New Mexico Fly Fishing Blog

Lake Fairfield Located an easy, interstate highway, 2 hour drive north of Houston on I-45 and a little over an hour south of Dallas lies a truly remarkable example of industry’s ability to exist in harmony with nature, Lake Fairfield and Fairfield State Park. This...

Mexico Bass Fishing at Lake Baccarac Lake Baccarac, the best big bass lake in the entire world, was stocked in 1978 with a strain of Florida largemouth bass. The first fishing season was beyond most angler’s dreams and the lake has been improving every year. The lake...

TBBU Gala Texas Black Bass Unlimited is planning what is shaping up to be "The Event of The Year," a fund raising event to place channel markers in the Trinity River on Lake Livingston from the Highway 190 bridge to the Highway 19 bridge. As many of you know running...

Bass Fishing is Next The big game hunting season is over and the anti-hunting posters have dropped from the public limelight for now. Why would this be mentioned in a fishing club newsletter? A brief understanding of the basic animal rights movement would show the...

The Fred Arbogast Company Founded by a Fisherman The Fred Arbogast Company was founded in 1930 by a man whose first love was fishing. His interest in the sport began as a hobby and grew to be the focus of a successful business Fred Arbogast's to outwit the finny tribe...

Big Sam is in Big Trouble…. You know you have a problem when every fishing tournament since July of 98 has had a significant reduction in catch. You know you have a problem when all the old tournament hands stand around the way-in, scratchin’ their heads and saying...

Bill Cannan Finishes Second at Rayburn B.A.S.S. As this young Texas Fishing Guide boated solid Rayburn chunks all day on the first day of competition of the 1996 BASSMASTER Texas Invitational he had no idea what a challenge he would face later that day. Cannan had...

CastAway Builds New Facility in Montgomery Popularity explosion is the best way to describe the phenomenal growth at CastAway. Since their inception 2 years ago their product line has grown from 30 models to over 170. They are now internationally distributed and are...

BASS BUSTERS FISHING OUTING Most youngsters from the Rusk Settlement Neighborhood Center on Houston's inner city East side have never been fishing, That changed May 22 when Bass Busters of Houston took them fishing at the Freshwater Junior Anglers Club in Baytown,...

Mike Cortelloni - Toledo Bend Guide This fun loving Toledo Bend Guide has earned a well deserved reputation as one of Toledo Bend's best guides and a first rate tournament fisherman. Mike lives on the shores of Toledo Bend with his wife Janice and daughter Amanda in a...

Give Back to the Bass Fishing Community Get involved!!! A “New Year’s Resolution” I wish you would all make!!! A few years ago I made up my mind that it was time for me to give back to a sport I had gotten so much from over the years. Years of enjoyment of the...

Fishermen And Schools The schools of Texas have a new weapon to fight drugs. This weapon is stronger than any swords or guns-gangs or drug dealers. It's fishing. Schools, parents, Texas Parks and Wildlife, law enforcement personnel, community leaders, celebrities,...

Pro Team Trail Team bass fishing tournaments are a dime a dozen these days but a “new Kid On The Block” is really worth a closer look. Pro Team Trail was organized this year by some Ft. Worth area anglers that will be recognized by most of you readers of my regular...

Skip Reagan Lake Conroe Guide This soft spoken, good natured, Lake Conroe guide has earned quite a reputation for consistently catching large bass. In fact he is almost solely responsible for the recent trend on the lake to disallow guides from competing in local...

RINKER BOAT COMPANY TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS SYRACUSE, IN--When Lossie Rinker gave up dairy farming in 1945 to build fishing boats, it was unlikely that he envisioned his efforts growing into one of the largest independently-owned boat companies in the world. From their...

Rinker's Boat World Pontoon Boats Rinker's Boat World will have a real show piece in their booth this year! Rinker's has brought in a 301 JC Tri Toon, that is set up to install two jet skis on the bow. Approximately 2/3's of the boat is set up like a 221 Tri-Pontoon...

Federal Bureaucrats Run Amok Abuse of Power and insidious evil inherent in human nature, apparently. It takes many forms. You’ve all had run-ins with or heard tales of property owner’s organization member gone wild. Some ‘Joe Some” with too much time on his hands,...

Black Bass Magazine As we reach the end of another year it’s time to reflect on our accomplishments and take a look at our goals for 1999. Most of our members and sponsors are probably unaware of what a critical year 1998 was for Texas Black Bass Unlimited and our...

NON-TOXIC Aquatic Weed Management Advocates They came from the hills of Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia in reply to a call for help from Texas anglers. Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone? No, even bigger heroes, Ray Scott, the "Father of Professional Bass Fishing," and...

TBBU Lake Livingston Channel Marking Project Texas Black Bass Unlimited is planning a fund raising event to place channel markers in the Trinity River on Lake Livingston from the Highway 190 Bridge to the Highway 19 Bridge. TBBU is an all volunteer non profit...

Go Salt Water Fishing? YUK!!! Ask any die hard tournament or weekend bass fisherman that question and you will receive the same answer.YUK!!!! But ask Wayne Stark long time “BASS CAT” driver and local tournament angler that question and you will hear I LOVE IT! I LOVE...