DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The first few runners of an ultramarathon that steps off in desolate Death Valley hit the finish line early Wednesday, a little more than 24 hours after they began this year's Badwater 135, billed as the world's toughest foot race.
FLORENCE — Wallace State-Hanceville's Clent Blackwood and Bryar Chambers almost matched their first-day haul Friday and won the BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship.
BOSTON — Jacky Hunt-Broersma runs like a woman possessed. And in a way, she is: The amputee athlete is trying to run at least 102 marathons in 102 days.
Bill Lowen, highlighted by a final-day 8-pound, 5-ounce largemouth, won the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Pickwick Lake on Tuesday.
Kreiger maintains Bassmaster Elite lead
Pat Schlapper, with a three-day haul of 51 pounds, 10 ounces, won the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Championship fishing tournament Friday at McFarland Park.
After practice ended on Monday, junior offensive lineman Cam Watson thought his teammate Jacob Gentle was crazy when he asked if some of the linemen wanted to go fishing.
The 110 golfers in a two-person scramble raised big bucks for Special Olympics programs around the area.
Jacob Wheeler caught a five-fish limit weighing 17 pounds, 11 ounces on the final day of the FLW Toyota Series event on Pickwick Lake.
On the second day of the Fishing League Worldwide’s tournament on Pickwick, John Murray from Spring City, Tennessee, had a big day to take the top spot among pro anglers.
“It feels awesome. It’s good to be back essentially working."
After a brief hiatus, competitive bass fishing is back in the Shoals.
Two teams from Lawrence County grabbed the top spots heading into the final day of the High School World Fishing Finals on Pickwick Lake Friday.
More than 800 high school anglers descended on Pickwick Lake Wednesday for the start of the High School Fishing World Finals. The tournament, which launches out of McFarland Park, continues through Saturday.Â
Riley Underwood and Mason Wright did not have to travel far on Pickwick to catch the winning bag of fish in Saturday’s Alabama Student Angler Bass Fishing Association fishing tournament.
The rules that govern recreational marine fishing in the U.S. will get an overhaul due to a new law passed by Congress, and the country's millions of anglers and the groups that stake their livelihoods on them hope the changes will bring better management.
Justin Atkins began his love of fishing at a young age with a dream of continuing to pursue that love. Years later, he is living this dream.
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PELL CITY- Florence bass fishing pro Justin Atkins thought day one sealed his fate in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open at Pell City Lakeside Park.
FLORENCE — The trip from Kaysville, Utah to Florence was a long one for the fishing team of Adam Barber and Jordan Mickles — 32 hours to be exact.
FLORENCE - Carter McNeil and teammate Cole Floyd had a narrow lead after the first day of the BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Tournament.
Anglers from several different states came to the Shoals to fish in a Crappie USA event out of Riverfront Park in Sheffield on Saturday.
Tyler Moses has a new fish story to tell and it is not about the one that got away.
Kay Donaldson has noticed a trend.
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Right when Paul Casey felt he was a winner in the Valspar Championship, he looked up at the TV and saw a scene that was all too familiar.
MONTGOMERY (AP) — Alabama's conservation department is banning the importation of deer carcasses from Mississippi to stop the spread of disease.
ROGERSVILLE — The fourth annual Winter Blues on Wheeler catfish tournament will be Jan. 6 with weigh-in beginning at 3 p.m. at Joe Wheeler State Park.
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — A team of 21 scientists will conduct a study to estimate the number of red snapper in the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
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After taking the first-day lead, Florence angler Justin Atkins slipped into second place after two days at the FLW's Forrest Wood Cup on Saturday.
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — An Alabama man has set a Mississippi shark record, beating the old one by nearly 75 percent.
As the sun begins to peek through the trees, giving the first glimpse of a new day in Decatur, the parking lot at Ingalls Harbor already is buzzing with activity.
FLORENCE — The Colbert Heights duo of Devin Holt and Dalton Davis moved into 10th place Thursday after the second round of the 2017 High School Fishing World Finals at Pickwick Lake.
FLORENCE — More than 10 hours from home this week, Shane Schmucker and Tyler Bazemore went fishing Wednesday morning on Pickwick Lake and had a productive first day of competition.
Marshall Deakins assumed somebody would pass him on the final day of the Bass Fishing League All-American on Pickwick Lake Saturday.
Wiping out a little more than a half-pound deficit proved to be no problem for the hometown team of Hunter McCarty and Sloan Pennington on Friday at the BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship.
It was a good day on Pickwick Lake for the hometown University of North Alabama fishing teams at the BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship on Thursday. UNA's four teams all were in the top 18 after the first day of fishing, including a third-place finish by Sloan Pennington-Hunter McCa…
ORANGE BEACH (AP) — Recreational anglers along the Gulf Coast are planning a floating protest against strict federal limits on red snapper fishing that they say are hurting businesses throughout the region.
High school and junior high school anglers from across the region competed for scholarships in the annual Timmy Horton Bass Anglers Challenge on Saturday out of Riverfront Park in Sheffield. View more photos at TimesDaily.com. Here are the top finishers:
Mitch Mitchell and Candler McCollum were so confident in their catch, they didn’t even wait until their weigh-in time to head back to Ingalls Harbor.
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — After starting the final day more than eight pounds ahead of his nearest competitor, Muscle Shoals resident Tim Horton struggled throughout the day but held to win his first championship in a decade at the A.R.E. Truck Caps Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee.
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — After losing a 9-pound bass to start his morning, Tim Horton kept his composure and weighed 15 pounds, 11 ounces to maintain the lead at the A.R.E. Truck Caps Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee.
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — A commission that assesses the health and viability of the menhaden population in the Gulf of Mexico says despite massive commercial hauls, the menhaden population is sound.
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TUSCALOOSA — Jereem Richards is aware of the widespread concerns connected with this year’s Olympic Games in Brazil.
Jody Harrison has seen it too many times.
FLORENCE — The boat ride back to McFarland Park for Sunday’s final weigh-in was a long one for Georgia angler Buddy Gross.
FLORENCE — Georgia pro Buddy Gross extended his lead Saturday after Day 3 of the Walmart FLW Tour at Pickwick Lake.
MOBILE (AP) — The federal government says private recreational anglers will have only nine days to fish for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico this summer.
A trip to Florida turned out to be a profitable one for two members of the North Alabama bass fishing team.
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