Dates for the highly-anticipated return of the Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC), the world championship of professional bass fishing and country music festival, were announced today with all of the action set to begin Friday, Sept. 28.

The 6th Annual Berkley Big Bass Challenge on Lake Fork hosted by BassChamps took place on October 15th - 16th, 2011 at Lake Fork Marina. The event was wildly successful with over 700 anglers competing for over $120,000 in cash, boats and prizes being awarded.

The 2011 edition of the Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC) will be bringing together some of the biggest names in country music with the biggest names in professional bass fishing for the annual three-day fishing and music festival Oct. 28-30 in Conroe and this year it's free!

The first annual Ranger Cup University Challenge took place on Choke Canyon Reservoir on August 25th and 26th. Two teams of collegiate anglers qualified for the event based on their participation in the Ranger Cup University program during 2011.

With the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration continuing to struggle in the management of the nation's fisheries, lawmakers today held a committee hearing intended to explore the impact of a looming deadline that will force the agency to set annual catch limits on stocks of fish for which it has no science.

We're into the final stretch for anglers to qualify for this year's Toyota Texas Bass Classic on Lake Conroe October 28-30, and it's going to be a showdown on all three tours.

The 2011 Oakley Big Bass Tour got underway on Lake Conroe this past weekend at the 14th annual Lake Conroe Big Bass Classic. More than 600 competing anglers faced brutal conditions Saturday as rain, high winds and a cold front hit Conroe.

The Berkley Experience Trailer will be at the 36th annual Houston Fishing Show that will be located at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. The trailer will roll in March 2-6 and have product demonstrations, seminars, super special deals on product and the Texas Knot Wars!

The 2011 Oakley Big Bass Tour campaign begins in Texas on Lake Conroe March 5 and 6, 2011 with the 14th Annual Lake Conroe Big Bass Classic. Based at Papas on the Lake, this open big bass tournament will offer amateur anglers the chance to compete for over $150,000 in cash and prizes during the 2-day event.

The 5th annual Berkley Big Bass Challenge on Lake Fork hosted by BassChamps set another record with 782 anglers showing up to win cash prizes along with the chance to win one of two Skeeter Boats with a combined value of more than $113,000.