As an oil sheen sits just over two miles offshore, workers in Port Fourchon, Louisiana loaded their latest creation, a four-story, 200-ton containment vessel onto a barge enroute to the ruptured wellhead currently gushing 200,000 gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico every day as it has since the Deepwater Horizon blew out, burned and sank.

The surge in popularity of kayaks and kayak fishing will be taken to a new level in 2010 as the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour Presented by Hobie Fishing begins its inaugural season with 18 multi-species tournaments, outlined in its recently released schedule.

Redfish anglers from Texas to North Carolina and surrounding regions will converge on Orange Beach, Alabama, November 6-7 for the IFA Redfish Tour Championship tournament, the culminating event of the tour's 2009 season.

USA Shooting and GunBroker.com are announcing a month-long, online auction of guns and other USA Shooting related items to benefit the USA Shooting Team. The announcement was made jointly by Buddy DuVall, USA Shooting Director of Marketing, and Steve Urvan, President and Founder of GunBroker.com.

Lost in the euphoria over the 2009 breeding-population survey was the sobering confirmation that prairie Canada is no longer the continent's leading producer of ducks.  This spring, for the first time ever, more total ducks, more puddle ducks, twice as many pintails...

Blue Heron Communications, located in Norman, Okla., announces today that its agreement to serve as the agency of record for the Inshore Fishing Association (IFA) Redfish Tour, effective immediately.

Kromer Mercantile, manufacturer of the legendary Stormy Kromer cap, is expanding its Stormy Kromer line of tough and comfortable, American-made caps and clothing with new products designed to keep outdoor enthusiasts warm and dry, rain or shine, in sub-zero temps or on mild summer days. New Stormy Kromer caps, shirts and gloves continue to build on the 105-year-old Stormy Kromer legendary reputation for quality and performance, and are available nationwide through independent and selected chain retailers, as well as online, through www.stormykromer.com.

With CompetiVision™ for tennis players and EagleVision™ for golfers, Bollé has established itself as a leader in sunglasses engineered for the unique demands of certain sporting pursuits. Now, with the introduction of the Bollé Marine Collection, the company is bringing the benefit of activity-specific lens technologies to anglers and other water sports enthusiasts.

With over 600,000 members, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatU.S.) knows how to help boaters find and purchase the right boat. And right now, it's a buyers market. Here are 10 -- mostly free -- ways BoatU.S. can help you find your dreamboat:

O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc. raises the stakes with their new 100ATR Night Train II bolt-action rifle. As with its counterpart, the Night Train, this tack-driver is equipped with the new adjustable LBA™ (Lightning Bolt Action) Trigger System and free-floating 22" button-rifled barrel.