Theory talks big. It has answers, directives and rationale for every weather change or water level drop or any other phenomenon that would alter bass behavior....

As the Football season comes to an end, Basketball starts to heat up, and duck season wraps up, most people seem content sitting around the living room watching...

Fishing in the winter can be tough! More often than not it seems the fish are less active than the other seasons, and on top of that, battling the cold weather...

There are times that we can kind of let ourselves get a case of tunnel vision. We can get ourselves so concerned with our local happenings that we overlook thin...

It's a cold, foggy morning here on the California Delta in January. Water temps have bottomed out at 47 degrees. My client and I, who has actually become my tea...

What I am suggesting with the title of this article is that bass eat what is available around them from nature. Their DNA is designed for eating and digesting o...

After three seasons of early morning wake-up duty, the alarm clock had a well-deserved day off. No need to hurry to the lake; the smallmouth bass have stopped t...

For centuries, we the anglers of fish, have taken to heart and followed the gospel of dock talk lore. For many, the written and spoken words of others, tend to ...

For renowned Delta angler Bobby Barrack, creating his namesake Bobby's Perfect Frog was only the start of the Frog Master's creativity and after twenty years of...

The ArmyBassAnglers & the Coalition are not content with just fishing the toughest team tournaments in Texas. More importantly, they use their ability to fish i...

As much as we rely on our experience and the latest and greatest in sonar and GPS technology these days, what shouldn't change are the basic tenets of reading t...

I often get inquires about what tackle i use and why. as a girl with a strong passion for fishing, when i get a chance to discuss it i love it! Here is what i u...

Top water, you have to love it. There are so many of these baits so where do you start? For me, it falls back on the days of the prop baits, poppers and buzz ba...

It never hurts to consider certain "rules" for bass fishing. By that i mean unless you actually have a photographic memory, having certain angling guidelines ma...

It's the last day of July and there are prespawn bass all over; they don't even have one mark and there are plenty of 'em that are full of eggs," exclaimed Bass...

Now i'm not talking about the Miami Heat. We get plenty of heat out here in the Southwest during many months. My uncle and father spent the early years of their...

I can't stress how important it is to make sure your boat is clean and dry. Not just for the long term care of your boat investment but for the care of your loc...

Why are so many bass anglers limiting their time on the water? Well their big beautiful bass boat costs a small fortune to run and maintain, that's why. With a ...

Catching bass is awesome, but the feeling you get from catching one on a bait that you have personally made is probably the most rewarding feeling you can ever ...

Many articles discuss structure fishing, but few have addressed whether to fish uphill or downhill. Generally, crawdads move shallow at night, so it seems sensi...

Fishing in the winter can be tough! More often than not it seems the fish are less active than the other seasons, and on top of that, battling the cold weather...

Fishing during a cold front provides its own set of challenges; for one, you are usually colder than normal; and two, the fish are less active and willing to bi...

To many it is a day like any other; to me it is a day to remember. It is another day that I was invited to spend with the "Father of Flippin" Dee Thomas. Is it ...

How often do we find a winning pattern during pre-fish? How often do we find a pattern that holds up solid for a 3-day tournament, like the recent FLW EverStart...

Late summer is even worse as the temps increase, water and air, making it tough on the Bass and fisherman/woman. I have learned over the last 30 years of chasin...

No sooner than the boat's wake disappeared in the early morning calm, I was on the front deck with my foot on the pedal moving the boat toward the pocket in the...

Why would any bass fisherman stay on the water during the hot days of summer and fight the extreme heat, ski boats and real tough bites when these fishing...

So it Begins. Two more hours to go. Man, is it ever going to stop raining? And what's up with this wind? Better check out the window again. Leaves are blow...

Many of us remember the little fold up card that came in the box with a Hula Popper that described the correct way to fish that lure. It told us to wait until...

With five events behind the WON Bass Delta Teams, 24 boats blasted off at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday from Russo's Marina for their next-to-last stop in this season's...

The final hand has been dealt in the first qualifying round of the 2nd Annual Thunder Valley Outdoors Poker Challenge where tournament bass angler Frank Ono bes...

Most bass anglers would agree the qualification criterion for a true trophy largemouth bass is 10 pounds. Why is it bass anglers are obsessed with catching a ba...

I'm going to discuss a little bit of how UV light works, and why Tightlines UV Tackle baits get bites. Now, I'm not a scientist, so this is the way I, as a p...

