My fellow Americans, we at ProBassAnglers.com have enjoyed bringing you the very best in bass fishing commentary over the past several years, probably more than you have enjoyed reading it.  We like to tell ourselves that we have influenced the landscape, exposed examples of where the sport could be improved, righted that which has been left, and above all, done our very best to entertain you.  It has been our goal at ProBassAnglers.com to enlighten, incite, provoke, inflame, stimulate, motivate and just generally egg you on.

We at ProBassAnglers.com recognize that without organizations like FLW Outdoors or BASS we would have very little to write about in our commentaries.  We would also like to point out that the employees, officers and personnel of these organizations have been very good sports and have dealt with an occasional teasing or good natured scolding without "bovine incident," (giving birth to cows!) We should also say that we do not take lightly, the contributions made in the sport of bass fishing by ESPN and JM Associates.  We also must point out the important contributions made by the independent bass fishing news sources who continue to raise the bar, and set standards in the reporting of our sport.  Finally, to those who lurk, frequent, inhabit, troll and feast on the many bass fishing message boards that exist across the vast frontier that is the internet, yes, even you play a large roll in shaping the infrastructure of our sport.  Few sports share the uniqueness of bass fishing in that fans of the sport have the opportunity to be read, thus to help shape opinion and to directly influence where the sport goes.

Recently we at ProBassAnglers.com have under gone some changes, and in fact continue to evolve at this very moment.  We have secured private funding and no longer solicit advertising from the fishing industry, as it is the philosophy of our investors that far too often, opinion, editorial content and even the true story are influenced by companies that expect to be written into or part of stories, columns and field tests.  These companies consider it their "paid for" right to be presented positively, whether or not their products actually do make a difference on the water.  To these companies, negative truths about their products are considered slanderous.  ProBassAnglers.com will allow non-endemic companies who simply want to reach fans of the sport, but have no stake in the way the news is reported, advertise on this web site.  When you see a baseball player hit a home run, or make a great catch, do you ever hear him say "I couldn't have done it without my Wilson X-38?"  No you don't.  ProBassAnglers.com will continue to offer some unique limited advertising opportunities to fishing industry companies in our special report sections, such as the ProBassAnglers.com-Angler Of the Year.  

The mission of ProBassAnglers.com has been and will continue to be commentaries on the state of the sport.  We feel that we fit into a niche within the landscape that is necessary.   Our goal, provide a voice to those who cannot afford to speak out, provide insight, provoke, stimulate and so on.  We will continue to do so in the coming months, years and decades.  In these times of cutbacks and rising costs, we are expanding our editorial staff to provide you with the insight you deserve.   Look for more of Ted Anderson's "Fish Wrap," as well as columns written by Zeek Stevens, Alex Gruman, Lenny Fernandez, April Mattingly and Keith Nighswonger who will return with his "BrushPile" column that has been a part of ProBassAnglers.com for many years.

We still value your comments and as always, we can be reached by e-mailing us, being sure to list on the subject line which staff member you would like to reach.

Thank you for your time America.