Courtesy Connecticut DEP INLAND REPORT LARGEMOUTH BASS fishing was generally fair to good, with reports from Billings Lake, Candlewood Lake, East Twin Lake, Gardner Lake, Glasgo Pond, Mudge Pond (a 5 lb bass among the catches), Pattagansett Lake, Pickerel Lake (catches include a 6 lb bass), Lake Zoar (a tough place for some anglers, but fair action can be found, and recent catches do include a 5 ...

Fishing tournament trail

The Fishing Tournament Trail is published each Tuesday of the fishing season. To report results or upcoming tournaments, call 816-234-4319 or send e-mail to bfrazee@kcstar.com . Please spell the first and last names and include hometowns of the top two places and the big-bass winner. Coming up

BASS Reporter's Notebook

Nobody's safe; Federation Nation anglers go for it; BASS mags win awards; How to find a BASS club … and Charlie Hartley's confidence game

Bass tourney lures 78 teams

East Fork Lake hosted the White Squirrel Fall Open Bass Tournament on Saturday, the first of what organizers plan on making an annual event. Seventy-eight teams of two anglers took part in the event, and while the cooler temperatures were good for the spectators at Rotary Park, the change in weather meant the fish weren't biting as much as usual. “We were quite fortunate to win this thing with ...

Fishing gear over the years has improved a lot

The sport of fishing in Arkansas is much changed over the past several decades. Technical advances have been coupled with increased knowledge on the part of anglers.