Western Bass Library

Get Wrapped for success by Dan Mathisen
		With the growth of bass fishing more and more anglers are starting to look for better ways to offer exposure for their sponsors and businesses. Over the last f...
Be “Odd” to Catch More Bass by Marc Marcantonio
		I’ll bet you have a favorite fishing spot, or maybe a favorite lure. You know, like that old rickety dock on your “secret” lake that always kicks out a bass or...
BW The “GUTS” of Fishing the Darthead by Dave Rush
		Having won more money on Spotted Bass reservoirs with a darthead than any other technique, you can bet that Dave Rush will always have a couple on his deck and...

Archived Articles, by Author

Don Allphin
BW Water Works Wonders
BW Flaming Gorge, UT
Dispelling Mexican myths
BW The Sling Blade

Margie Anderson
BW Prop Talk

Réal Andrews
Lee King Charity Event
Lake Casitas Won Bass Team #5
FOCL Night Tournament #1
Won Bass Lake Mead Tournament
ESPN CITGO Bassmaster Tour
10th Annual Bassing for Abused Kids Tournament
ESPN CITGO Bassmaster Tour
2002 U.S. Open
Fishing for Kids
Jungle Fishing with John Murray
The Make A difference Day

Terry Baksay
BW Cross Country

John Barron
Clean and Dry

BASS WEST USA
BW Questions & Answers
BW Lake Powell's Top Ten Bass Areas
BW Columbia River, Washington/Oregon
BW Lake Almanor, California
BW Questions and Answers
BW Banging Boulders

Terry Battisti
BW Trophy Hunters and Tournaments
Night-Time is the Right Time
BW Giant Tubes Equal Giant Bass
BW Giant Tubes Equal Giant Bass
BW Unsung Hero, Dick Trask – The Master of Finesse

Terry Battisti with Bill Siemantel
BW Giant Bass

Shane Beilue
BW The Bubba Dropshot

Darl Black
BW East Meets West

Laude Blanco
American Anglers try once again to recapture Eurobass Cup

Terry Bolton, Jr.
BW Finding Pre-Spawn Bass

Vince Borges
Pre-Spawn Smallies

Ben Bowman
BW Spoon Fed

Denny Brauer
BW Boat Order

"The Bass Coach" Roger Lee Brown
So You Want To Be A Bass Pro?
Why Bass Fishing?
Fish Attractants
Understanding Bass Part-2
A Wish Come True!
A Second Cast
Do "Scents" Really Make Sense?
“Bass Fishing Fever”

Kent Brown
Top water lures from past to present

"The Bass Coach" Roger Lee Brown
Top Water Fishing
3 Bass Rigs You Really Ought to Learn!
Where’s The Bass?
Understanding Bass Part-1
The Million Dollar "Bass Bait"

Kent Brown
A very special fishing trip

Roger Lee Brown
The “MO-WAK” Rig

"The Bass Coach" Roger Lee Brown
Bass Tournament "Shortcuts"

“The Bass Coach” Roger Lee Brown
Who’s Water Is It Anyway?

"The Bass Coach" Roger Lee Brown
Just How Soon Is Long Enough?

Mike Bucca
The Fluorocarbon Advantage
Drop Shot Keeper Weight System

Paul Cañada
Polishing The Rocks

Ron Cervenka
Living in an Off-Limits World
TRANSITION
The New Huddleston Shad Swimbait – Sometimes Size Doesn’t Matter
A Cure for the Winter Time Blues
A Tip You Can Live With
Post Spawn Bassing? No Problem!
Night Time is the Right Time
THE MAGIC BEHIND VETERAN TEAMS
Going Long
“ROOKIE YEAR” ON THE B.A.S.S. FEDERATION TRAIL
A Weapon of Mass Destruction
VERSATILITY – THE KEY TO SUCCESS
Are the Glory Days Returning for an Old Friend?
Paying Attention
Logistics – Another Key to Success
It’s Tru - Tungsten is Better than Lead
Finding (and Keeping) the Right Team Tournament Partner
Huddleston’s New “Huddlebug” - As Real as it Gets
Oh Yes, I Can See
Making It Easier to Fish Harder
PAA Showcases the Tournament of Tomorrow
Never Say Die!

