Alabama is known for some of the best bass fishing in the world. Our state is blessed with an abundance of rivers, reservoirs and waterways teeming with numerous black bass species, which means bass fishing tournaments abound throughout the state. Except for one location, Tuscaloosa.
When you first enter the Stran-Hardin Center for Adapted Athletics on the campus of The University of Alabama you’ll probably say, “I’ve never seen a place like this.” In fact, there is no other facility of its kind like it for adapted athletes in the country.
Over the weekend, NOAA Fisheries announced a 79-day red snapper Gulf of Mexico season for federally permitted charter boats. The season will be open seven days a week starting June 1 and closing August 19.
Artists always have unique stories about how they paint and what they paint. This is the story of an artist who paints cows and then she paints on them.
A new addition to Oak Mountain State Park is being called a prized acquisition by The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources thanks in part to The Forever Wild Program.
Lynn and Steve Entrekin didn’t exactly set out to become the King and Queen of Crackers, but you know what they say about necessity. So, when COVID cracked down on their catering business, they turned to what Steve calls those crazy crackers.
Marisa Futral, Alabama Department of Conservation Hunter Education Coordinator, said the trap machines make Red Eagle the only range in Alabama where you can shoot Olympic-style targets.
As we go through the peak severe weather season in Alabama, there are a few essentials you need to stay prepared. One of those is a dependable flashlight and some of the best are built in Enterprise.
Andiamo is the name of a new lodge on Lookout Mountain, the creation of a couple from The Florida Panhandle. It’s about creating a different kind of destination.
As we continue to see the struggles around the world as people are forced to flee their homes, Chris Barentz knows what that is like, but she’s turning her feelings for the Ukrainian people into action.
They are part of a team that has been selling cars in Calhoun County for 100 years, but it’s about more than the next car sold. It is part of the ongoing story of Sunny King Ford.
Her name may only be a footnote to many in the history of our state, but Pauline Fletcher was a true pioneer. Her accomplishments were first made in the medical field, but her ongoing legacy is the camp she founded in rural Jefferson county in 1926.
“We were almost passed by a deer swimming out into Mobile Bay! She was about a half-mile or so offshore and with the low tides and north wind, was bounding through the 1-2 ft. deep water at a good pace!"
Keith Henderson, Fisheries Development Supervisor with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division, is busy tweaking the annual BAIT report on bass fishing in the state. It takes bass tournament results from across the state and creates a comprehensive summary of the results.
This weekend, the 26th and 27th of February, is the final weekend of Tigers For Tomorrow’s Good Will To All $5 Admission. Saturday is a special “feed day” and Sunday afternoon is “bone day.”
Steve Garst was born in Montgomery but spent his growing up years in Mobile. His wife, Deb, is a Birmingham native. Today, the couple call Elmore County home which leads us to their Doghouse which has nothing to do with doghouses.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey submitted the aquatic invasive species plan to the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force, an entity of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the recent approval means Alabama will be eligible for up to $100,000 annually to combat aquatic invasive species.
For Vance Wood, Conservation Enforcement Officer with Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, helping new or less experienced hunters achieve success is one of his main endeavors.
Judy Snead was a city girl who had ambitions to move to an even bigger city, but when she and her husband moved to rural Cullman county a few years ago, something happened. Actually, a lot has happened since then, but we’ll let Judy tell the story.
For the first time in almost eight years, onshore anglers should again have access to the great fishing on the lower end of Mobile Bay this spring when the new and improved Fort Morgan Pier opens.
Sara Garden Armstrong is an artist and a native of our state. Her creations have brought her world-wide fame. Years ago, she left for New York, but she was always connected to home.
The Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) has designated Saturday, February 5, 2022, as the second of the 2021-2022 hunting season’s Special Youth, Veteran and Active Military Personnel Waterfowl Hunting Days. On February 5, youth under age 16 who are accompanied by a licensed adult hunter , military personnel on active duty and veterans may hunt for waterfowl statewide.
Craig “Legg” Underwood wanted to be a writer but one day he decided to teach himself to paint. Then he took his art to another level, using things other people discarded to create Found Art.
Alabama’s oyster industry has had its best wild harvest in years, more than doubling the catch from 2020 with the opening of a new territory in Mobile Bay.
This holiday season The Bullock County Art Guild has magically transformed Downtown Union Springs, giving it the feel of an old time, community Christmas.
Most of the year you know it as Enterprise, Alabama, home of the Boll Weevil Monument, the only statue in the world dedicated to an insect. But it is transformed once a year into Whoville and we are there for the event.
America’s national symbol, the bald eagle, will be celebrated in January and February when Lake Guntersville State Park hosts the annual Eagle Awareness Weekends, giving wildlife enthusiasts a chance to learn more about the magnificent creatures in their natural habitat.
When we last visited Sonny Eberhart, he told us his plans for 2021. He was once again going to hike The Appalachian Trail from his home on Flagg Mountain to trail’s end in Massachusetts.
While many venues have suffered during the pandemic, there are others which have found a way to not only grow, but thrive, which is what happened in the Lookout Mountain town of Mentone where a new arts center in October 2020 with surprising results.
After his service in The Marine Corps, he went to work as a welder, but there was a problem. He couldn’t find just the right pair of jeans, so he made a pair himself. That first pair of jeans led him to launch his own company, and today Bull Hide Denims are following another tradition begun by a man named Levi Strauss.
The mountaintop chalets at Lake Guntersville State Park have long reigned as one of the park’s top attractions, even though they hadn’t undergone a major facelift in more than 20 years. That’s not the case anymore.
Lee Sentell began his professional career as a newspaper journalist, which allowed him to be an eyewitness to The Civil Rights Movement in our state, including hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak in 1965.
In small towns like Brundidge, they remember and continue to serve Veterans year-round through The American Legion, an organization long dedicated to Veterans.
If you’d like to plan a visit to Cat’s Pyjamas be sure to call ahead because Denise may not know you’re out front. She really gets into her art, especially around this time of year.
