Linda Hingley, of Brixham Seawatch, which monitors dolphin deaths, called for a temporary ban on bass fishing.
's ESPN, are already flowing into the growing popularity of freshwater bass fishing.
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The tour's purpose is to make bass fishing show- biz friendly.
It also helps that outdoor sports in general are taking off in high schools, including such activities as bass fishing, archery and skeet shooting.
They were among 83 two-person teams, drawn from college fishing clubs from across the country, in the second annual National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship on Lake Lewisville, a huge reservoir just north of Dallas.
WSJ: A College Championship That's a Different Kettle of Fish
But in the past 15 years, despite (or perhaps because of) the emperor and the government's best efforts, bass fishing has become the new Elvis in Japan, especially among the country's youth, where the sport has tapped into all of the outlaw, counter-culture character (and growth) that skateboarding has in the U.S. Japan-based tackle manufacturers, like Yozuri, Shimano and Daiwa , now supply bass anglers all over the world.
And the country had two wildly popular bass-fishing shows, a pro circuit and five magazines--with names like Basser and Crazy Bass--that are devoted to dekkai bass, the Japanese term for big, fat largemouths.
That's short for Forrest L. Wood, a bass-fishing enthusiast from Flippin, Ark. who invented the flat- bottomed Ranger boat.
The collegiate bass-fishing circuit is considering applying for NCAA recognition, which would allow for travel, equipment and tuition to be subsidized, but for now the sponsorship money flows freely.
WSJ: A College Championship That's a Different Kettle of Fish
Earlier, the Seville, Ohio, family had enjoyed a fun time fishing for bass and taking photos of alligators.
Yet where Mr Pittman was abrasive and relished the limelight, Mr Logan prefers a good book to a Manhattan cocktail party, and fishing for bass over dining at the Four Seasons.
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He goes fishing for sea bass with some funny goombahs in the waters off Sheepshead Bay.
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But check this out: the state has Montauk, Long Island Sound and all the southern beaches of Long Island which, together, might make for the best striped bass, bluefish and false albacore fishing in the nation.
In 2002 the Australian navy apprehended two long-liners fishing for toothfish (sea bass) without licenses in the Southern Ocean.
But rain forecast for Tuesday afternoon could hamper the clean-up by carrying oil sheen towards nearby Lake Conway, a popular destination for bass, catfish, bream and crappie fishing.
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To date, 180 schools have contacted the collegiate bass angler's association asking for help in starting a college fishing team.
WSJ: A College Championship That's a Different Kettle of Fish
But his true love is fishing, and in particular the quest for a world-record bass.
The bass, as they always do, proliferated--either moved by migrating birds or fishing enthusiasts--and are now found in lakes from the capital to Kyoto, and even in eight of the 13 moats that surround Tokyo's Imperial Palace.
Myerson is a bit of celebrity in fishing circles as the owner of the all-tackle world record for striped bass, an 81.88-pound giant he caught off the coast of Connecticut in 2011, using his trademark rattle sinker attached to a live eel.
The Collegiate Bass Anglers Association was founded two years ago by two former college baseball coaches hoping to reaffirm fishing as a sport for the young.
WSJ: A College Championship That's a Different Kettle of Fish
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