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National Professional Anglers Assn. News

By RVL / August 28, 2022
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Who Picks Up the Tab?
You may have noticed skyrocketing prices while picking up a rod, reel, or pile of lures at your local tackle shop. Rest assured-by the time that price made it to the shelf, you weren’t the first with sticker-shock.
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Panfish Don’t Stand a Chance
Crappies are crappin’, bluegills are buggin’ and perch are in peril. Why? St. Croix Rod of Park Falls, Wisconsin, USA, has leveraged all it knows, employed all its top technologies, and unleashed one of its fishiest materials to-date in the creation of nine all-new technique-driven panfish rods pois
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Tournament News
Tyson Keller and Brandt Becker Pull Off a Come From Behind Win on SoDak’s Lake Oahe!
The stage was set and some walleyes in South Dakota’s Lake Oahe came out to play for the second to final stop of the 2022 season on Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Master’s Walleye Circuit (MWC) tournament schedule. The anglers during this event took off on Friday morning with many options on the table.
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Minnesota Pro Austin Felix Conquers Lake Oahe For First Bassmaster Elite Series Victory
Austin Felix views himself as a well-rounded angler but he loves to fish for smallmouth. So, it’s fitting Felix’s first Bassmaster Elite Series title would involve catching those big, beautiful brown fish.
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MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit TITLE Presented by Mercury on the St. Lawrence River Results
MASSENA, N.Y. – Weights were again stacked atop the leaderboard, but 11-time Championship Qualifier Spencer Shuffield of Hot Springs, Arkansas, brought a five-bass limit weighing 22 pounds, 12 ounces across the stage Sunday to win the first major event of his professional career, earning $200,000 and the TITLE belt at the third-annual Major League Fishing (MLF) Tackle Warehouse TITLE Presented by Mercury – the Pro Circuit Championship – on the St.
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VMC® hooks & weights, Sufix® line, help Walters, Feider & Huff, to top-10 finishes in South Dakota
VMC® hooks, VMC weights and Sufix® line helped Rapala Pros Patrick Walters, Seth Feider and Cody Huff earn top-10 finishes Sunday in the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Lake Oahe, a sprawling Missouri River reservoir in South Dakota. Walters finished in sixth place, Feider came in seventh and Huff placed tenth.
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Register for the Inaugural Keep America Fishing Online Tournament
The American Sportfishing Association’s (ASA) Keep America Fishing program gives our nation’s anglers a voice in legislation and policy decisions that impact their time on the water. The Keep America Fishing Tournament is a fun and important way to show your support…
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Gear Spotlight
New Big Bite Baits Scentsation Skinny Stick in Stock Now
Designed in collaboration with one of the hottest anglers in recent years, Major League Fishing Pro Michael Neal, the Big Bite Baits Scentsation Skinny Stick has been one of the keys to his tournament success all throughout the country. Michael recently won the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit AOY for t
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Multispecies Fishing Made Easy
For decades, Northland and Bagley have been pioneers in developing the most innovative and accurate baits in fishing, hence their “match-the-hatch” mantra. It’s undeniable the advanced products catch freshwater fish of all stripes. With that said, there are classic shapes that continue catching fish
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Berkley Gulp! Adds Chrome Colorway to Four classic Saltwater Shapes
COLUMBIA S.C. Berkley’s lineup of revolutionary Gulp! saltwater soft baits now gets better. Berkley Gulp! upgrades four of their classic shapes with game-changing Chrome colorways, making this bait even more life-like and enticing to fish. Backed by science and proven to create 400 times more scent dispersion than the competition to expand the strike zone, Berkley’s proprietary Gulp!
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Want to Catch a World Record Fish? Tie on a Rapala®
If you’ve ever dreamed of catching a world record fish, tie on a Rapala®. The International Game Fish Association (IGFA), the nonprofit association that records and approves world record fish caught with hook and line (conventional and fly fishing), recently announced its annual list of new world records set in 2021.
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Tips & Tricks
Harvest Moon Fishing – Tips For Fishing the Fall Transition
Seasonal patterns are consistent across the country. The difference lies in when the pattern starts and how long it lasts. The Fall turnover as many call it, or the fall transition, stumps many anglers with where to look for bass and what baits to use.
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Mercury Dockline | How to Care for Bass in a Livewell | Mercury Marine
The International Game Fish Association (IGFA), founded in 1939, is a nonprofit organization committed to the conservation of game fish and the promotion of responsible, ethical angling practices through science, education, rulemaking, record keeping and recognition of outstanding accomplishments in …
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Tips & Techniques For Fishing Line | Berkley® Fishing
Some anglers think line is boring. Nothing to get too excited about. But the right line can be the difference between catching a bucketload of fish and coming home empty-handed. The truth of the matter is that line is extremely interesting, especially to the scientists at Berkley.
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Summer Walleye Crankbait Trolling
Brad Hawthorne and Nick Lindner share some tips for trolling away the mid-summer blues for some respectable walleye fishing action.
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Industry News
Cast Your Vote for the First Ever Anglers’ Choice Award
ICAST – the world’s largest recreational fishing trade show – features the latest and greatest in gear, tackle, apparel and accessories for anglers everywhere. One of the most anticipated events each year is the New Product Showcase featuring hundreds of the latest fishing product innovations. Ev
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Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit Creates New Project Management Office
Yamaha today announced the creation of a new Project Management Office under the business planning division which supports the Marine Business Unit by delivering tailored solutions that execute employee-driven projects through innovation and collaboration. Megan Bennett will lead the new team as Dep
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Mid-Summer Fisheries Surveys Prove Devils Lake is Even Better than Great
There have never been as many walleyes captured in Devils Lake fisheries nets as this season. Biologist Todd Caspers recorded 35.3 walleyes per net. The average is 21.5 per net. Walleye populations are at all-time highs.
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Advocacy Alerts
Yamaha Pros Hope Their Experiences Can Contribute To Invasive Species Study
Jason Christie, Mark Menendez, Ish Monroe Offer Decades of Nation-Wide Fishing Expertise Zebra mussels, Asian carp, hydrilla, snakeheads. Mark Menendez has seen each of these invasive species and the environmental problems they have created. Now the Yamaha Pro hopes his 30 years of tournament experience across the nation can be useful in creating new approaches to controlling them.
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Updating NOAA’s National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Policy – The Fishing Wire
NOAA Fisheries is pleased to announce the dates of three virtual opportunities for the public to discuss and provide comments on updating the National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Policy. The National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Policy is essential to shaping NOAA Fisheries’ approach to recreational anglers and their fisheries.
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2022 Kenai Classic Roundtable Tackles Aquatic Invasive Species
The 9th Annual Kenai Classic Roundtable included a robust discussion on the damage caused by aquatic invasive species. The Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Blue Ribbon Commission shared concerns and sought input on solutions from an audience of key officials including U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-A
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Partner Publications
Oxbow Crappie Fishing – Crappie Now
Planer boards are a good way to separate baits for a wide area of coverage. Getting them away from the boat will get bites from fish that may be spooked from under the boat, too. Crankbaits, jigs or a combination can be trolled to trigger bites.
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West Virginia State Record Blue Cat Topped Again – Catfish Now
A Good Bite Results in State Record A man and his dog set out in West Virginia to do a little fishing. The result was a new state record for blue catfish with a little help from a friend. Fishing alone is not a normal activity for Lancaster, OH angler Steven Price.
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