Beach Trading Blog

What a way to make a living – a 24 year old Californian just won $1 million bucks in a bass fishing tournament! Michael Bennett just went fishing on Lake Murray and caught enough bass to become fishing’s newest millionaire — and the youngest champion in Forrest Wood Cup history. You can read more here…

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Although modern kayak fishing has been around for years and historical evidence shows that it may even have been done over 4000 years ago, the sport is enjoying a boom of sorts. Even as the number of traditional anglers is staying the same or dropping in some areas, the last decade has seen a dramatic [...]

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On her first cast of the day a women in Eureka, CA, landed a whopping 120lb halibut off the Northern California coast on Memorial Day. At first she thought she was hooked on a rock but as her reel nearly spooled and her husband drove their boat in pursuit they knew she had hooked a [...]

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P&G, in partnership with Berkley, will host a visit with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Charlotte on Saturday, April 26 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Charlotte Convention Center in conjunction with the Wal-Mart FLW Tour National Guard Open on Lake Norman April 24-27. Each participant will receive a T-shirt from P&G and [...]

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Researchers examining Australian damselfish have found small fry with asymmetrical ear bones are less likely to make it back to their reef homes after a stint out at sea (research paper, press release). As warmer and more acidic oceans are likely to result from global warming, more fish are going to be swimming around lost. [...]

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On Saturday, March 1, Robert Audett of Jasper, Texas, won the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Louisiana/Texas Division tournament held on Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Audett won the tournament with a five-bass catch weighing a total of 20lbs, 2oz. The win netted Audett $4,744 and put him a step closer to qualifying for the Lake Ouachita Regional [...]

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