year.
