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Winter 2021 Winter 2021 Greetings anglers, As we set this issue in motion and look to put 2020 behind us, the WesternBass family sends wishes for a safe, health and prosperous new year to you, your family and your business or employment industry. We know many have been challenged by the situations that this year has put upon us and look forward to a new year, new season and new advancements to return the outdoor experiences as we had come to expect, if not bigger and better. We are very grateful for the support that our site viewers and site advertisers have given us through these unprecedented times and for continuing partnerships with us for the upcoming year as well. We have several new advertisers this year and want to welcome AFTCO, RUSSELL MARINE PRODUCTS, SIMMS and 13 FISHING on board! Please remember to support those that support the sport we love! Good luck to all in the competitive fishing scene as well as those who are fun fishing on the hunt for their new personal best. We hope that all of the features of the stie, as well as the free magazine offer you ways to improve your fishing game this year. Good luck on the water! Wayne
Fall 2020
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
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

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Lake Reports

New Melones Lake
New Melones Lake By Started the day running lake points . First stop me and my buddy fishing 35 ‘ of water he sets the hook on 3 lb largemouth using a Carolina rig . Couple minutes later I hook up a nice spot 2 3/4 lb on a drop shot . Needless to say we duplicated this around lake with great results .
New Melones Lake
New Melones Lake By Went to my new Melones and fished for 8 hours. Got on the water by 9 and roads were very icy coming in. Not sure why they were icy but I saw two accidents. Tried a lot of patterns and they all didn’t work, jigs deep, jigs shallow, swimbaits, drop shot, Ned, none produced bites. Fished a float and fly and let my bait soak for 10 minutes per cast to get bites. Only had a handful of keepers, none of them were big. I went on Wednesday the 13th and there were probably 70 boats on the water, mostly bass boats. Couldn’t fish half of my spots and people were less than courteous when I was fishing and rolling up very close to me. Not worth it. Berryessa is fishing too good right now to drive that icy road in.

From the Blogs

Mill Dots; Something you might or might not know by Mike Rogers
Mill Dots; Something you might or might not know by Mike Rogers By

Think back at WWll, when Captain’s of submarines looked through their periscopes, and ranged their target. He was actually measuring the ship’s length in mils?and since whole classes of ships were built to the same dimensions, he already knew its length in yards. This is pretty much the same way we range today with a […]

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