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Summer 2018 Summer 2018 Hi All, I would like to start off this issue by thanking all of our readers and our advertisers for making this magazine possible, your support for our site is greatly appreciated! If you haven’t seen the newly remodeled Fisherman’s Warehouse locations, Sacramento and Manteca, you must stop in and take a look. It is a whole new store! Looking at the tournament scene, there are many accomplishments to be congratulated, such as Bub Tosh with back-to-back wins in the last two WWBT Pro/Ams and Wayne Breazeale as his FLW win this past month made his 3rd major Clear Lake win in as many years. We are looking forward to this season’s topwater specialty events for the summer – BBT’s Snag Proof Open and FPT’s Ultimate Frog Challenge. They are always a blast. Thanks again to all of our readers. Good luck out there on the water. Wayne
Spring 2018
Spring 2018 Hi Anglers It’s early spring and one of my favorite times for fishing to see all of the big bass show up. Like many others, I am excited to see if the good rains that we received last year give us some bigger and better fishing to look forward to. With this spring issue of WesternBass.com Magazine, we have Roy Hawk on the cover. This was planned before his debut at the first Bassmaster Elite Series event and was quite fun following along with him as he secured a 2nd place finish while we were working on the cover. I would like to wish him continued success as our newest western pro out on the cross country road. For all of us fishing back home, we have much to look forward to in the upcoming season. It is already starting out well with the great draws of the Wild West Bass Trail (WWBT) at nearly 200 boats for their Shasta Teams tournament and the 100-plus boat draw of the Best Bass Tournaments (BBT) semi pro event at Berryessa. We anticipate some good fish to be caught at this quarter’s specialty events like the WWBT Surprise Ford Team Open on Lake Pleasant on March 10 - 11, the Yamamoto Big Bass Challenge hosted by Angler’s Press on April 14 and 15 – an event which never disappoints, often resulting in a double-digit bass and also the Rat-L-Trap Open hosted by Best Bass Tournaments on April 22. To close, I would like to ask that the WesternBass readers support the companies that make the free magazine and website available to you. Wayne
Winter 2018
Winter 2018 Hi Anglers, Can you believe another fishing season is behind us? It goes so fast! As usual, the winter hiatus means the boat and sports shows are upon us. WesternBass will once again be at the International Sportsmens Expo (ISE) hosting the casting tank and all the bassin’ seminars. Be sure and stop by and say hi! During this off-season, we were able to create some enhancements to the WesternBass.com digital mag. We hope you enjoy the new look and feel. We would like to ask that when you are thinking of your tackle, gear and boat purchases that you remember our sponsors. They are the reason that the WesternBass site and magazine is available to all viewers for FREE and speaking of site sponsors, we want to welcome two new ones – Trapper Tackle and Boulder Boats. We also want to introduce a new feature by one of our long-term sponsors, Dr. Trolling Motor. They will now be helping to answer your trolling motor questions within the forums; so, if you have one, please feel free to post it. In closing, I want send my condolences to Cooch’s family. Since I’ve been a part of WesternBass, Cooch was right there to answer questions and offer advice. I was fortunate enough to spend time on the water with him and have been proud to utilize the site to host the C.O. Pro / Teen information as Cooch needed. I am sure he is stilling tossin’ a jig in the big pond in the sky. He will be greatly missed. I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year... Wayne