Since time immemorial, there have always been some folks who live by the spirit of the law, and others who live strictly by the letter. From the very onset of ...

In this article I will be explaining the most effective way to fish the Kicker Sunfish along with a few tricks that I have learned while using this bait. First ...

After over forty years of experience dealing with starting and charging systems from lawn mowers to caterpillars I have definitely formed some opinions of what ...

MANAUS, Brazil - The strike barely dimpled the water, but it sent waves hurtling throughout the freshwater fishing world by shattering a coveted world record th...

At both Lakes El Salto and Mateos, bass haven't quite moved into their spawning patterns yet, but should soon. Anglers can find abundant smaller bass, those in...

While the northern California foothill town of Oroville is known for its recreational use lake that hovers above the residents like a watchful benefactor, that ...

Like most of today's touring professionals, David Dudley of Lynchburg, Virginia dreamed of being able to make a living in competitive fishing since his youth. H...

Roumbanis, a 33-year-old pro from Bixby, Okla., has become one of the most popular anglers on the Bassmaster Elite Series since its inception in 2006. That's n...

Pamplin, VA, January 18, 2012 - PowerTeam Lures is pleased to announce the addition of Elite pro and 3 time Bassmaster Classic qualifier, Jami Fralick, to their...

Brandon has had a successful career in the college ranks winning the 2007 Ultimate Match Fishing College Edition on Oneida Lake, NY. In 2011 Brandon took that e...

SACRAMENTO-The Western Outdoor News YOUTH OUTDOOR SPORTS FAIR is again returning to the 20,000-square-foot Bldg. D at Cal-Expo during the International Sportsme...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Dec. 9, 2011 - Bass Minder®, a manufacturer of products aimed to help anglers maximize their fishing experience, announced today the signing ...

Park Falls, Wis. (11/11/11) - We're still waiting to hear back from Ivy League English professors, but are quite certain it's going to be ruled a first: incorpo...

Tulsa, Okla. - Lowrance, a world-leading brand in marine electronics since 1957 and GPS navigational systems since 1992 - announced today its limited-time Weeke...

WesternBass is extremely pleased to announce one of our newest and most prestigious sponsors, Ranger Boats!...

WesternBass is pleased to announce a new feature that we created for our site users called the "eBrochure Gallery"....

The American Sportfishing Association (ASA), the association that represents the sportfishing industry, today named Kenneth G. Andres as its new industry trades...

Serious anglers across the country rely on Stratos Boats to give them the performance advantages it takes to consistently deliver big fish and even bigger tourn...

Carrying a long wish-list of total performance features, the now-legendary Z500 Series has taken anglers across the country to millions in tournament winnings a...

Poe's Adds New Colors to it's popular Jackpot, Ace In The Hole and Cedar 300 and 400 baits...

New from Boomerang Tool Company, "The Snip" offers anglers an innovative, convenient, effective alternative to awkward, easily misplaced line-cutting tools like...

The Double Toad hook was designed to be fished with any of the toad softbaits on the market. The hook is made from three separate pieces of wire, which makes i...

Have you ever wanted a stick that offered you a little bit more action when the bite gets tough? The new Stick Tail may be just the bait that you have been wait...

Navionics, the world leader in electronic navigation, is the first to offer a navigation app that provides users access to boating articles published by the ind...

Summer is Here and the Snag Proof Open's 10th annual Tournament on the California delta is just around the corner! August 6th and 7th will be the days to come b...

Pinnacle's newest Tournament Class reels and rods put the power of best-in-class technology and precision in the hands of performance-minded anglers, at surpris...

The Foxy Fry is IMA's new offering in the realm of finesse. This total performance shad style minnow can eke out limits when fishing gets tough, but it's also a...

The Top Stick Tour(TST) and Columbia Specialty Company(CSC) are excited to announce they have reached agreement on a partnership for the 2012 Top Stick Tour season. The finite det...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Luck "E" Strike USA, continuing in 2012 as an Official Supporting Sponsor of the Bassmaster Elite Series and the three-division Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens, ...

Tavares, Fla. - The talk all week was that a cold front would slow the fishing and anglers would be lucky to bring 15 or 16 pounds to scales at the Harris Chain of Lakes in the fir...

