Category: "Fishing"
Future Fishing Foundation (F3) Names Gintert New Executive Director
By editor on Jul 23, 2011 | In News, Bass Fishing, Fishing | Send feedback »
TBF News
July 6, 2011 - Ponca City, Oklahoma - The Future Fisherman Foundation (F3) has recently named industry pacesetter, Mark Gintert, the new Executive Director. Gintert is an avid outdoorsman and angler with an extensive background in the private business sector both in manufacturing and retailing as a past owner of a successful boat dealership. For the last 5 years he’s served as the National Youth Director and the National Conservation Director for The Bass Federation (TBF); Gintert will continue to hold those positions as well. TBF is the oldest and largest organized grass roots fishing organization in the country with three main principles, Fishing, Youth, and Conservation.
Lance Valentine's Walleye 101 to aid Hospice of Michigan
By editor on Jul 16, 2011 | In News, Outdoors, Fishing | Send feedback »
Walleye 101 News
On September 10, 2011 fishermen of all ages and skill levels will take to the water at Belleville Lake in Belleville, Michigan for a day of fishing, fun and giving back. The 2011 “Catch for a Cause” fishing derby, dinner and raffle will once again benefit Hospice of Michigan. The goal for 2011 is to raise $10,000.
Jim Sexton Joins B.A.S.S. as Chief Digital Officer
By editor on Jul 14, 2011 | In News, Bass Fishing, Fishing | Send feedback »
B.A.S.S. News
CELEBRATION, Fla. — Jim Sexton of Birmingham, Ala., has been named Chief Digital Officer of B.A.S.S. LLC, with oversight of all strategy and execution, including content, for Bassmaster.com and B.A.S.S. social media, mobile and online video properties.
Johnson Outdoors Acquires Lakemaster Brand
By editor on Jul 12, 2011 | In News, Products, Bass Fishing, Outdoors, Fishing, Boating | Send feedback »
Lakemaster News
Deal Includes Assets of Waypoint Technologies & Pro Map Technologies
Racine, Wisconsin, July 11, 2011: Johnson Outdoors Marine Electronics, Inc. today announced it has acquired the assets of Waypoint Technologies, maker of LakeMaster,® the premier brand of high definition electronic lake charts among Northern US anglers. The asset purchase includes Pro Map Technologies, the LakeMaster® proprietary inland water survey techniques and bathymetric data processing technology, providing future exclusivity of an expanded portfolio of LakeMaster® digital maps for Humminbird® fishfinders.
B.A.S.S. LLC to receive American Outdoor Organization of the Year award
By editor on Jul 8, 2011 | In News, Bass Fishing, Fishing | Send feedback »
B.A.S.S. News
SPRINGVILLE, Tenn., & CELEBRATION, Fla. — Garry Mason, founder and CEO of the “Legends of the Outdoors” National Hall of Fame, announced that the B.A.S.S. organization would be the 2011 recipient of the “Legends of the Outdoors” National Hall of Fame’s American Outdoor Organization of the Year award.
Hey Dad! Here's that reeeeelly great tangle-free reel you wanted!
By editor on Jun 15, 2011 | In News, Products, Sponsors, Bass Fishing, Fishing | Send feedback »
NBAA News
Happy Father’s Day, now let’s go fishing!
WaveSpin, the reels with the tangle-free guarantee, now has eight models; two below $50
Okay, how many of you Dads (and Moms) out there get tangled-up every time you go fishing? Come on, you can admit it; it’s happened to all of us. How many times have you been knitting your tangled fishing line when you should be casting and fishing it? And isn’t it a real drag when your reel’s drag lets you down? Plus in this recession you’ve put off buying that new reel that you reeeelllly need, right?
B.A.S.S. Owner Don Logan Named Distinguished American Sportsman
By editor on May 28, 2011 | In News, Bass Fishing, Outdoors, Fishing | Send feedback »
B.A.S.S. News
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Don Logan, one of three new owners of B.A.S.S., was named the Distinguished American Sportsman for 2011 by the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Logan, an Alabama native and resident of Birmingham, was honored for his lifetime of contributions to sports, including his ownership of the Birmingham Barons minor league baseball team, his service on the Auburn University Foundation, and his recent purchase of B.A.S.S.
B.A.S.S. Acquires Leading Outdoors Production Company
By editor on Apr 21, 2011 | In News, Bass Fishing, Outdoors, Fishing | Send feedback »
B.A.S.S. News
CELEBRATION, Fla. — B.A.S.S. LLC has acquired JM Associates, one of the nation’s oldest and largest outdoor programming production companies, B.A.S.S. announced today.
JM Associates was founded by Jerry McKinnis, one of three private investors — along with Don Logan and Jim Copeland — who purchased B.A.S.S. from ESPN in November 2010. The group bought JM from Atlanta-based CSE, which has owned it since 2007.