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Kevin VanDam’s approach to competitive bass fishing can be described many ways: fast, cerebral, clutch, prepared, confident, unyielding. In a word, relentless. VanDam, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, has been a professional bass angler for three decades, and in that span he’s ...

The kinds of movements that effect real change usually start small, from a simple idea to a first step that eventually builds like a flame until it makes a big difference. For Mercury Pro Team member Carter Andrews, host of ...

The Coral Reef Restoration Program spearheaded by Mote Marine Laboratory, a prominent nonprofit marine research organization, announced a breakthrough on Aug. 3 that could lead to regrowth of critically imperiled coral reefs in the waters near the lower Florida Keys. Mercury ...

Not so for Mark Zona, Mercury Pro and host of Zona’s Awesome Fishing Show. At age 4, on a small inland lake in southwest Michigan, Zona caught his first bass. That fish would not only spark an immediate and unquenchable ...

Gallant grew up in Bowmanville, Ontario, a few hours east of Niagara Falls on the north shore of Lake Ontario. His father, Carey, put a rod in his hand at age 5, and Cooper basically never put it down, spending ...

Open any boating magazine, website or product brochure, and you’re bound to see gleaming hulls, pristine water, impressive fish and people having fun – images of the life on the water we want for ourselves, with nary a hair or ...

For avid freshwater anglers, few experiences can rival fighting and landing a monster bass. And with growing awareness of conservation and sustainability among members of the fishing community, the safe release of fish, perhaps to be caught by another angler ...

The International Game Fish Association (IGFA), founded in 1939, is a nonprofit organization committed to the conservation of game fish and the promotion of responsible, ethical angling practices through science, education, rulemaking, record keeping and recognition of outstanding accomplishments in ...

“My father, Terry, battled to beat squamous cell lung cancer in 2019,” said Mercury Pro Staff member Todd Hollowell, a professional bass angler who is co-host of the FLW LIVE TV show. “He took me fishing when I was a ...

In the third installment of "Love in Adventure," we check in with Missy and Kyle Lukey as they continue their journey from Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to the British Virgin Islands. To get caught up on the first installment of their story, ...