Cella finds Harris chilly, but promising: At 16, Kent Cella of Shreveport, La., is one of the youngest anglers ever to compete in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens. But it didn't...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - B.A.S.S., upon the recommendation of its Bassmaster Elite Series Rules Committee, has amended its tournament rules to limit anglers competing in the Bassmaster C...

Last November, 43,000 anglers like you helped to defeat an attempt to ban lead in fishing tackle nationwide when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied a petition to ban ...

Hemet, California, 1/5/12 - Mike and Lynne Peterson along with Dan and Megan Merchant have joined together in opening a full service and sales dealership located in Hemet, Californ...

BOOYAH Bait Company, a PRADCO-Fishing holding, is a new Official Supporting Sponsor of the Bassmaster Elite Series, the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation and the three-division Bass Pro S...

Despite unfavorable court ruling, appeal gives California's fishing and boating community renewed hope for overturning MLPA regulations...

Fishery Science Improvement Act offers reasonable and tightly targeted solution as December 31, legal deadline looms...

Out of Africa Part 1 ... Fishing for tigers: Make no mistake: the bass is, as always, No. 1. But an African native commonly called the tiger fish now ranks as the No. 2 gamefish fo...

Sportfishing community calls for the dismissal of unwarranted petition for a national ban on lead fishing tackle...

A more savvy Kyle Fox is ready for the Elites: It is somewhat ironic that after only one season in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Opens, Florida-born and Southern-bred angl...

Nelson/Rubio Bill racing the clock to fix management problems in federal saltwater fisheries...

In June, KeepAmericaFishing™ asked anglers to support the Fishery Science Improvement Act, legislation introduced in the House of Representatives that will stop federal officials f...

Voice your concerns over proposed regulations that demonize striped bass at the expense of the Delta ecosystem! ...

MONROE, La. - Most of the 2011 Bassmaster Junior World Championship competitors said today could have gone better. But for James Graves III, it really couldn't have....

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - If there's one thing that bass anglers love, it's catching a big bass. The only thing better is catching two. Catching more and bigger fish requires healthy wate...

Alexandria, VA - October 26, 2011 - From October 12-14, the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) and the city of New Orleans hosted the 2011 Sportfishing Summit where industry l...

MINNEAPOLIS (Oct. 25, 2011) - FLW Outdoors announced its 2012 Walmart Bass Fishing League schedule and entry dates Tuesday. With a 2012 schedule comprising 120 regular-season tourn...

2012-01-27 2:18PM
When the fishing is going really well it’s easy to become jaded and forget how good we have it. It’s important to take the time to stop and consider just how blessed we really are. One of the best ways I can think of to get that “reality check” is to watch the reaction of [...]...

2012-01-26 1:21PM
Pro Tony Peterson of Livermore, Calif., shows off his first-place catch of 17 pounds, 7 ounces. (Photo by Gary Mortenson) Leue grabs top spot in Co-angler Division during opening day of EverStart Series Western Division action on Lake Shasta 26.Jan.2012 by Gary Mortenson REDDING, Calif. ? With a fickle bass bite handcuffing anglers throughout practice [...]...

2012-01-25 8:01AM
UPDATED, Jan. 27, (new photo)–Well, here’s the very latest bass report from Lake Elsinore–and it ain’t bad. According to our outgoing, Region 6 biologist Ben Ewing, the 3400-acre natural lake just got a population boost. His email reads: “Today, the Department with the help of Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District (RCRCD) was able to plant 65 largemouth bass [...]...

2012-01-25 2:34AM
I think the petition to ban the A-rig is a noble one. There could be those who might claim it’s a senseless and silly thought process, it’s just a lure with multiple hooks and baits. But therein lies the problem, it is indeed a rig of multiple lures. It reality, it’s a smaller version of [...]...

2012-01-24 4:29AM
I guess nobody on the Left Coast would argue the point. When you’re lofting 12-inch swimbaits with your 8-foot specialty rod (or a cluster of baits with an A-Rig for that matter) you don’t make a lot of casts in an hour. Certainly you can’t make as many as you would throwing any typical crankbait or spinnerbait with a typical [...]...

2012-01-20 8:04AM
UPDATED, [FLW responds]–Of course, the U.S. Open rules have not been altered at this writing, but will recent petitioners–those calling for the elimination of the Alabama rig, AKA umbrella rig in several circuits–now have a new excuse for missing the annual summer challenge on Lake Mead? The Arizona regulations (which are typically shared with Nevada) say this: [...]...

