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ESPN bets bass fishing is TV hit
Taking a lesson it learned in the 1980s from its NASCAR coverage, ESPN and ESPN2 will continue to expand their telecasts of bass fishing tournaments in 2006.
ESPN purchased BASS in 2001, obviously with plans to make bass fishing the next big televised sport. While bass fishing may never reach […]
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Fishing around for a future in Marineland - If you think growth around here is bad, check out the town of Marineland on the Flagler County coast.
It plans to increase its population by more than 3,000 percent in only a couple of years.
“I expect we’re going to have to have a full-time employee now,” says […]
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Fishing banned in Gahirmatha sanctuary for turtle nesting - With the Olive Ridley Sea Turtles mating and breeding season approaching fast, the Bhitarkanika forest officials today banned fishing by mechanised trawlers inside the Gahirmatha Sanctuary from November 1 to May 31 next year.
Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Rajnagar Mangrove and Wildlife Forest Division AK Jena […]
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North Alabama Fishing Reports - A majority of the anglers who decided to fish the Tennessee River and its many creeks and tributaries this past week found the overall bite to be good.
This pattern should hold another week if temperatures stay steady without a major cold front coming
through.
A few trophy-size largemouth bass have […]
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Daily fishing report - TAMPA - Earl Waters of Homosassa and Randy Hendrick of Clearwater caught a 2-fish aggregate of 11.85 pounds and won $900 in the Redfish Tour’s Open Division tournament Saturday at Tampa’s Bayside Marina.
Fishing in Mobbly Bay, at the north end of Tampa Bay, the winners targeted potholes in less than […]