John Chiarpotti
BW New Melones, CA
BW Mother Lode Lakes

Luke Clausen
BW SPOTS BEFORE SPAWN
BW Summer Search
BW Fall Reaction
BW Q & A

Keith Clow
Sunglasses - Sunglasses - Sunglasses
After Dark Bassin'

Aaron Coleman
BW Coyote Lake, CA
BW Clear Lake, CA

Jim Conlow Sr.
BW Turning Pro At 70

Ken Cook
The Secrets of Boat Setup

Laurie Cork
BW Picking the Perfect Prop

Tom Coss
Getting a “line” on your fishing

Rod Cree
BW Lake Oroville, CA

Todd "Toad" Crockett
Giving Big Bass a Meal
Fishspeak
Fishing Folsom Lake
Are You Ready For Good Luck?
Documenting Your Record Catch

Andy "Cooch" Cuccia
Solving the Delta Low Tides
Four Days of Viper Madness
Cooch's Jig Fishing Theory
Columbia River: The B.A.S.S. dream!
Lake Mead B.A.S.S. Invitational
Lake Oroville B.A.S.S. Invitational
Summer time Basics for Success
Jigs: Versatile and Reliable
Springtime Tips For The California Tour!
The Best is in The West....NOT!
The Orvil Story
Spring time Clearwater Fishing
DID SOMEONE SAY, “TIDES?”
Bubba Shot

Andy 'Cooch' Cuccia
Cooch’s Sloppy Canopy Tactics on the River

Fran Daniel
Lighting the Way

Bill Darden
Deep Cycle Battery FAQ

Jim Davis
BW Staging Fish

Bob & Jenny DeLorenzi
2003 Future Pro Tour Classic Champions

Mike DelVisco
PRO's Soft~Bait Glue® (Review)

Pat Dilling
Pat's Pro/Am on the California Delta
Bassmaster Camera Boat

Gary Dobyns
BW Fishin' Chicken No More
BW Clear Lake vs. Shasta
BW Crankbaits 101
BW Rattlin’ Fast

Dr. Darrin
Angler Squat Excercise Helps In Boat

Paul Duclos
BW Big Bass Research

Delany Dwyer
BW Alamo Lake, AZ

Chad Dwyer
BW PULL N’ POWER
Getting in on the BUZZ

Steve Eason
C.A.S.T. for Kids & Largemouth Release on Folsom

Ken Eddy
Fall is in the air

Jarrett Edwards
BW To Fish or Promote. Where's the Money?
BW Navajo Reservoir, CO-NM
BW Colorado's Best Kept Secret
BW Conchas Reservoir, NM
BW Pueblo Reservoir, CO

Brent Ehrler
BW Jerkbaits In Spring

J.C. Ellis
The VanDam Difference Wins 2005 Classic

Bob Figueria
Lost Confidence
Clearlake: The Last Cast

Mike Folkestad
BW Spawn Search
Lake Mead Fishing Report: Winter 2003
Lake Mead Fishing Report: Summer 2002
BW On Top In Summer
BW Falling For Topwaters
BW Secrets of the 'Blade'
BW Folk Hero

Troy Folkestad
BW Big Wormin'

Mike Folkestad
BW Dog Day Rig
BW Topwater Time
BW Jigs in Depth
BW Find The Food
It’s going to be a GREAT year
BW Big Tips

Bobby Forster
BW Lake Sammamish, WA
BW Banks Lake, WA
BW Palmer Lake, WA

Alton Forthe
USING A WEBSITE TO ENHANCE YOUR FISHING CAREER

Jerry Fournier
It's Time to Tie on the Frog again
Honor Bound and Friends
Cooch and the ProTeen Event
I Can Only Imagine
CBAF hosts 'Toys for the Troops' at Lake Shasta
CBAF Lake Shasta “Boat full of Toys” a huge success!!
2007 Honor Bound Team Tournament At Folsom Lake
2007 CBAF Team Tournament At the Delta June 16th at Russo’s Marina
Come out and Support your Troops

Tony Franceschi
Pflueger Impacts the Fishing Reel Market Yet Again!!
Understanding the Slump

Tori Fry
The winter season is on it way, will your boat be prepared?

