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Smallmouth surprise for teen angler He caught several of both sexes in a north Georgia lake, transported them alive and released them in that section of the river.

Lawsuit over Snake River dam descision A coalition of environmental and fishing groups will ask the courts to intervene for a sixth time after the federal government again decided not to breach the four lower Snake River hydroelectric dams.

How the PROS find the JUICE every time?! VIDEO HERE IT IS!!

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Fall 2020 Hi Anglers Welcome to the pages of WesternBass.com Magazine Fall 2020. As a special insert this issue, we’ve provided a look at some of the new products that site sponsors have worked hard on for release at this year’s ICAST. Feel free to continue your virtual view of ICAST 2020 and make your angler’s wish list. You never know what will be the “next best thing”! Speaking of new product, we are excited to help preview the newest collab from the Frog Master – Bobby Barrack and Tackle Technology with his two new signature series designs. They are available at Fisherman’s Warehouse and affiliate stores. As we head into TOC time, I have to say 2020 has been a year like no other. At WesternBass, we are fortunate to be a place that provides relief from some of that craziness – a place to talk fishing and share our fishing adventures. The support of our sponsors and our readers is what allows us to do so and we are thankful for both. Because of that, we want to take a moment to remind everyone that WesternBass, including the free Classifieds and WesternBass.com magazine is all paid for by the sponsors of the site and provided at no charge to the readers and users. Please remember those companies and support those who support you. Good luck on the water! Wayne

Summer 2020 Hi Anglers I hope you and your family are doing fine and hopefully back to fishing the lakes you enjoy. The summer fishing season is finally here – something many of us have been excitedly waiting for during the forced hiatus. It is very nice to see some normalcy returning to our fishing industry. Thanks to all of our readers for sharing their fishing adventures in the forums. To kick off the season, our summer issue features one of the many anglers that contributes to essential workers in these challenging times. WesternBass wants to thank Clara as well as the many, many others. Please keep your local mom and pop businesses and the people and places that support them, in mind for your needs. We are all on the road to recovery together! Good luck on the water! Wayne

Spring 2020 Hi Anglers Once again, I am putting the finishing touches on the WesternBass.com Magazine wondering where the time has gone. The new season has kicked off for many of our tournament circuits and big bass are already starting to show up. As we’ve seen in the WesternBass. com forums there are already double-digits and even teeners starting to bite. It is always an exciting time of year and we are looking forward to what 2020 will bring. I hope all of you are enjoying our quarterly magazine. We have continued to bring the latest in technology along with great articles and video content for your enjoyment. I want to also thank all our site viewers and mag readers for their support and invite you all to support our site advertisers. They are the reason we can bring you the content that we do. Also, I want to wish everyone good luck in their fishing goals this year, whether it is in tournament competition or fun fishing weekend warriors. Good Fishing Wayne

Features

Lowest Striper Spawn in Years The results of Maryland’s most recent rockfish spawning survey are in, and they aren’t good. Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced that the 2020 juvenile striped bass index is 2.5, well below the average of 11.5, and even worse than last year’s 3.4.

First-ever river salmon trip Stacy gets her limit during first-ever river salmon trip

Georgia fisherman breaks record Tim Trone is the new state record holder for biggest blue catfish after a tournament on Oct. 17.

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Shimano Calais CL200 ***SOLD*** by Morph808 Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:58 pm

Results 16th Annual Northern California Delta Club Classic / Oct 24, 2020 by MichaelB Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:47 pm

Do you know the 2015 & 2016 Club Classic winners ? by MichaelB Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:31 pm

Custom Boat cover by greatwhite Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:24 pm

Mercury props Laser II Mirage Plus by BASSMASTER1043 Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:13 pm

Industry Press Releases

SPRO Releases New Hats Fashion meets function with SPRO's new line of hats for anglers.

Cody Meyer Shatters MLF Record Cody Meyer caught 68 bass weighing 123-12 and smashed previous MLF Cup records.

They're not just for trout... Frabill Floating Nets Most fish are lost during the last few feet of the fight.

2021 Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour Schedule Major League Fishing (MLF) announced today the 2021 MLF Bass Pro Tour schedule, which will showcase the best bass anglers in the world competing on many of the top fisheries in the United States.

2021 BFL Schedule MLF Announces 2021 Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine Schedule, Entry Dates and Advancement Opportunities

Recent Lake Reports

Clear Lake By clum553946 Went out Fri night & the pattern was pretty much the same as my last report except the size of the fish was much better. I actually got into a little bit of a crankbait bite, one being a 4 lb 9 oz’er that was full of juice! It’s still primarily a jig bite for me & like before, red flake is your friend! They were a little deeper in the 12-15 ft range & were scattered. I actually caught fish in places I usually don’t have any luck at, so throw to unlikely spots, you don’t have anything to lose! My biggest was 6 lb 15 oz & my best 5 went 28lbs 4 oz. I caught a lot of 4+ lber’s & boated 24. They’re really strong right now & catching them is a ton of fun!

Oroville Lake By WB Staff by Joe daddy » Thu Oct 22, 2020 3:55 am Went out yesterday with Cotton and Big John. They crushed it. Catching fish all around me. The drop shot rig definitely produced more bites for Cotton. A number of fish on the reel in on that rig also. We did dabble into the cranking some, heard it’s been hot. Not much luck with that but we are no crankster gangsters by any means. Gave it up pretty quick. I finally managed to find a nice one around 3:00. Missed what felt like a large mouth bite around 10:30 on best point we came across...good day of fishing, happy to get back on the water.

From the Blogs

CA Delta Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander By Randy Walker

The delta is fishing well for numbers and quality fish right now and catching them on basically anything you want to throw. Topwater like Rico poppers and river2sea rovers in Shad patterns have been working all day long with some crazy explosions and landing some fish up to 6 pounds. The punch bite still has […]

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