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.

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.

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.

The BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water has a great way for your local non-profit boating organization to help keep our waterways safe - but time is running out. The Foundation's Boating Safety Grant program offers individual grants of up to $4,000 for boating safety projects. However, to have a chance at funding organizations need to apply by the November 1, 2008 deadline. A total of $50,000 is available for this campaign.

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.

The month of October is shaping up to be one of the greatest months to be an angler in Texas. Berkley Fishing is sponsoring a fishing tournament, which will take place in Lake Fork, Texas. Berkley is also sending the Berkley Experience Trailer and Bass Tanks to Lake Fork that includes interactive games and demonstrations for the entire family.

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.