April 6, 2020

FLW Reschedules Tournament Dates

We are working diligently with our hosts and sponsors to reschedule all postponed tournaments and are pleased to announce new dates for all of the affected Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit and Toyota Series events as well as some Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI and FLW High School Fishing presented by Favorite Fishing events. Rescheduled Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine tournaments will be announced soon.  READ MORE »

April 6, 2020

The Rebirth of Spencer Shuffield

by Justin Onslow

Fall from grace stories are rarely told in the fishing world. Tournament pros come and go from year to year, some after having found a little success and some leaving the pro fishing world with little show for it. That’s the nature of a sport predicated on competing with the best of the best in a format that sometimes rewards chance. Often, hard work and skill aren’t enough to precipitate prolonged success. READ MORE »

April 3, 2020

How to Catch Tailrace Smallmouths

by Jody White

The reservoirs strung along the Tennessee River are tremendous fisheries, but they perhaps don’t get as much shine for being smallmouth producers as they should. READ MORE »

April 2, 2020

FLW Classics – Week 1

This week’s shows cover everything from the first FLW Tour win for John Cox, to a Tour event on Okeechobee where three pros crossed the century mark and the second College Fishing National Championship. READ MORE »

April 1, 2020

Join Facebook Q&As with FLW Pros

With no tournament action taking place and most people staying in and around their homes to help slow the spread of COVID-19, folks are taking to the internet and social media more and more. Here at FLW, we’re using social media to help fans pass the time with some of the sport’s top fishing pros. READ MORE »

April 1, 2020

Nixon Eyeing Early June Return

by Curtis Niedermier

You couldn’t choose just one word to describe Larry Nixon’s professional fishing career. But right now, if you had to try, the most applicable word might be “resiliency.” READ MORE »

March 31, 2020

Berkley Announces Fish Through It Challenge

While tournament fishing may be on hold for a bit, that doesn’t mean you can’t be stocking up on tackle. What better way to load your tackle box than with free tackle! That’s where Berkley’s  Fish Through It Challenge comes into play. READ MORE »

March 30, 2020

FLW Reschedules Events Through May 3

This unprecedented action, taken out of an abundance of caution and continued uncertainty of venue availability, will help protect the health and welfare of our anglers, staff, fans, sponsors and host communities.  READ MORE »

March 30, 2020

Lake Martin on YouTube

The third stop of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit season on Lake Martin was filled with fish catches. Many of the pros documented individual fish, the entire tournament or produced recaps for YouTube. READ MORE »

March 27, 2020

10 Pro Circuit Highlights So Far

by Curtis Niedermier

We’re almost halfway through the 2020 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit schedule, which means we’re far enough along now for a little retrospective on what’s happened thus far. READ MORE »

March 25, 2020

Sight-Fishing with Swimbaits

by Curtis Niedermier

Ron Nelson, the Pro Circuit Angler of the Year leader and a renowned sight-fisherman, used a Keitech Swing Impact FAT for blind-fishing and sight-fishing at Martin and earned a runner-up finish. California’s Kevin Hugo took seventh at Lake Havasu and caught some of his biggest bass sight-fishing with a Little Creeper All American Trash Fish or Sunfish. Though the reasons why they settled on swimbaits varied, both pros can offer valuable lessons for any angler tackling a spawning scenario. READ MORE »

March 23, 2020

AOY Update: Lake Martin

by Justin Onslow

Through three events of the 2020 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit, second-year pro and 2019 Polaris Rookie of the Year Ron Nelson remains atop the Angler of the Year standings after a second-place finish at Lake Martin. READ MORE »

March 17, 2020

FLW Postpones Events Through April 5

Out of an abundance of caution and the uncertainty of venue availability amid rapidly evolving restrictions, however, FLW will reschedule all tournaments through April 5, except for the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit event on Lake Martin in Alexander City, Alabama, for which practice has already begun and extra precautions have been instituted.  READ MORE »

March 13, 2020

FLW Postpones College and High School Events

FLW, the world’s largest tournament fishing organization, announced today the cancellation and postponement of multiple Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI and High School Fishing presented by Favorite Fishing events due to travel restrictions implemented by universities and high schools nationwide in response to the coronavirus pandemic. READ MORE »

March 13, 2020

MLF, FLW Suspend Public Gatherings

Major League Fishing and FLW announced the suspension of all public gatherings associated with their events through April 12, 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. READ MORE »

March 11, 2020

ETBU Gets School of the Year Rings

by Jody White

Tallying up 1,752 points for the season, ETBU beat out Tarleton State-Stephenville by 16 points to earn the Southern Conference School of the Year title. READ MORE »

March 10, 2020

Bank Battle Set for Lake of the Ozarks

by Kyle Wood

When it comes to prespawn in the Ozarks, there may not be a better place to catch a giant bag of bass in the spring than on Lake of the Ozarks. And though the weather has been a little up and down over the last several weeks, things are setting up for a solid start to the Toyota Series Plains Division season March 26-28. READ MORE »

March 5, 2020

Wheeler Should Produce Mega Mixed Bags in March

by Curtis Niedermier

If you love mixed bags of big largemouth and smallmouth bass (and who doesn’t?), you’re going to want to pay close attention to the Toyota Series Southeastern Division opener on Wheeler Lake March 26-28. Local pro Sam George, who fishes the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit, expects to see mid-20-pound limits cross the weigh-in stage, and predicts the winner will almost certainly weigh both green and brown fish. READ MORE »

March 5, 2020

Big Weights Headline FLW South Africa Event

by Justin Onslow

With 38.03 pounds, the duo of Robbie Olivier and Neels Beneke of Team Gamakatsu Outdoors 365 took home the hardware in the FLW South Africa KZN Region Cast-for-Cash tournament on Feb. 20. Their five-fish limit was more than 12 pounds heavier than the second-place stringer (25.39 pounds) weighed in by Marc Meyer and Oliver Field of Team Stoner Farm. READ MORE »

March 4, 2020

Georgia to Sanction Fishing as High School Sport

FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, The Bass Federation (TBF), the nation’s largest grassroots fishing organization, and the Georgia High School Association (GHSA), announced today that Georgia has become the fifth state to partner with FLW and TBF in offering bass fishing as a sanctioned high school sport starting with the 2020-2021 school year. READ MORE »