New book on Loaches

Loaches are an always entertaining, often challenging group of fishes to keep. I just picked up the new book published by the folks at the website Loaches Online (Killer site I highly recommend!) titled, Loaches, Natural History and Aquarium Care and will let you know what I think of it as soon as I can finish reading it.

Fishing as a varsity sport!

I'm all for fishing as a varsity sport, it's a lot of work and takes skill to be a consistently good fisherman, and there's a decent living to be made as a professional.

The state of Kentucky recently joined Illinois and Tennessee by adding bass fishing as a high school varsity sport. The lakes, rivers and streams of South Carolina have always been a haven for anglers and record-breaking catches, but will young anglers soon have a chance to win a high school state championship?

Currently South Carolina has 11 public high schools with bass fishing clubs and the goal is to reach at least 16. The schools can then petition to form bass fishing as a varsity sport and more students who may not already participate in an extra-curricular activity get a chance to be a part of a team and compete for a state championship. Not only that, but it will hopefully foster a lifelong love of the sport.

Form a bass fishing club at your school and you can also compete in tournaments around South Carolina. Clubs currently compete in inter-squad tournaments, against other schools as well as fish The Bass Federation of SC Junior Championship and other Student Angler Federation High School Tournaments.