Even though he lives about 50 miles north, Billy Black says he only visits the Mobile Delta every few years.

With that in mind Saturday (Sept. 14) on the Delta, Black and team partner Donald Henderson made a long run north to the Alabama River in the final Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation (ABN) qualifier of the year. The long run proved productive for both Black and Henderson on a day that otherwise proved ultra stingy farther south in the Delta.

AFTCO has a long-standing history of supporting conservation efforts by donating 10 percent of company profits every year since 1973 through it’s 10% Pledge. Historically the efforts were focused on saltwater related causes, but in the last year AFTCO has made tremendous efforts to broaden it’s efforts by giving back to freshwater fisheries in a partnership with B.A.S.S. Nation.

Ladson, S.C. – A key initiative to its ‘Varsity Program’ focusing on high school and college age anglers, Shimano will again award more than $20,000 to both graduating high school seniors and those already enrolled in undergrad and graduate programs.

Winners – Auburn Team of Patrick Pelt and Logan McEwen

Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation held its very first State College Championship on Lake Eufaula on February 17, 2018. The weather was a balmy 80 plus degrees, a rather warm day for February.