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Conservation Directors Tour Lake Hamilton Hatchery

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission once again played host to the TBF State Conservation Directors who gathered in Hot Springs Arkansas as part of the TBF Junior World Championship and the FLW Cup. The group left the Clarion Inn on the lake early on Friday morning and met AGFC Black Bass Biologist Colton Dennis …

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White Wins TBF Junior World Championship Hot Springs, Ark.—Aug. 22, 2015

White Wins TBF Junior World Championship Hot Springs, Ark.—Aug. 22, 2015—West Virginia’s Tyler White hit the mother lode of schooling bass to win The Bass Federation’s 2015 Junior World Championship Aug. 21-22 on Arkansas’ Lake Hamilton. In doing so, he topped a hard-fishing field of 39 TBF junior state champions ranging in age from 11 …

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Lake Hamilton Awaits Junior World Championship Contenders

TBF Junior Program State Champions and their families from 39 different states will be converging on Hot Springs Arkansas and Lake Hamilton on August 20th for an exciting weekend of fishing and fun. TBF and FLW will welcome state champion anglers in the 11-15 year old age group to the Hot Springs Convention Center on …

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Conservation News. New study says bed fishing does not cause population level declines in reproductive success

“These results suggest bed fishing may not cause population level declines in reproductive success or number of fall recruits.”   Assessing Population Level Impacts of Catch-and-Release Angling on Reproductive Success and Recruitment in Florida Bass Micropterus floridanus John Hargrove , Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Nick Trippel , Fish and Wildlife …

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