The 40th-Annual Striped Bass Festival took over Manning during the weekend with a fish fry on Thursday, a free concert on Friday and the annual parade and family fun festival on Saturday. Attendees came out for food, vendors and to see the winners … more

It's been 40 years since Jerry Robertson and that original group of committee members put on the very first Striped Bass Festival. Now, after all those years of T-shirts, tournaments, fair food, family fun and beauty pageants, we have arrived at … more