Mike Giusti
BW Diamond in the Rough

Craig Gottwals
March Maddness on Trintiy Lake
Clear Lake Bass in November Deluge
Winter Spooning -Trinity Lake Kicks Out Huge Sack

G. Gene Gradick Jr.
The Senko is Just The Beginning

Shaw Grigsby
BW Skipcast Class

Tim Gruber
A BACKSEATERS VIEW: THE POWER OF OBSERVATION
DOCK TALK...A QUEST FOR FIVE BITES
A Few Thoughts from the Water
The Transition from Finesse to Power
Thriving on the Delta in the Winter

Wayne Gustavenson
Powell Stripers Key on Shad

Greg Gutierrez
Swimming a Duh!!!Jig

John Harper
BW Consistency is the Name of the Game
BW Stealth and Boat Position
BW Why, Why, Why?

Vince Harris
DEE THOMAS SIZES UP FTP ON DELTA

Larry Hemphill
LET’S “SEE” THOSE FISH!!
How To Catch Bass In Chocolate Milk!
BW The Right Line
BW Which Reel
BW Understanding Dropshotting
BW DROPSHOTTING WITHOUT FINESSE
BW SPLIT-SHOTTING VS CAROLINA RIGGING
BW Are You a “Student” of Bass Fishing?

Carlos Hernandez
Fishing Chile

Lee Hines
Buying a Bass Boat - Do your Homework
LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT CIRCUIT
Phishing - not the kind we prefer
X-Tools Culling Float Modification

Bret Hite
BW The Deadly Deep

Brett Hite
BW Fine Tuning

Terry Hodges
BW A Swimbait Story
BW Young Guns
BW CLEAR LAKE MADE SIMPLE
BW Clear Lake, Bring Your Family

Vince Hurtado
Winter fishing in the California Delta

Bill Hutcheson
BW Reducing Bass Mortality
BW Proper Props
BW The Lowly Worm

Jeff Huth
There is More to Fishing a Tournament
DOBYNS’ BATTLE WITH RDD (Rod Design Disease)

Mike Iaconelli
BW Swim It

Inside Line's DawgPound
Bassin' Rules Debunked!

Don Iovino
Dropshot Suspend System

Gene Iovino
BW Castaic Lake, CA
BW Lake Cachuma, CA

Casey Iwai
BW Q&A

Chris Johnson
Back To School

Dan Johnson
BW Lake Washington, Washington

Kevin Johnson
Bassin' Japan

Chris Johnson
Our Western Heritage

Alton Jones
BW Turn To Jigs

Kelly Jordon
BW Fishing August Structure

John Kerr
BW Fishing Outside The Box

Mark Kile
BW Apache Lake, AZ
BW Bumps In The Night
BW Roosavelt Lake
BW Go West(y)
BW Soft In Spring
Downsizing for hard to get bass

Connie Kilpatrick
Reel Tips and Techniques

Gary Klein
BW The Next Level

Dennis Kolender
BW Jerk Thoughts

Bob "Korny" Kornhauser
sTony and Korny's Great Adventure

George Kramer
Professional bass fishing: it ain’t about you
A New World Record will need a Tangible Catch
Winner take all—that’s the way it works
The real problem with the sport of bass fishing
What are the rules, anyway?
What do we get out of tournament fishing?
It’s a title that really matters: U.S. Open champion
FLW Series ‘investors’ checking their portfolios
Like the game, but I’m not a fan
NUMB3RS: they say it all in professional fishing
Clausen strategy was a model for champions
That’s almost a world record…
An unbreakable world record
Identity crisis limits value of many in pro ranks
FLW Series? Prove that I’m wrong…
Brent Ehrler: Story of the FLW Tour champion
Looking back: John Powell passes
Bassin’ geometry: The Triangle of Fishing
The Devil down by the launch ramp
Building the sport: what’s it going to take?

