Nov 18
LIZELLA, Ga. (November 16, 2010) – Kelly Phillips, of Lakeland, Fla., led wire-to-wire, measuring four fish totaling a combined 125 inches in length to win the first-ever championship tournament for the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour Presented by Hobie on November 13. The event, contested in and around Orange Beach, Ala., which operated out of the Cobalt Restaurant, featured a field of qualifying anglers from each of the six divisions of the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour looking to catch and document the largest redfish and speckled sea trout each day of the two-day catch-photograph-and-release event. Phillips’ combined aggregate score gave him a 22.5-inch margin of victory, bringing him the first championship title for the first-year tour.
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Nov 18
The Toyota Texas Bass Classic will be broadcast nationally on Fox Sports Net on Sunday, November 21 at 6:00 p.m. EST, CST & MST and 4:00 p.m. PST. The event is a one-of-a-kind tournament in the world of professional bass fishing that brings the top 50 anglers in the world, regardless of tour affiliation, together to compete for a world championship. Bassfan.com calls the TTBC “the strongest championship field assembled in the last decade.” The TTBC has generated $1 million for the Texas Parks &
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Nov 18
San Diego, CA — EPIC expands its line of wearable adventure cameras with their new EPIC 1080. With the ability to record in stunning 1920×1080 High definition, the EPIC 1080 captures all the action of the hunt with sharp, high-resolution video and crisp, clear audio. The 168ยบ wide-angle lens brings true perspective to the video, with the option of five different video resolution settings. The EPIC 1080 also doubles as a still image camera with the ability to shoot 8mp images with an action setting of up to 9 sequential images. External LCD screen displays number of video files in memory, as well as battery life and resolution setting. With multiple mounting devices the EPIC 1080 is ready for any hunting adventure.
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Nov 18
MINNEAPOLIS (Nov. 16, 2010) – FLW Outdoors announced Tuesday that Damiki Fishing Tackle has renewed its sponsorship with the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization. Damiki first signed on as a sponsor in May 2010 and will continue to aggressively market its impressive lineup of products to the U.S. market.
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Nov 18
New York, NY – Outdoor Life, The Source for Hunting and Fishing Adventure, announces the fourth annual “Outdoor Life 25,” naming 25 people who have changed the face of hunting and fishing, in its December/January issue. The magazine profiles a selection of outdoors leaders, innovators, conservationists and unsung heroes who have had a major positive impact on the outdoor sports. Readers are encouraged to log on to OutdoorLife.com/OL25 to vote for the most deserving individual, who will be presented with the Readers’ Choice Award. The December/January 2010 issue will hit newsstands on November 24.
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Nov 18
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing participation in recreational boating and fishing, was recently inducted into the prestigious Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame. RBFF joined 41 other highly regarded organizations that have been named to the Hall of Fame since 1984. Honorees are selected annually by secret-ballot vote from the Hall of Fame’s Awards Committee.
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Nov 18
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) invites high school art students across the state to participate in a contest to create a piece of manatee artwork that will be used on the 2011-2012 manatee decal.
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Nov 18
MINNETONKA, Minn. – Minnetonka-based Rapala USA, member of the Rapala VMC Group, the world’s leading fishing tackle manufacturer, has promoted Kelly Brockpahler to marketing director, David James to manager of field promotions and media relations, and Ryan Rohrbach to controller.
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Nov 18
B.A.S.S. is back: The “dots” are returning to the name and products of the organization that’s been serving bass anglers worldwide for more than 40 years.
The subtle name change from BASS to B.A.S.S. is an affirmation of the company’s grass roots, said Jerry McKinnis, who with Don Logan and Jim Copeland acquired B.A.S.S. from ESPN on Nov. 1.
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Nov 18
CELEBRATION, Fla. – B.A.S.S. introduced Joe Higgins, a veteran sales executive for several major media organizations, as its Senior Director/Sales, effective Dec. 6.
Higgins of Jupiter, Fla., has spent more than 30 years in outdoor sports media, beginning his career in sales and sales management for Field and Stream Magazine. He later was publisher of Western Outdoors Publications before launching his own magazine, Florida Fishing Weekly. Most recently, he was U.S. Sales Director for World Fishing Network.
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Nov 18
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reminds anglers that this fall’s recreational red snapper weekend harvest season in the Gulf of Mexico ends on Nov. 22. Anglers, except for the captain and crew of for-hire vessels, may still keep two red snapper greater than 16 inches total length per person daily this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 19-21.
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Nov 18
OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is reminding anglers that they will not be allowed to catch and keep wild steelhead on eight Olympic Peninsula rivers until mid-February.
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Nov 18
Worlds Largest FREE Online Carp Fishing competition
The Winter TOKS Contest has officially begun and for the next three months carp anglers all over the world will be competing for prizes and international recognition.
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Nov 18
FISHING equipment has been stolen from a garage at a home in Langport. Sometime between 5.15pm on November 7 and 9.05pm on November 8 entry was forced to the garage and two plastic cases containing fishing rods and reels were stolen along with a fishing brolly, a pole in a bag and another rod and reel.
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Nov 18
Not only is this a great time of year to fish, but anglers will find more room to do so because boat launches, docks and other types of fishing piers are not crowded, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
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