Johnny Morris and Bass Pro Shops Donate 40,000+ Rods and Reels to Get More Kids Fishing. by Wired2Fish. ... In any case, over 40,000 rods and reels planned for this year’s event is a big deal.

Bass Pro has donated 500,000 rods and reels in the last ten years. “It’s amazing, because we take these reels and we make a lot of smiles with them,” said Mike Webb of KAST.

To kick off this highly anticipated annual event, Johnny and Bass Pro Shops are donating more than 40,000 rods and reels to not-for-profit partners that help kids everywhere connect to the great ...

Bass were smashing Texas-rigged soft plastics and hammering the buzzbaits too! ... Best Low Budget Rods, Reels, and Tackle Backpack! Posted: June 9, 2025 | Last updated: June 13, 2025.

Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris fishing with his son and best fishin’ buddy, John Paul. Nearly 500,000 rods and reels have been donated across North America since the inception of the program.

There was a time when my fingers seemed permanently covered in ink from the Bass Pro Shops catalog. While “Bass Pro” was never short on mailings, winter season brought the granddaddy of them all – the ...

One of Lew's newest budget rods to hit the market—and the winner of the best budget category in our baitcasting rod test—is the TP2 Gen 3 Casting Rod. During our test, we considered any ...

Shaver Lake produced fast limits of kokanee and trout amid active morning bites New Melones and Don Pedro featured strong kokanee runs between 40 to 75 feet deep Striped bass action improved in the ...

Joe Balog hearkens back to the long-ago days when he was obsessed with the Bass Pro Shops catalog in this week's edition of Balog's Bass War. Back then, he was certain that the th ...

When the captain gave the order to abandon ship, the crew disembarked in an orderly fashion and without injury.

Various outdoor activities and events, including hiking, fishing camps, and a bird-watching event, are scheduled in ...