Fishing Articles
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Comprehensive Delta Fishing Report | Early Fall Update October 14
Caught a 9lb, 6oz fish yesterday down in the green pea soup of Disco Bay! She literally choked that GunPowder Wadda Jig! Big fish Jig bite continues! Photo: Andy "Cooch" Cuccia
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Year of the Big Bass
This season has been strange for me. I have caught tons of giant bass but have generally done pretty average in tournaments. In fact, I can recall three or four days when one fish was half of my total weight. I can't complain though, it has just been interesting that I can find one really good one and the rest are dinks. It is not like I have dedicated to "big fish" techniques like swimbaits or anything as most of my bigger fish have come on old standbys like jigs, crankbaits and drop-shot.
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Top-3 Daiwa Products Under $200
Daiwa's first spinning reel rolled off the assembly line in 1955. Since then, the company has grown into one of the largest and most influential tackle companies in the world today. To handle sales and distribution in the United States, Daiwa Corporation first opened its doors on September 26, 1966, operating from a small facility in Culver City, California. Today, based in Cypress, California, Daiwa Corporation sells tackle throughout the United States, Canada, Central and South America.
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Clear Lake Fire Pix | BBT Donation Info
BBT Promotions manager John Hennecke will be taking a run up to Clear Lake Friday to drop off a load of water and other goods to help support the people of Clear Lake this Friday. If you have water, canned food, pet food, diapers or toiletries you would like to donate please PM him and we will try to make arrangements to pick them up
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Lowrance Screenshot Interpretation | Concrete Slab | Mid-Sized Baitfish | Bottom Comp Change
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Luke Clausen shares his interpretation of three different screenshots. Lowrance Screenshot #1 | Lowrance StructureScan Concrete Slab
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4 Best Smallmouth Jerkbait Colors
Smallmouth fishing? Here are the four best colors to use a jerkbait to target smallies.
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How to Win the U.S. Open with Johnny Johnson
The U.S. Open is the premier tournament in the west and has long been known as one of the most challenging bass tournaments anywhere. Lake Mead hosts the event every year and proves to be a unique venue as tough fishing, big waves, and extreme heat often plays into the strategy of anglers. With the move to October this year, last year’s winner Johnny Johnson believes the fishing will be better and shares his predictions for the event and gives a strategy to win this year’s Open.
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Comprehensive Delta Fishing Report | Early Fall Update October 7
More Salmon reports in the area as anglers recover still around as temperatures return more fall like
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Shallow Water Cranking for Fall Bass
A great way to target bass during the fall that allows you to cover water quickly and also mimic the shad that the bass are feeding heavily on as they fatten up before winter is a shallow running crankbait.
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Wild West Bass Trail at Berryessa for Team Championship and AOY Points Race
The Wild West Bass Trail (WWBT) blasts off on Lake Berryessa Oct. 6-8 for its 2017 California Teams year-end championship. The event marks the final opportunity for the 73 qualifying teams to add points to their standings in the 2017 Anglers of the Year (AOY) race.
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3 Ways to Retrieve a Boom Boom and other Swimbait Info with Fred Roumbanis
Fred Roumbanis, like many anglers with California roots, loves swimbaits. Even though he has moved from the west as he fishes the Bassmaster Elite Series, swimbaits are still a big part of his game. His years of experience with them have given him the confidence to use them in a variety of situations from coast to coast.
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Why You Are Incredibly Fortunate and Why You Should Be Furious | California Anglers
You want to know a secret – most are largely a serendipitous windfall on behalf of California state resource agencies. Very few of these fisheries were propagated and developed by design and very few have any ongoing monitoring, research or regulatory oversight to enhance or protect the fishery.
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Looking Good and Running Longer with Mark Menendez
Everyone who owns a truck and boat wants to keep them running great and looking good. Professional angler Mark Menendez is like any other angler, he wants to keep his equipment looking sharp and not have to spend too much time to keep it that way. The same is true of how his truck runs as he depends on it to get to the next tournament. To accomplish all of this, he relies on five products from Lucas Oil.
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Comprehensive Delta Fishing Report | September 29
Photo: Bobby Barrack from Back to Class Guide Service Striper Fishing the Delta This week Dan’s Delta Outdoors winds up the Regular season with One day event at Big Break Marina Saturday and Sunday! It’s been a great series let’s see who comes out on top!
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Lake Oroville Fishing Report Update September 26
Launched at Lime Saddle about 6:40 am today, almost shocked at how far down the water went, off the lake at 10:15 am. Looks like 7 or so days left for this ramp
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Giant Lineside on the Deps SS250
We've been struggling to put a consistent pattern together over the last few weeks, but every now and then we get the right kind of bite! On this day we saw the tide would be primo around sunrise, but launched extra early to be in position.
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5 Best Berkley Dropshot Baits
From creatures to worms, here are the 5 best Berkley baits to power your dropshot for targeting bass.
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Bass Lures for the Late Summer Early Fall Transition with Braxton Setzer
Late summer and early fall are when the bass begin to focus on shad. Targeting these bass often requires a variety of techniques, a willingness to move quickly and using your eyes to locate schooling activity.
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Calico Bassin' on the California Coast with Jared LIntner
Calicos are very much like a largemouth or a smallmouth, they just pull harder. I learned a lot about how current affects from doing things like this. Even if they’re 100-feet deep, some rock piles are just better that others that seem similar just because of how the current hits them. The tide affects them, too, but it’s more about the current.
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Comprehensive Delta Fishing Report | Summer to Fall Transition Update September 22
Finally a bit cooler With Big Heat finally behind us, the salmon are starting to show in better numbers in the area. The cooler evening temps have helped the bite tremendously.