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Fall 2018 Fall 2018 Hi All, I’ve said it many times; however, it is worth repeating... I cannot believe how fast the seasons fly by and fall and TOC time is once again upon us. I look forward to watching the championships play out and the new victors take their stage. With many of the schedules for the circuits already announced, it is exciting to again think of the events that will take place, especially with the Bassmaster Elite Series returning for a western swing. Will our hometown guys claim the trophies, or will a traveler take them home? I hope all of our readers in the fires areas a safe and speedy recovery back to your homes and business’s its just been a crazy year for these catastrophes and I know we just want to get them behind us! As I close, I want to thank all of the readers that support WesternBass.com Magazine and the WesternBass.com website as well as all the readers that support our sponsors. Without them, none of this would be possible as a free source of bass fishing fun, info and camaraderie for all of us! Wayne
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

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Industry Press Releases

New Weekend Series Tackle Storage from Plano
New Weekend Series Tackle Storage from Plano If fishing for a living is your dream, don't let us or anyone else burst your bubble. But until that day rolls around, most of us need to work day jobs to pay for gas, groceries, gymnastics lessons, and our fishing gear. And because we just can't fish whenever we want, the time we do get to spend on the water becomes that much more valuable.
Berkley pro Justin Lucas Puts Wraps Up Bassmaster Angler Of The Year Title
Berkley pro Justin Lucas Puts Wraps Up Bassmaster Angler Of The Year Title By the time Justin Lucas made it to the stage during Sunday’s final weigh-in for the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship at Lake Chatuge, Georgia, the drama was all but gone.
Frosty phalanges make for awfully sloppy work
Frosty phalanges make for awfully sloppy work Cold, wet weather hurts hands. More to the point, frosty phalanges make for awfully sloppy work, especially with a fishing rod or a shotgun in your hands. Envelop said hands in dryness and warmth, however, and the results speak for themselves: fish on the line and birds in the bag.
FLW COLLEGE FISHING EVENT COMES TO THE CA DELTA
FLW COLLEGE FISHING EVENT COMES TO THE CA DELTA The YETI FLW College Fishing season will continue with an event next week, Sept. 29, at the YETI FLW College Fishing on the California Delta presented by Costa. The tournament, hosted by Russo’s Marina and the Sugar Barge RV Resort, is the third and final regular-season event for college anglers in the Western Conference and will award a top prize of a $2,000 club scholarship and an invitation to compete in the 2019 College Fishing National Championship to the winners.
Lucas vs. Bertrand Race at AOY Championship
Lucas vs. Bertrand Race at AOY Championship Lucas Takes Commanding Lead At Bassmaster Angler Of The Year Championship. Justin Lucas openly admits he’s been a nervous wreck.

Lake Reports

California Delta
California Delta By by THE DR » Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:09 pm We made a couple exploratory trips this weekend to try and find some of the larger models. Focusing mainly on the Sac river side, we burned a ton of gas and made hundreds of casts for small bursts of action. When targeting the big girls we only throw 6-9" topwater plugs and 10-13" glidebaits. This does limit how many bites we actually get, but produces some heart pounding moments, when you do get one of the big fish show itself, by rolling on or bumping the bait. Over all it was pretty slow for us. We did manage a couple fish per trip to 10lbs on DeltaWoodBommber wood plugs. And, had a few 20-30lb fish follow the Deps 250 and TripleTrout, but none committed. It's still early for the fall run, so our hopes remain high for the coming months.
California Delta
California Delta By by AKBASSFISHING » Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:21 pm California Delta 9/24/2018 Water Temp 68 - 71 Visibility 1 – 6 feet Wind 5 - 10 mph With the new job, it’s been a challenge to find time to make it out on the river. That said, I found some time after work. We launched the boat around 5 in the afternoon. The tide was steadily moving out. It was nice to see our usual western wind had taken a day off. We made a brief run to an extensive sand bar. The birds were circling the area, which is always a great sign. I started with a white swimbait and my father threw a large towater. Three casts in, I hooked up on a undersized striper. I proceeded to catch three more small ones on consecutive casts. Then, out of nowhere, a fish sized missile slammed my father's topwater. His reel screamed as the fish head for deeper water. A couple minutes later, we managed to boat the fish. She went just over thirteen-pounds. Not bad for for only 30 minutes on the water. We played with the school of fish for a while, but then wore out our welcome. With the school gone, we moved to another large sandbar. The area seemed ideal, but the birds were not present. We fished it for about 20 minutes without a bite. Then, we saw some bird activity on the opposite shoreline. We made a V-line to them. Luckily, I had tied on a topwater. We ran straight for the diving birds, and killed the engine so we could drift into them. We both cast into the chaos, and immediately hooked up. We ran about the boat following our fish, the chaos of the moment was intense. We managed to get them in, both around six-pounds. We hastily took them off and looked for the school. Making long casts and working our topwater erratically, we doubled up again! It was a crazy 10 minute period on this school, that you couldn’t “NOT” get bit. These fish ranged from three to six-pounds. By the time we knew it, the sun was getting low, and our thumbs were raw. We called it a day. In about 2 hours, we boated around 25 stripers.

From the Blogs

Lake McClure fishing report by Ryan Cook
Lake McClure fishing report by Ryan Cook By Friday Aug 31st On the water at 4:30pm Off the water at 7:45pm Water temp 82 Air temp 95 Water clarity 6?+ I got off work early so my wife and I called up a couple of friends of ours and decided to head to Lake McClure for a few hours. The jig bite has […]