7/5/2025
State of Alabama
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY – A single vessel-related incident involving unpermitted fireworks occurred at approximately 9:14 p.m. Friday, July 4, resulted in an explosion that injured six individuals. A pontoon boat that had been modified into a fireworks platform malfunctioned during a planned fireworks celebration…
7/4/2025
Lake Martin Website
A video of the annual July 4th Boat Parade in 2025 that runs from Kowaliga Marina to Children's Harbor.
4/3/2025
State of Alabama
The Alabama Department of Transportation will replace the bridge over Sugar Creek and adjust grade along SR-63 from Milepost 27.925 to Milepost 28.334 (US 280 Intersection).
This project will require the closing of SR-63 within the Milepost given for a period of approximately 8 months. A detour route utilizing SR-128…
10/3/2024
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CENTRE, Ala., March 20, 2024 – On the 30,000-plus-acre “Crappie Capital of the World” — Weiss Lake, Alabama — anglers with skill and perhaps a little luck regularly land 2- and sometimes 3-pounders of the warm-weather-loving gamefish. However, sometimes an angler’s luck runs out when…
11/9/2023
State of Alabama
On Wednesday, November 8, 2023, Governor Kay Ivey issued a Drought Emergency Declaration – also referred to as a No Burn Order – that prohibits all outdoor burning in Alabama. The order is effective as of 8 a.m. on November 9.
The statewide No Burn Order covers all Alabama Department of Conservation and…
7/14/2023
State of Alabama
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
For those of us fortunate enough to have lived in Alabama a number of years, one of the benefits the vast majority of residents cherish is interaction with the abundant wildlife that inhabits the state.
Becoming familiar with the different animal species and their…
EMERSON, GA – Caleb Wilson and his younger brother, Luke, grew up living half a mile from Lake Allatoona, near Victoria Landing. They spent their childhood fishing on their family’s boat and playing with neighborhood friends on the shoreline. After they left home and graduated college, they both spent a couple…
EUFAULA, AL – Brett Taporowski and Ben Morgan, who have a combined 50 years experience salvaging boats damaged or destroyed by storms, have an impressive record. In total, they’ve completed more than 19,000 recreational boat salvage and recoveries over the past 21 major hurricanes. Now, the business partners…
CARRABELLE, FL – Five years ago, when Capt. Daimin Barth began as a part-time captain for a TowBoatUS company on Florida’s Gulf Coast, “I always knew that I wanted to do my own thing,” says the 36-year-old and former auto mechanic. After helping to manage the port’s growth and a near tripling…
7/12/2023
State of Alabama
Three Alabama lakes have been included in the Bassmaster list of the 25 best bass lakes in the Southeast for 2023. Two of those lakes made the top 10 with Lake Guntersville in the five spot and Lake Eufaula in at number nine. Pickwick Lake in northwest Alabama closed out Alabama's rankings on the list at 15.
“This…
CASTINE, ME – Ready to go for the Maine coast summer boating season, local on-water boat towing and assistance service TowBoatUS Castine has a new owner. Capt. Darren Shute, a Stockton Springs native and 25-year lobsterman, purchased the business from the estate of the former owner and well-loved Capt. Bill Stevenson…
7/4/2023
Lake Martin Website
Video: July 4th Boat Parade 2023 at Kowaliga at Lake Martin, Alabama.
SACRAMENTO, CA – The nation’s largest recreational boat owners advocacy, services and safety group Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS), and the nonprofit state advocacy organization Recreational Boaters of California (RBOC), are asking Golden State boat owners to speak up on a recently…
6/9/2023
State of Alabama
On Saturday, June 10, 2023, Alabamians and out-of-state visitors alike will have the opportunity to fish for free in most public waters including both freshwater and saltwater. Free Fishing Day allows residents and non-residents to enjoy the outstanding fishing Alabama has to offer without purchasing a fishing license. The…
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