REDDING, Calif. — Adjusting to a windy Day 3, APEX pro Alex Klein of Oroville, Calif. tallied a 3-day total of 38.89 pounds to win the Wild West Bass Trail Superclean Showdown on Shasta Lake presented by Bridge Bay at Shasta Lake and Phil’s Propellers.
Going into Championship Sunday, Klein trailed Day-2 leader John Maes by less than half a pound. At the final tally, Klein had edged second-place Ryan Friend by 1.04.
After placing 58th on Day 1 with 9.95, Klein raced up the leaderboard with a Day-2 limit of 15.78. Sacking up a final-round limit of 13.16, Klein added his second Wild West Bass Trail trophy to the one he claimed at last year’s Wild West Bass Trail Duel on the Delta.
“It’s incredible,” Klein said of his second major win in as many years. “Winning the first pro-am on the Delta was insane, because it’s the Delta. To almost win a pro-am on Shasta in November and come in second, then to come back and win at Shasta this year is absolutely amazing.
“To win on two bodies of water that are completely opposite — from a shallow water largemouth tidal fishery, to a deep reservoir with spotted bass — in a short amount of time is pretty special to me.”
Returning to the main lake area where the lower Sacramento River arm, Klein worked familiar waters and targeted bank...
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