2012-01-20 12:50AM
      Sacramento January 19-22, 2012 (Thursday to Sunday) HOURS: Thursday 11:00 am to 8:00 pm Friday 11:00 am to 8:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am to 7:00 pm Sunday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm TICKETS $15.00 Adult FREE - Youth and Children 15 years and under FREE - Active Military with military ID card       [...]...

2012-01-17 4:01PM
While driving into town this morning I grabbed my water bottle off the seat of the truck and attempted to take a swig. I was caught off guard when nothing came out and it took several seconds for reality to sink in. Something about that solid block of ice staring back at me from inside [...]...

2012-01-17 6:38AM
Never ask a celebrity for their opinion because 99 out of a 100 times they don’t know what they’re talking about. But now, we’ve come to learn, in the realm of bass fishing the same applies to the celebrities of the Bassmaster Elite Series. They’re definitely not as smart as they think they are. In case you [...]...

2012-01-16 2:26AM
Sure, there were a few impressive bass catches in 2011, but if you take the 12 months combined, nobody was going to be booking trips here instead of Lake Amistad. However, you’ve got to hand it to the DFG and the City of Lake Elsinore–they are still working to improve things. As reported previously, we know there [...]...

2012-01-13 11:45AM
Best Bass Tournaments gets ready to kick off there 2012 season!  Randy Pringle has been running events for years with help from his wife Sheri.  Together they run a fun and efficient event with the help of there sta ff. With $20,000 in cash to the winner at this years T.O.C it is sure to be [...]...

2012-01-13 4:09AM
Some days are like that. As I pulled the rig down the street this morning, I had to wait as “Blackie” our American shorthair dallied across the street in front of me. When I got to the stop sign at the end of the block, I decided I better look things over. On the gunnel, [...]...

2012-01-11 4:32AM
If you really want to know what’s new in bass fishing, it might be good to know what’s old. And while mere history doesn’t resonate with everyone, the fact is, everything we do today is based on something someone else has likely forged, observed or refined. A prize part of the game is the heritage and the steps that [...]...

2012-01-10 8:01AM
While lawsuits, claims and penalties are more and more a part of the fishing/boating industry, I guess you can throw the sidescan technology patent conflict between Humminbird and Navico into the trash. While the plaintiffs (Johnson Outdoors, Inc.) made the most noise in their suit against the “other guys,” the fact is, the settlement announced today, tells [...]...

2012-01-08 11:46AM
UPDATED, 3:15 p.m.–Just got back from Phenix’s new digs and the assortment is bigger than I could have imagined. Not only stuff for the make-your-own crowd, but soft plastics by the ton. You will find some baits and colors you can use immediately! Some might call it a divine occurrence; others might say the “stars are [...]...

2012-01-06 2:23AM
Although I could have gone through the weekend without bringing up the topic, you can be upset that the 2012 Bassmaster Elite Series includes Nate Wellman this year (the guy who last year asked if he could have his co-angler’s 4-pounder taken during the day) but that case is not the same as recently convicted Mike Hart. Although B.A.S.S. felt [...]...

2012-01-05 1:20PM
  The Sacramento ISE Show is coming soon! January 19,20,21,22  Persuader Premium Bass Baits will have a booth set up at Sacramento Pro Tackle. Persuader Jig Craw Trailers will be on a show special for $1.59 per pack! Persuader E-chip swimbaits will be $3.99 each ! Select Persuader Baits will be buy three get one free! Get [...]...

2012-01-04 10:07AM
Keep It Simple Stupid! More often than not, we tend to over analyze and over react in our efforts to catch bass when fishing seems tough. I know I got caught up in this the past 4 weeks in my efforts to find a way to catch literally 100s of wintering bass I could see [...]...

2012-01-04 5:04AM
Western bass fishermen aren’t really ”fans” when it comes to following the sport. Nobody misses a trip to watch the Bassmasters on TV, just like many go fishing the day of the Super Bowl. We know the names of a handful of the national pros (KVD sounds familiar), and then we know the guys who win all the [...]...

2012-01-02 6:13AM
Winter time fishing has always been one of my favorite times to fish here on the California Delta. It presented challenges that I could always unlock with a jig, whether it be pounding the shallow dirty waters of rock levee walls or hoppin-n-poppin that jig in deeper lightly stained areas ranging from 12-25 feet. The [...]...