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Summer 2022 Summer 2022 Hi All, It is great to see the fishing season in full swing! Summertime is ICAST time, and WesternBass is looking forward to going to the event to see what is new on the horizon for the fishing industry. Fish care is always of the utmost importance in our sport, and we are happy to announce two of our site sponsors working together towards sustaining our industry with Fisherman’s Warehouse Megastore sponsoring the Wild West Bass Trail / APEX release boats this year. Once again, we thank you for your support of the site and all it offers. We ask that you always consider the support of the Westernbass sponsors. They are the reason it is possible to bring you WesternBass and we want to support those that support us! With that, we want to say that we are excited to bring another issue of the WesternBass.com Magazine to our readers. Please enjoy and tight lines!Again, thank you – the site users for your support of WesternBass and remind everyone to support those that support our industry! Wayne
Spring 2022
Spring 2022 Hi All, As we head into spring, I am always excited to see the big ones that will be caught. Here, at WesternBass we are always rooting for those PB’s and fun days on the water in general. We are happy to continue with a new season because of our sponsors – the ones that have been with us since the beginning, new ones that have just joined and all in between. Please remember without them supporting us, we couldn’t be here for you. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! We welcome Fisherman’s Warehouse as a continued title sponsor and their support as a new major sponsor of the Wild West Bass Trail (WWBT) as well as the Best Bass Tournaments (BBT) and the Future Pro Tour events. We love to be a part of the fishing world and feel that the team of WesternBass, Fisherman’s Warehouse and the tournament organizations are a great partnership to continue to bring you the best of our industry, in many aspects. WesternBass would also like to welcome our newest site sponsors. · American Baitworks · Bajio Sunglasses · St. Croix Rods Again, thank you – the site users for your support of WesternBass and remind everyone to support those that support our industry! Wayne
Winter 2022
Winter 2022 Hi All, What a 2021 we’ve had! Wow! Did Ken Mah close out the year?!?!?! That was very fun to watch! It is great to be kicking off a new fishing season! The winter always gets me thinking about Shasta where many of the western tournament circuits start their new year. Whether you are fun fishing or tournament fishing or a spectator, it is always exciting to think about what is in store for the West and what new fish tales we will have to talk about! As always, we at WesternBass ask that you take a look at our sponsors and know that they are the ones that keep our site going! They support the fishing industry, and we encourage you to support the ones that support our sport! May you and your family have a safe and GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON! Tight lines,Thank you all for your support and good luck on the water! Wayne

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ICAST Future and Past The International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades is the world’s largest sportfishing trade show.
100 Fish Hooked at Let’s Go Fishing Screamin’ Reels Tournament
100 Fish Hooked at Let’s Go Fishing Screamin’ Reels Tournament Ladies Hook 100 Fish at Let’s Go Fishing Screamin’ Reels Tournament Ladies came from as far away as Georgia to learn fishing and compete at the non intimidating LLGF Screamin’ Reels tournament June 24-26, 2022 in Islamorada, FL. Hosted by the nonprofit Ladies Let’s Go Fishing Foundation, the tournament kicked off on Friday at the Tavernier Elks Club. On Saturday and Sunday the ladies learned fishing skills off Islamorada, FL on the boats, catching a total of 100 fish on flat calm seas.
Former NFL All-Pro Cole Goes From Pass Rush to Bass Rush
Former NFL All-Pro Cole Goes From Pass Rush to Bass Rush Two-time All-Pro Trent Cole Jr. of Xenia, Ohio, retired from the NFL in 2017 but is fueling his competitive fire on the Bassmaster circuit.
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Hobie Raising Funds for Revived Soldiers
Hobie Raising Funds for Revived Soldiers 40 dealerships in U.S. and Europe will participate in United By Water Ukraine fundraiser OCEANSIDE, Calif. (June 27, 2021) - Hobie, the leading manufacturer of premium kayaks and watersport products, has officially launched the campaign United By Water Ukraine. Partnering with BRD Custom, Hobie designed six unique Ukraine-themed SKINS and applied them to Mirage Compass pedal kayaks, available at over 40 dealerships throughout the United States and Europe.

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California Delta
California Delta By Another nice morning... launched just before daybreak and headed straight to San Joaquin fav spot... initially started with popper over 4-6ft water and grass...bite was hot for about 20 mins and just shut down. Decided to slow roll shallow red squarebills and bite was on again...nothing large, maybe 1lb - 2lb plus a bunch of 10"-12"ers. All the smaller ones were aggressive takedowns and crazy fight making us think they were schoolie stripers, which at least 5-6 were. But then the others were the spunky juveniles. Moved to another fav location near Little Connection and water seemed a bit stained as the prev location was pretty clear. Buddy nailed a 6lber on a LiveTarget Pumpkinseed (green) lipless...I wish I had his feel for the vegetation... he was counting down 5 secs and then working it through and just above the veggies. I was using a squarebill Livetarget Pumpkinseed and I would slow roll it till it met some veggie...then pause and let it float up and away, then start again. A lot of bites came on the initial cast/slow roll or after a pause at the veggie. Also caught a choice few on both wacky and t-rigged stick worm (General)... I was t-rigging a 6" and buddy wacky 5"... green pumpkin laminate and junebug. Fun morning, off the water by 11:15.
California Delta
California Delta By Started first light; honored to meet Steve Cooper of In Deep on the Delta, launching at same time. Very cool guy! OK, decided to wait a bit to let it get more light so just outside the launch, started throwing R2S bubble walker; many many blowups and even a few feisty almost-keeper stripers. I was using a loon and buddy was using bone, I think I got more blowups but he hooked up just as well. Ran down to San Joaquin and even though the tide was on its last third to bottom out, it was still not a shallow low tide, still had some depth. Started throwing red cranks and buddy immediately nailed a 25" striper...ceviche time! We continued to get em to bite the crankbaits. I switched to a sunfish/orange belly just to see and they were hittin' that one too. Nothing big though. Biggest might have been 2.5lbs but most were in the 1lb or barely keeper range. We didn't care... fish on the hook spells FUN... well for us on our light to med-light gear it does. Ran back up to Disappointment and just worked the rockwall and tule islands. Very few on plastics though we didn't fish them a lot... kept going back to the cranks. Only a couple on the chatterbait and again, kept going back to the red cranks. Nice to have met you Steve!!

From the Blogs

Elk Stuffed Bell Peppers
Elk Stuffed Bell Peppers By

This recipe is not from my family like the others but I found it in a wild game book and used it and had to share.   Here is a list of what you need; 6 to 8 cups of venison or elk backstrap, depending how many you are cooking for.? Make sure all the […]

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