The field is set for the 2008 BoatU.S. National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship (NCBFC), with 106 two-person teams representing 57 schools from 23 states registered to participate. The full-field enrollment makes it the largest college bass tournament ever held.

The Louisiana/Texas Division of the $8.8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit Sam Rayburn Reservoir in Jasper, Texas, September 20-21 for its final regular-season event. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $67,500 in cash, including a top award of $9,000 in the Boater Division.

Daiwa's new Steez™ 103SHA and 100SHA baitcasters are not only the lightest reels of their kind, they're also among the fastest. Weighing in at a mere 5.6 and 5.7 ounces, respectively, and featuring a blazing 7.1:1 gear ratio, the latest Steez additions offer bass anglers the ultimate combination of lightweight performance and line-burning speed.

The Berkley Experience Trailer is headed to the Gander Mountain in Tyler, Texas. The trailer will roll in October 4-5 and will offer demonstrations and interactive games for kids and adults.

BASS has pledged $15,000 to the Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership, a new group whose top priority is the conservation of man-made U.S. lakes.

Boater Ronnie Bickham of New Boston, Texas, won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Louisiana/Texas Division Super Tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir with a two-day catch of 10 bass weighing 37 pounds, 4 ounces. The victory earned Bickham $4,678.

John True of Dallas kicked off the 2008-2009 Budweiser ShareLunker season October 3 with a 13.38-pound largemouth bass from a private lake in Rusk County.

The Berkley Experience Trailer is headed to the Berkley Fishing Tournament in Lake Fork, Texas. The trailer will roll in October 10-12 and will offer demonstrations and interactive games for kids and adults.

Daiwa has introduced two new TD Zillion™ baitcasters with 4.9:1 retrieve - TDZLN100PA and the mirror-image, left-hand model TDZLN100PLA - both specifically designed for crankbait fishing applications. Sleek and lightweight, yet extremely powerful, these state-of-the-art reels offer the slower retrieve speed and higher torque needed to work a wide variety of plugs easily and effectively.

The pros in the October 30-November 1 Bassmaster Central Open season finale on Lake Texoma out of Denison, Texas, will be fishing for points as well as for pounds.