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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

Tapping springtime bass
Tapping springtime bass Spring Bass 101
High-definition underwater video reveals remarkable fish spawning behavior
High-definition underwater video reveals remarkable fish spawning behavior Fish that aren’t spawning appear very lean relative to the spawners. They arrive first on the spawning shoal, where they eat every living organism that will not leave the area.
New partnership with Tactacam and the new Fish-i camera
New partnership with Tactacam and the new Fish-i camera Tactacam looks to make the jump
Fire-Up Prespawn Bass
Fire-Up Prespawn Bass Fire-Up Prespawn Bass With LIVETARGET™ Amazingly life-like jerkbaits are sure to sting bass this spring
Humminbird and Minn Kota Debuts One-Boat Challenge,
Humminbird and Minn Kota Debuts One-Boat Challenge, The contestants will battle using One-Boat Network™ technologies to see which team can catch the most fish for a chance to win $10,000 for their fishing charity of choice

Lake Reports

Camanche Lake
Camanche Lake By by StanL » Sat Mar 21, 2020 4:06 am camanche fishing report.jpg Fishing Camanche 3/18/20 My good friend Bud Porter and I decided to do some “Social distancing” on Camanche. So we headed over to the lake. When we got there we noticed that the water had been dropping and that usually means it’s going to be challenging fishing. We had overcast sky and the water temperature was in the high 50's and there was 6 to 10 ‘ visibility. With the conditions we knew the fish should be shallow so we started off by throwing some moving baits. On my second cast with a shad colored crankbait I got one about 3lb. Another 30 minutes past with no more bites for me. Bud got one on a Ned style bait with a Frenzy Nail. We decided to slowdown and fish down baits, We threw the same baits we had used at hogan .... a Senko type bait on a Frenzy Wack a Sack and Ned on a nail. We started fishing all the flats in les than 20’ of water and we ended up catching over 20 fish for the day. By the way I’ve recently discovered a tackle store in Ione ca. Called “HOOK’D “ I was pleasantly surprised how much bass tackle they had. I hope this helps. Good luck fishing StanL
Bullards Bar Lake
Bullards Bar Lake By by Larry Hemphill » Sun Mar 15, 2020 10:33 pm I have made this caution before about Bullards Bar and very cold weather. If you are going Monday or Tuesday early morning, take both ramp approaches slowly, especially Dark Day. if you lose traction with your bass boat behind you on possible slick ice, it's a long way down. Take it slow. Remember it is at 2000 feet and does ice up on occasion early in the morning. Should have done this earlier!

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Joining RBBASS by Eddie Sapigao
Joining RBBASS by Eddie Sapigao By So fishing and hunting started for me as a young kid. My dad was really big into hunting and fishing and would take me all the time. We did a lot of trout fishing in the streams and salmon fishing in the river when the seasons would come around. Bass fishing would happen every once […]