BASS announces that, in 2009, the Women's Bassmaster Tour presented by Academy Sports & Outdoors will visit fisheries in Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee for its four regular-season events. Building on its landmark announcement before this past season, the circuit will continue to provide a direct qualifying berth into bass fishing's premier event, the Bassmaster Classic.

The BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water honored Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, NY with its 2007 Clean Water Grant Excellence Award as it announced over $50,000 in new grants to 19 groups across the country for its 2008 Clean Water Grant program.

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.

Pure Fishing CEO Terry Carlson announces the company's hiring of Todd Hoskins, a veteran of the marine and consumer goods industries, to the position of Chief Marketing Officer.

The 1971 Classic champ, Bobby Murray, will present the trophy October 25 to the 2008 Toyota Tundra Women's Bassmaster Tour Angler of the Year. The AOY will qualify for the 2009 Bassmaster Classic, February 20-22 on the Red River out of Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana, becoming the first female Classic contender.

Kim Bain has been to the Bassmaster Classic as a spectator and an ESPN2 analyst and now in four months, the Alabaster, Alabama pro will attend the Classic as the first woman competitor in its 39-year history.

The Budweiser ShareLunker program is looking for people willing to help care for big largemouth bass that anglers donate to the program.

The Budweiser ShareLunker program is looking for people willing to help care for big largemouth bass that anglers donate to the program.

The Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC) has announced a monumental partnership with the Professional Anglers Association (PAA) to be the championship event of the inaugural PAA Tournament Series. The PAA Tournament Series is a three-event competition that brings the best anglers from all professional levels together for the first time in history. The TTBC will now be held October 16 - 18 on Lake Conroe, as the culmination of this historic event.

The Sportsman Channel (TSC) announced today that it has reached a distribution agreement with DIRECTV that will make the network available to DIRECTV customers by the end of January 2009. TSC will be available in the CHOICE XTRA™ package. The Sportsman Channel is owned and operated by InterMedia Outdoors, Inc. (IMO), the largest media company in the outdoor-enthusiast category.