Earlier in the year, BASS and Triton announced that Triton would not be back sponsoring the 2008 Elites Series. Leaving a major sponsorship gap for BASS to fill. You can count on that gap not being filled by another boat manufacturer.
     Triton separated from the Elites for two reasons. The first being to benefit BASS and the Elite anglers and the second to benefit ABA and the Weekend Series anglers.
     By cutting it’s ties with BASS’s Elite Series, Elite anglers can now run their own boats on the final day of competition. This is a big advantage for the …read more

     Remeber your favorite lure or bait? It was probably the lure that produced a day of fish catching that will never be duplicated. Now remeber the enormous lengths you went through to keep it a secret? It was hard to explain to your buddy why he was never allowed to fish with you at certain times. If you were able to save face than maybe you just went out without them knowing about it. Well those days are long gone.
     What anglers used to keep a secret because of how much money it used to put in their livewell is being replaced …read more

     UPDATE:   The scheduled Northeastern Division Stren event has changed venues due to extremely low water levels on Kerr Reservoir. As a result, Lake Gaston will host the event out of Americamps in Bracey, VA.
     Alot of the central eastern region waters are experiencing the same conditions due to a lack of rainfall. If anyone in the region is severley bored or going dancing anyway, make sure you do a raindance while you are at it.  

     
 In 2008 the BASS Elite Series will allow the anglers to use their own wrapped boats throughout the entire event. What took so long? For the past couple of years it has been mandatory for an angler to oprerate a wrapped boat in order to compete on the Elite Series Tour in an attempt to bring in outside industry sponsors. So far the attempt has been modestly succesful.
     All of the tournament coverage that gets aired on tv takes place on the final day of the tournament. As of current, the anglers are required to use BASS issued boats to compete …read more

Get Into The Game – Sports Channel Launch Contest
We are proud to announce that the b5media Sports Channel has expanded to now have 24 total blogs.
All Poker Addicts by Blake Butler
BCS Frenzy by Allison Boyer
BIGPLAY Radio NFL Podcast by David Kindervater
College Fast Break by Rich Carlson
Do You Nascar by Tim Zaegel
Dejuiced by Albert Bianchi
Every Morning Quarterback by David Kindervater
Getting Reel by Don Zaegel
Gossip on Sports by Jodie Lynn Boduch
Green Posse by Michael Stramba
Hockey Beat by Jeanne Dupuis
Hoops Fantasy by Stephen Kersey
Jab & Grapple by Kris Karkoski
Knuckle Curve by Geoff Young
Ladies Court by Joe Ruiz
Light the Torch by Sasha Manuel
NBA Obsessed …read more

    
     Over the past weekend, the National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship (NCBFC) was help on Texas’s Lake Lewisville. The event played host to 83 teams represented by 48 different schools. The format was similar to Pro level tournaments alike. Two man teams would compete over 2 days in an attempt to make the top 5 cut for the final and third day were their weights would be zeroed.
     After the three days of competition, it would be the Texas A&M team of Trevor Knight and Justin Rackley who would cinch the title with a day three total weight of 7.60 pounds …read more

    
 
      The first thing that attracted me to this bait was it’s natural apperance. With so many baits on the market resemblimg a craw fish, many bait and tackle companies have taken the idea of a craw fish and put radical designs on them in an attempt to show the fish something different. In some cases they have become so radical that the bait has lost it’s natural apperance completely. This is not the case with Berkley’s Chigger Craw.
     This bait has a slender profile, oversized pinchers, and short appendages, making it ideal bait for pitching and flipping all types of heavy cover. The profile allows it to easily …read more

     If you have $800 in your pocket, hang onto it for a while. Currently the EPA is pressing on with regulations that will require us anglers and anyone else who has a boat that discharges water (i.e. motor with water intake, bilge pump, or livewell system), to be liable and in compliance for maintaining a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. Cost? $800 ballpark.
     Before you jump up and throw something, there’s hope in the form of a legislative fix called the Recreational Boating Act of 2007 and has been presented to the House (HR 2550) and Senate (S. 2067).  The problem …read more