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Industry Press Releases

AFTCO Wins 2 "Best of Category" Awards at ICAST
AFTCO Wins 2 "Best of Category" Awards at ICAST ICAST 2018's Best of Category for Technical Apparel — was meticulously designed based on direct feedback from the AFTCO Freshwater Pro Team. With features like a 20K 100% waterproof two-layer nylon shell, a SpeedVent™ airflow hood designed to alleviate neck strain and restriction from airflow when travelling at high rates of speed, and the Cyclops integrated camera mount pocket for easy filming, Hydronaut™ is built to handle extreme foul weather conditions when comfort, performance and focus is needed most. In addition to the Double Dry Cuff on the Hydronaut™ Jacket, the waterproof fishing bibalso includes an adjustable stretch shoulder system and more.
YO-ZURI PRO CLENT DAVIS WINS 2018 FORREST WOOD CUP
YO-ZURI PRO CLENT DAVIS WINS 2018 FORREST WOOD CUP FLW Tour pro Clent Davis of Montevallo, Alabama, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Sunday weighing 17 pounds, 13 ounces – the heaviest limit weighed in the three-day event – to earn the win at the 2018 Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Ouachita. Over three days, Davis amassed 15 fish totaling 36 pounds, 13 ounces to edge out second-place angler Cabela’s/Bass Pro Shops pro James Niggemeyer of Van, Texas, by 7 pounds, 4 ounces and win the $300,000 top cash prize. The tournament featured 56 of the top bass-fishing anglers in the world competing for professional bass-fishing’s world championship.
Huk announces today its latest video, “Attack-Saltwater” commercial featuring the award-winning footwear line
Huk announces today its latest video, “Attack-Saltwater” commercial featuring the award-winning footwear line The fish is waiting for you to slip up. Whether stalking a school of bonefish on a Bahamian sand flat or running around the cockpit with the big pitch when a blue marlin is hot on the teaser, you cannot be worried about footing.
Alex Davis Leads Day 1 of the 2018 Forrest Wood Cup at Lake Ouachita
Alex Davis Leads Day 1 of the 2018 Forrest Wood Cup at Lake Ouachita The world’s best bass anglers launched on Lake Ouachita in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Friday to kick off the 2018 Forrest Wood Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The three-day event, which awards a $300,000 top prize to the winner, featured a full field of 56 anglers competing today and Saturday before being cut to the final 10 on Championship Sunday.
Kayak Angler Crate Kits From YakGear
Kayak Angler Crate Kits From YakGear YakGear™ now offers an easy way to keep kayak anglers’ most needed items close at hand and available to grab-and-go at a moment’s notice. The YakGear Kayak Angler Crate Kits deliver full customization and versatility for a wide range of storage options so each angler can rig their crate system to best fit their needs.

Lake Reports

Berryessa Lake
Berryessa Lake By Subject: Fishing with Sid I took out Gary in the early afternoon and headed to the east side of the lake towards the vineyards. Along the way we caught some nice bass trolling. His five best bass weighed 16 lbs 7 oz the largest weighing almost 4 lbs. Our system was easy we used Procure trout scent on the crank bait and the fish kept biting. The next day I decided to fish in the narrows. I headed towards the dam and fished the rocky shoreline trolling back towards the main lake. I caught 41 bass in less then three hours with only one keeper weighing 2 lbs 4 oz it was a fun morning. The average size I was catching were about ten inches. Hope I get lucky when they get bigger next year. Fishing is still great and I hope it continues into the fall. 'til next time.............................good fishing!!!! https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.fishingconnection.net&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb08dcbeba714496bc29d08d600c5bb06%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636697246570250252&sdata=D%2BLuba6nEOeh%2F70eOtKAl36De5blekzVnivVOc0%2BWew%3D&reserved=0 If you have any questions or stories you would like to share or are interested in booking a guided fishing trip please email me at bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333.
New Melones Lake
New Melones Lake By Spent the day on New Melones Reservoir with Ryan Cook and Moo Lee from MooMoo Outdoors fishing out of a bass boat. The bite was a little tougher than expected but we ended up finding 3 nice ones. Bites came on topwater, jigs, tubes, shakyhead and dropshot. Got on a consistent bite throwing green pumpkin finesse worms on a dropshot and shakyhead. We found fish from the bank to 30 feet. Points were the most consistent and a little bit of wind always helps. We ended up with a few mechanical issues and wrapped it up early around noon. The smoke wasn't too bad but it was hot!!!

From the Blogs

Salt Springs Reservoir fishing report 7/21/18 – by Alex Sanchez
Salt Springs Reservoir fishing report 7/21/18 – by Alex Sanchez By Water Temp. 82 Water Clarity 3-4 feet Visibility Sunny 98 Degrees Fished Salt Springs for the first time this year, the reservoir was fairly full. My family and I hit the water at 12:30 and fished until 7:30. There was no shortage of fish! We caught over 50 fish in the few hours we fished. […]