Mike Iaconelli and The Ike Foundation® Mike Iaconelli and The Ike Foundation® recaps an amazing year working on all aspects of their mission to introduce kids to the wholesome sport of fishing and instill in them a love and respect for the outdoors. It was a busy year of hosting kids fishing events, awarding college […]
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As part of this year’s Top 100: Top Dealer awards, Boating Industry has recognized seven companies with special “Best in Class” awards, for companies that particularly excelled in one area of their business. Below are the Best in Class award recipients for 2022. Best Industry Advocate Watersports CentralBuford, Georgia WaterSports Central, headquartered in Buford, Ga., has […]
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Start Your Own High School Bass Club Future Angler Foundation offers step-by-step suggestions for starting a new club program in youth-to-youth video. Photo courtesy of Bassmaster Forestville, WI (December 14, 2022) – Bass fishing clubs have made a big splash on the high school scene in recent years, helping bridge the gap between academics, competitive […]
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What is Major League Fishing Sports fishing can be a great way to chill – just you, your buddies, rods, and reels on a misty lake. But on the flip side, fishing can also make for some exciting competition! Angling masters from around the globe get together and utilize skills passed down for millennia – […]
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BENTON, Ky. (Nov. 9, 2022) – Major League Fishing (MLF) announced today organizational changes along with multiple promotions in leadership and tournament staff to align the business with future goals. Major League Fishing’s headquarters will relocate from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Benton, Kentucky. With the majority of tournament operations staff and equipment already residing in Benton, […]
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Bradley Roy, High School Open Winner Zavian Smith, and his boat captain and mother, Judith Dyehouse. The 2022 Bradley Roy High School Open presented by Covercraft, was one of the most closely contested chapters in the tournament’s ten-year history. For the first time, the winning team on Saturday also triumphed in the Sunday fish-off. 139 […]
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MLF 2023 Tournament Dates Major League Fishing (MLF), the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, announced Thursday details for the 2023 Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E., which kicks off its regular season in late-January at Sam Rayburn Reservoir in Brookeland, Texas, and runs through late-September when it wraps up at the Lake of the Ozarks in Osage […]
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The Kaneland High School team of Jake Mantovani of Naperville, Illinois, and Carter Pjesky of Sugar Grove, Illinois, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 16 pounds, 2 ounces, to win the MLF High School Fishing Presented by Favorite Fishing Open at Lake Erie. A field of 40 teams competed in the no-entry fee […]
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Recreational fishing’s future continues to look bright, as the industry’s largest trade show, ICAST, returned to form last week. In total, more than 12,000 exhibitors, buyers and media converged on the Orange County Convention Center to showcase the widest array of fishing gear, tackle, accessories and apparelavailable in one location. ICAST is produced by the […]
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FLORENCE, Ala. (June 27, 2022) – The Lake Creek High School duo of Fallon Clepper and Wyatt Ford, both of Montgomery, Texas, brought a final day limit to the scale Saturday weighing 12 pounds, 14 ounces to win the 2022 High School Fishing National Championship on Pickwick Lake in Florence, Alabama. Clepper became the first […]
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