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Summer 2019 Summer 2019 Hi Anglers, Another season, another issue of WesternBass.com Magazine! I hope all the rain and weather has put some productive fishing in front of us all. I am especially looking forward to frog fishing season. It is always an explosive time of year! The whole WesternBass team is also anxious to head out to ICAST again to help bring you the best of what is to come for our industry. I also want to announce that even before ICAST, a new release that will hit the market with a must-have fishing rod. Designed by the Father of Flippin’ of himself, Dee Thomas, this new rod was created and tested to every specification of the legend himself. They will be available as a limited run, exclusively at Fisherman’s Warehouse, one of the WesternBass sponsors. With that being said, I would like remind everyone that the support of our sponsors is what keeps WesternBass available for us all. Please support our sponsors as they support us and the sport that we love. Good Fishing! Wayne
Spring 2019
Spring 2019 Hi Anglers It seems each season when we go to “print”, I cannot believe how fast the time has gone. It is no different with this spring. One third of the year has already passed and I’ve been busy making travel plans for the year’s biggest industry event – ICAST. I’m looking forward to it! With all of the rain, the spring looks like it will bring a helluva fishing season. It is great to see the lakes full and some pictures of some big ones already being shown off. As we know there have been a lot of changes within the industry competition this past year and it is exciting to see how it plays out! As you follow your favorites, please consider the WesternBass site and supporting our magazine sponsors. They are the reason that we can bring you the content that we do. Good Fishing! Wayne
Winter 2019
Winter 2019 Hi Anglers! Here we are ready to kick off another year of fishing. Every time I write this letter to the WesternBass. com Magazine readers, it amazes me how the time flies. The rain is forecasted for us soon and hopefully, it will fill the lakes for springtime fishing that we are looking forward to. As I wrap this greeting up, I would like to ask you to support the advertisers that keep this magazine and site available for you. WesternBass couldn’t do it without them. We appreciate them for allowing us to keep the bass fishing info coming to you and we appreciate your support of us and of our sponsors. In closing, I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I send my best wishes to those that are dealing with the devastation that the California fires have caused. It has been a rough year(s) for many in our state. Best wishes to all and hope you have a great fishing year! Wayne

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Industry Press Releases

GILL Fishing Shirts Made from Recycled Material
GILL Fishing Shirts Made from Recycled Material Along the lines of growing conservationism, GILL is proud to announce their unique initiative to produce fishing apparel manufactured with performance fabrics made from recycled PET bottles.
Coyote Cyclone Flasher
Coyote Cyclone Flasher Luhr-Jensen’s new easy-pulling, fully rotating Coyote Cyclone Flasher features an innovative Kick-Fin design that enables it to call in big salmon and lake trout at several trolling speeds.
Lures for 2020 from Z-Man
Lures for 2020 from Z-Man Based on growing demand for more varieties of ElaZtech® softbaits, corresponding terminal tackle options, spinnerbaits, and ChatterBait® bladed jigs, Z-Man is thrilled to unveil 17 new products for the 2020 season.
Increased Performance, Reduced Price from St. Croix Legend Surf
Increased Performance, Reduced Price from St. Croix Legend Surf St. Croix Legend Surf--Increased Performance, Reduced Price St. Croix redesigns Legend® Surf rod series to deliver heightened performance and value
Standout college bass fishing team earns School of the Year honors
Standout college bass fishing team earns School of the Year honors St. Croix Sponsored McKendree College Takes School of Year Honors Standout college bass fishing team earns School of the Year honors

Lake Reports

Camanche Lake
Camanche Lake By by StanL » Sun Aug 18, 2019 9:20 pm Fishing Lake Camanche August 17.jpg Fishing Lake Camanche August 17 When we got to Camanche the surface temperature was 79° and everywhere we looked the water was pretty clear. The lake had about 6 to 10 foot visibility ,so we started off fishing the north side of lake. We began by throwing a Rico and a Berkeley J-Walker with no luck. As the sun came up we moved out to Island tops in 15nto 25 feet of water, so we started concentrating on down baits. We tried everything plus the kitchen sink at them. The only bates that worked for us was a dropshot With a Strike King Dream Shot worm and a Frenzy Nail with a Zoom Trick Worm. We ended up fishing until about noon. We only caught seven fish. It’s still beats staying home and mowing the lawn. I hope this helps good luck fishing! Stan
Clear Lake
Clear Lake By Got off of work at 1:30 and got up to the lake by 5. I took my girlfriend with me this trip so I spent a majority of the evening driving around and showing her all of the cool spots on the lake. Fished for a couple of hours here and there and missed 4 and only got one in the boat. (How do you only get one fish in the boat at Clearlake? lol) Planned on fishing all day Sunday but because of family stuff that came up I had to drive home early in the morning. Anyway.... the lake didn't look to bad in any of the spots. There are definitely a lot of bigger mats showing up in the Northern end of the lake. The wind was blowing so the algae was not built up thick anywhere except for the bottom by Redbud. The water clarity from Lakeport to Nice was pretty bad, from Lakeside Park down to the south end of the lake looked pretty good. I missed all of the fish on topwater and one on a senko. I got one at the very end of the night on a square bill right before heading back to the ramp. Throw buzz baits, whopper poppers, and frogs when the sun is barely coming up or setting. Im talking like I caught a lot of fish this trip but I didn't because I was showing my girlfriend the whole lake. But, based on the conditions of the water and the weather, top water should be dead on right now and the reaction bite seemed to be picking up for crank baits compared to how its been the rest of the year (again, 1 fish) Even though I only got the one fish in the boat I still got it on camera. Checkout my youtube video to see my trip from this last weekend. Good Luck! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q3YtC1Cujg&t=15s

From the Blogs

Rhodes and White dominate at Wappapello
Rhodes and White dominate at Wappapello By David Ladyman and I were Boat 45 out of the 84 bass boats launching out of Lake Wappapello?s Redman Creek for The Wappapello Bass Circuit. We had found some bass up river in pre-fish but figured most boats were heading up that way. The river can get crowded on tournament day, and being boat 45 […]