Terry Kratzer
Castaic in Early Spring
As Castaic transissions into summer....
The experience of being part of a tournament staff

Mark Langner
2005 BASS Fed Western Divisional Championship

Dub LaShot
Early Spring Migration Tricks
BW GET OUT AND FISH
Columbia River Smallmouth
BW Fishing The Fall Drawdown
BW The Bass Did What?
BW SELECT SETS
BW Weather Vein
BW TENMILE LAKES, OREGON

Mark Lassagne
BW Back to Basics
BW Lake McClure, CA
Running the Tides
THE TIME CRUNCH!
Anglers Sponsorship

Todd Ledingham
Dean Sault: Fishing Guide, and Much More

Lawrence Lee
Bedding Bass / Sight Fishing
Lost to WCB Clear Lake PRO/AM

Dennis P. Lee, - Senior Fisheries Biologist Ca DFG
BW Managing Black Bass Fisheries for Numbers or Size

Tom Leogrande
BW Frog Fishing
BW Fishing Mexico
BW California Dreamin

Tim Lilley
BW Buying Used, Not Abused

Mike Long
BW Maximum Velocity
BW Turn To Wood
BW DEEP THINKING
BW TROUT TIME

Justin Lucas
Folsom Lake has something for everyone
BW Back of the Boat Basics

Brent Lyon
BW TURNING YOUR BACK ON DOCK TALK

Hideki Maeda
BW The Power Of Wacky

Ken Mah
BW Boat Preparation

Marc Marcantonio
Spoon-fed Bass
Deep Bassin'
Cool Tips for Early Fall
Straight-Up Bassin
New IFGA Line Class Record Walleye
Be “Odd” to Catch More Bass
Search and Destroy Summertime Bassin’
Man-made Structure for September
Information Age Bassin’
Fizzing
Bassin' Northwest Style
Crankbaits for Success
One – Two Punch for Bass
DropSwimming
Putting Our Emotions To Bed

Aaron Martens
Drop Shotting vs. Reaction Baits
Martens Gets Clean Sweep On Clear Lake
BW WOOD AND DUST
BW Less Is More
BW The Right Jig
BW Fishing the Horsey Head

Chad Martin
BW Targeting staging fish

Pam Martin-Wells
BW Springtime Bonanza

Ben Maryniak
"HOOKED"

Dan Mathisen
South Delta’s Newest Fishing Club
Elite Duel a great thing for Cal Delta
Do You Have The Right Lure For The Job?
Get Wrapped for success

Ben Matsubu
BW Forget The Wood

Murph McBride
BW Lake Powell

Mike McDonnell
BW SILVER LAKE, WASHINGTON

Dave McKenzie
Stripers at San Luis State Rec Area

Charles McNees
Catch, Care and Release of Tournament Caught Bass

Mark Menendez
BW Transition Fishing

Garrett Mercer
Knowing when to adapt
Time On The Water
Knowing when to adapt
Overlooked Deep Water Fishing
By Way of Introduction
Preparing For A Pro/Am Tournament

Zack Meredith
Please, please, don’t catch the male!!!!

Cody Meyer
BW Targeting Spotted Bass

Bob Miska
Boat Insurance 101-Liability
Boat Insurance 101-Liability part two

Ricky Mitchell
Millerton Stripers

Mike Moffitt
The Road to Better Fishing - One Thing at a Time

Ish Monroe
BW Advanced Froggin'
BW PRESPAWN & PIXELS
BW Q&A
Life on the Road

Don Moorman
When to go night fishing for hogs?

Chad Morgenthaler
BW FISHING IN CROWDS

John Murray
BW WHEN THE WATER DROPS
BW Covering the Water
BW Boats & Bass
BW DOWN DEEP
BW Super Shallows
BW The Post Spawn
BW Deep And Shallow

NCBF Forum Nutcases
Murphy's Law

Matt Newman
BW Speed Shotting
BW Being The Bait

Scott Nielsen
BW Getting Started

Mike Niemi
WON Bass Western Classic

Mike O'Shea
BW Focus: Craws
BW Shad Season
BW The Summertime Blues

Dan O'Sullivan
A Life Change
A Time of Reflection
A Great Place to Learn
I Am A Hero?
What is Professional Bass Fishing about Then?
New Years for the Bass Angler
New Doc Waters Flipping Tube to Hit the Market
Making His Own Path in the Shadow of a Legend
Snooze Ya Lose, Writing Chicken?
The Men Behind the View
River2Sea Launches Gary Dobyns Series
Choosing the Right Type of Fishing Line
Angler Reaction Polarizes Bass Fishing Community
Father Son Claim Future Pro Title Despite Illness
Bass Fishing: A Family Affair
Jointed Crankbaits:River2Sea’s V-Crank
Windjammer Sunglasses: For Today’s Angler
Basszone BYRON VELVICK NOT CHECKING OUT
Reputation + Actions = Legacy
Basszone LINTNER AND DELONG - THE BIG BAIT POSSE
Basszone AOY SKEET REESE STARTING A BAND?
New Ranking System to Identify the West’s Top Pro Angler

