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Spring 2020 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
Winter 2020
Winter 2020 Hi Anglers Another full year of fishing is wrapping up and the excitement of the new season is already starting to hit us. WesternBass will again be the sponsor of the nationally renowned International Sportsmen’s Expo Aquarium tank in January. Be sure and stop by and check out the line-up of bass pros that will be available to share tips and tricks to catch more and bigger fish! Be sure to also stop by the Fisherman’s Warehouse Megastore booth. Last years show had many super specials and this years show should be even larger. We are ready to help kick off the new year of tournaments for our circuit sponsors, Angler’s Press, Best Bass Tournaments and Wild West Bass Trail and are looking forward to seeing what catches that 2020 bring for our fellow anglers. Lastly, I would like to wish all of you a happy and healthy holiday season and new personal bests on the end of all of your lines. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Good Fishing Wayne
Fall 2019
Fall 2019 Hi Anglers At WesternBass we had a great summer filled with lots of topwater and frogs and of course, the biggest annual event for the sport – ICAST. We hope you enjoyed our coverage with a former Delta favorite –Bobby Barrack. We are anxious to see many of the products that we saw first-hand at the show come to store shelves – especially the long-awaited Ghost Trolling Motor from Lowrance. As we look forward to the fall transition, we are excited to see the grand opening of our partners Fisherman’s Warehouse and their new Megastore in Fairfield. Watch for exclusive gear and colors offered only at their locations, such as the Dee Thomas Flippin’ Stick, the Duo Realis 120SP in Smokey Bone, the G-Ratt Sneaky Pete in Bone and the “Glow in the Dark” Brad’s Super Cut Plug and watch for more to come. Lastly as another summer passes and the fall feed up is on the horizon, we anticipate seeing many big bags and awesome catches. Thanks for sharing them with us, supporting the site and the sponsors that keep us here. Good Fishing! Wayne

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Industry Press Releases

Guide Series Rod Cases from Plano
Guide Series Rod Cases from Plano Plano understands the investment anglers make in equipment and tackle and have developed products to provide insurance for their longevity. The Guide Series Rod Cases have redefined protection, convenience, and portability to protect fishing rods.
One-Boat Challenge Series
One-Boat Challenge Series Many of you fish-heads have witnessed the One-Boat Challenge on the internet over the past month or so
2021 Bassmaster Classic Announced
2021 Bassmaster Classic Announced Fort Worth and Lake Ray Roberts will host the 2021 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic March 19-21, 2021.
Live on the Lake with G-Man Gerald Swindle
Live on the Lake with G-Man Gerald Swindle Bassmaster’s Live On The Lake Features Casting, Country Music and 2021 Classic Announcement
Fish Monkey Gloves New for 2020
Fish Monkey Gloves New for 2020 Be prepared with gloves you need when the weather begins turning cooler, starting with Fish Monkey’s two new waterproof and water resistant fishing gloves.

Lake Reports

Clear Lake
Clear Lake By We fished for 6 night’s starting Thurs. Weather was windy on the first night, calm for 4 nights then windy last night. We were boating around 30 fish an evening except Tues we had 45 & Weds 24. Our limits ranged 25-30lbs except last night when our limit was a little over 34 lbs. Last night, Ted drew a pair of queens! They went 7 lbs 11 oz & 9 lbs even! The patterns were scattered, what they would hit one night, they wouldn’t touch the next! They were fairly consistent with the Texas rig & jigs, however. The best baits had red flake in them. The blade & crank bite was hit & miss & We couldn’t buy a Senko or swim bait bite at all. They were deep & seemed to prefer a slow presentation. We also managed an 8 lb 9 oz on Tues night with a lot of fish in the 4-61/2 range so size has been good! There were some spots where they were stacked. Tues we were on one spot for over an hour & boated 20 fish! We even had a pair of ducks jump in the boat to say hello! We fished south & fishing right now is really good!
Berryessa Lake
Berryessa Lake By Fishing with Sid Subject: Fishing with Sid  After many months of waiting to get back on the lake and fish this Memorial Day Weekend was perfect. The weather was ideal the fishing conditions great and just being outdoors was wonderful. With having to be house bound for so long I was eager to get back to what I love to do. I took out my son’s friend Spo (who is like a son to me) the first day out. We had a good time and he limited out with five nice bass. The next day I took Roxanne and Andrew out. It was their twentieth wedding anniversary and they wanted to go for a day of bass fishing. Besides the bass they landed they caught a good size trout (see photo). I think they will do this trip with me yearly they had a great day. My son Henry landed a six pound bass (see photo). I got to take my buddy Albert and his grandson Daniel out on Sunday afternoon and we stayed out till dark. We fished all over the lake and each one of us caught limits of quality bass from 2 1/2 to 4 pounds. It was a really good weekend for fishing and I hope it’ll continue this way through the summer. t’ll next time...............................good fishing!!! 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. Thanks, Sid

From the Blogs

Post Spawn and Early Summer Bass Tactics
Post Spawn and Early Summer Bass Tactics By     Ron Howe: Fishing in Northern California reservoirs for much of my life I have found three tactics that will always put fish in the boat during post spawn thru early summer. There are many other productive baits and tactics that work great that will catch fish, but these 3 tactics have put bigger […]