Month: January 2002

The schools of Texas have a new weapon to fight drugs. This weapon is stronger than any swords or guns-gangs or drug dealers. It's fishing. Schools, parents, Texas Parks and Wildlife, law enforcement personnel, community leaders, celebrities, T.B.B.U. and other...

Get involved!!! A “New Year’s Resolution” I wish you would all make!!! A few years ago I made up my mind that it was time for me to give back to a sport I had gotten so much from over the years. Years of enjoyment of the outdoors, Years of catching fish, Years of...

This fun loving Toledo Bend Guide has earned a well deserved reputation as one of Toledo Bend's best guides and a first rate tournament fisherman. Mike lives on the shores of Toledo Bend with his wife Janice and daughter Amanda in a beautifully rustic Cypress home...

Most youngsters from the Rusk Settlement Neighborhood Center on Houston's inner city East side have never been fishing, That changed May 22 when Bass Busters of Houston took them fishing at the Freshwater Junior Anglers Club in Baytown, Texas. "These kids don't have...

Popularity explosion is the best way to describe the phenomenal growth at CastAway. Since their inception 2 years ago their product line has grown from 30 models to over 170. They are now internationally distributed and are probably the hottest rod on the market...

As this young Texas Fishing Guide boated solid Rayburn chunks all day on the first day of competition of the 1996 BASSMASTER Texas Invitational he had no idea what a challenge he would face later that day. Cannan had located some strong fish on the north end of “Big...

You know you have a problem when every fishing tournament since July of 98 has had a significant reduction in catch. You know you have a problem when all the old tournament hands stand around the way-in, scratchin’ their heads and saying things like “where have all...

Founded by a Fisherman The Fred Arbogast Company was founded in 1930 by a man whose first love was fishing. His interest in the sport began as a hobby and grew to be the focus of a successful business Fred Arbogast's to outwit the finny tribe was born one day when he...

The big game hunting season is over and the anti-hunting posters have dropped from the public limelight for now. Why would this be mentioned in a fishing club newsletter? A brief understanding of the basic animal rights movement would show the relationship between...

Texas Black Bass Unlimited is planning what is shaping up to be "The Event of The Year," a fund raising event to place channel markers in the Trinity River on Lake Livingston from the Highway 190 bridge to the Highway 19 bridge. As many of you know running that area...