Annie Parker
C.A.S.T. FOR KIDS extends throughout the State

Janet Parker
BW Spawning Bass

Andy Parsons
BW Effective Team Fishing
BW A Soft Plastics Wizard Goes Lipless

Don Payne
Fishing deep water structure

Reprinted from the PBFHOF
Dee Thomas Inducted into Pro Bass Fishing Hall of Fame

Andrew Philips
Inventor hopes to hook Bass with bottle-cap lure

John Phillips
BW Animal Bass

Bob Popp
You’ve Got To Be Willing To Lose, To Win
Open Minded
Visualization...Seeing is Believing
Info Overload

Randy Pringle
Camanche Lake
Lake Camanche
Pringle Talks Melones
The Lake Camanche Challenge

Alvin Pugh
PRO's Soft~Bait Glue® (Review)

Nico Raffo
Night Fishing Basics
Pacifica Stripers
How to Butcher a Castaic Trout - Part I

Jimmy Reese
BW Timing Topwater Bites
BW Targeting Summertime Bass

Mike Rexford
A First Time

Mike Rice
Seeing Is Believing
“Repairing Plastic Swim-Baits” REALLY?

Kelly Ripa
Cachuma - Gem of the Central Coast

Pete Robbins
Soft Bait Glue Works Best on Salted Baits
BW KVD: The Best discusses The West

Bill D. Roberts
Crankin' The Suspended Way

Dean Rojas
BW River Running

Curt Rollins
Accidental Hypothermia and Cold water Immersion.

Dusty Routh
BW Olympic Peninsula, WA

Dave Rush
BW Spring Spot Patterns
BW The “GUTS” of Fishing the Darthead
BW Lake Oroville, CA

Dean "NaCl" Sault
NASCAR's Influence on Bass Fishing
How to "Win" in Every Tournament!
How to Pattern Shallow Rip Fish

Dean Sault
Schooled By A Legend
A day on the water with Steve Sapp
Dave Gliebe: Legends of the Sport

Dean "NaCl" Sault
Buying a used bass boat?

Ken Sauret
Winter Doldrums?

Bill Schaefer
BW Lake Murray, CA

Tom Seward
BW Crankbait Design
BW CrankBait Design II
BW Crankbait Desgin III
BW Crankbait Design Q&A
BW Is Wood Better?
BW THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME TO ME !
BW Clear Advantage

Chris Shaffer
Go East, young angler

Bill Siemantel
BW Triple Depth Threat
BW The Checklist
BW Fishing Muddy Waters

Julie Smith
Ladies, The Time is Now
Location, Location, Location
The Amateur Chronicles
Get Fired Up!

Dick Smith
We are in trouble

WesternBass.Com Special
Threats of the West

Scott Staats
BW Prineville Reservoir, OR
BW Umpqua River, OR
John Day River, Oregon - Wild And Scenic Smallmout

Tony Stoltz
Piling On
Take A Kid Fishing
DFG Permits Drawn for 2004
Delta Cranksters Reveal All
Take A Kid Fishing - Part Two
Dave Gliebe and the Bite Upon Us
Pole Control- Fight the fish, not your pole
Face Protection Unlike Anything Before - Fish Hedz
Nemire Lures - Work Multi-Species Magic
State Jr. Bassmaster Championship Adventure
THE NEW ROCK HOPPER
Persuader American introduces The Bleeding Minnow
Two new Kistler Rods enter market
Gamakatsu introduces new product lines
New Pro Series Poppin' Frog, Frog Rods and More
BSX Fish Activator
No Sweat Mist 'Busts' onto Market
XTOOLS® launches new fishing gear at ICAST 2005
Yamamoto's New Fat Baby Craw
Doc Waters New Gear
New Gambler Lures from 2005 ICAST
Bitin' Titan Brings Titanium to Fishing
Bass-A-Thon Tradition Continues to Grow
BASS, INC. STEPS ALL OVER ITSELF
Turn And Walk Away
A Matter of Perspective
Leave nothing behind but your wake
Bass-A-Thon Celebrates it's 20th
The Time Is Now
River2Sea Introduces Hula Shad Spinnerbaits
Mann's Stone Jig
Water 4 Fish needs our help
Pro Teen and Western Rally
To Gas Up or Not
Pro’s and Press Hit Pardee
Fenwick® Elite Tech Rods Hit Market

Jon Storm
BW San Carlos, AZ
BW Four On The Fall
BW It's In The Details
BW Installing New Electronics
BW Spawn Time Hawgs
BW Hot Dropshots
BW Largemouth Bass Virus
BW Apache Lake, Arizona
BW Prop Problems
BW Q & A with Rick Grover
BW Revisiting The Westy

Jon Storm with Art Berry
BW Do Nothing

Cal Tatum
BW Survival of the Specialist
Warrior of the water catches 14-lb. Bass Lake Fish
We Need to Grow the Sport
What’s new?
FLW and BASS “The showdown”
Pond or pool?
45 and counting
THE GREATEST TEAM
Take fishing to the Extreme
Lake record broken at Bass Lake
Randy Howell makes history
I spent a week with 12 beautiful models
I spent a week with 12 swimsuit models Part II
Lessons from "Topwater" Jerry
G3 Jon Boats Run the Rivers Well
We should all be saying "Dam it"
Get ready for some great fishing … maybe
A sneak peek at the new Skeeter i-Class
Off The Bank
Chasing a Dream
Skeeter is growing in the West
Charlie Daniels speaks out
Fishing Is BIG Business
Confidence and Time on the Water
Fishing Is A Full Contact Sport
The original Gitzit, it doesn’t get much better
A small price to pay for peace of mind
Panoptx joins the family
A close look at the i-Class DMS
Skeeter expands their facility
Forrest Wood; boats, mules, & Dancin’ with the law
Bass anglers need to adjust to the heat

Rich "Hookpoint" Thiel
Enhancing a Jig and Pork
Etiquette of a Professional Bass Fisherman
California Ledge Fishing for Largemouth Bass
Berryessa

Richard 'Hookpoint' Thiel
Learning the California Delta

Rich Thiel
Learn The Delta with a Depth Finder

Dee Thomas
BW Shady Secrets of Delta Bass
BW To The Bank

Joe Thomas
BW Blade Burnin'

Dee Thomas
BW Q & A
BW “Current” Conditions

Zack Thompson
BW A different approach to tidal bass waters

Bill Townsend
BW Lake Shasta

Mike Tuck
Pre-fish Strategies

Mark Tyler
BW Line Lesson
BW Get Crankin'
BW Tide Timing
BW Get To The Point
BW Grip It

Joe Uribe Jr.
BW Post Spawn Bass

Donnie Vachon
BW Getting Away
BW Martinez Lake, AZ.
BW Otay Lake, CA
BW LAKE SAN VICENTE, CA

Angel Valdez
Delta Jig Philosophy

Cris VanClef
The Road to Tuscaloosa: Part 3
The Road to Tuscaloosa: Part 2
The Road to Tuscaloosa: Part 1
WON Classic Champ Tells All

Kevin VanDam
BW Efficiency

Various
Fishing Tips Page
Fishing Knots Page
How to Deflate a Bass Air Bladder

Scott Vaughn
Being a Non-Boater

Byron Velvick
BW BIG BAITS USA

Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament
State Record Striped Bass Landed

Reid Wender
Fish Vision and Glowing Lures

Clark Wendlandt
BW Begin Your Day With Topwaters

Rob Wenning
Flipping and Pitching
Beat the Fish
Flipping and Pitching
The Carolina Rig

Pat Wilson
Local Wins Co-Angler FLW Event
2007 FLW Series National Guard - A co-anglers perspective

Don Wirth
BW Lure Selection For Stripers

Damon Witt
WCB Super Pro-Am at Oroville
What’s In The Bottom Of Your Boat?
Fall Cranking with John Kerr – U.S. Open Champion
Fishing With Tubes
On The Water
Basic Carolina Rigging
Double Trouble Senkos

"Fish Chris" Wolfgram
The Importance of Releasing the Biggest Fish

Jay Yelas
BW DIVERSITY
BW Be a Team Player
BW FAITH AND FISHING

Ed Zieralski
The darker side

Richard Ziert
Edges and Ledges
Suspending Fish, and Baits