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I just seen a news piece here on western bass saying the FPT on New Melones is this weekend February 18. A couple things really got me scratchin my head when I seen the flyer. It says the weather will be 77 degrees so get ready for some big fish, well I go to the weather app and angels camp is gonna...

I just seen a news piece here on western bass saying the FPT on New Melones is this weekend February 18. A couple things really got me scratchin my head when I seen the flyer. It says the weather will be 77 degrees so get ready for some big fish, well I go to the weather app and angels camp is gonna...

Man this story just made me think buying a 100K$ boat is definitely not worth it. Ya they look cool, that’s the point lol. I have a 1989 bass tracker TX17 with a Johnson 70HP I had rebuilt and the thing is a tank for the last 4 yrs straight fishing almost every single weekend literally year around. ...

I have a question for all you fishin fiends about Clearlake. I’ve never been before and a buddy of mine and I thought about heading there this next week. We’re coming from Modesto so it’s gonna be a costly trip. I’m just wondering how good that place truly is for anyone who has 0 experience with the...

Damn it, isn’t there a huge 2-3 day WWBT tournament in the delta this same exact weekend coming up as well? For us weekend fun fishermen this SUCKS. Y’all need to calm down on how many tourneys there are it’s like 2-3 PER WEEKEND in the delta. Let alone back to back tourneys on the reservoirs. To ma...

I was out yesterday as well 7-12pm and caught them on walking baits and senkos. Tried chatter, spinner, flipping the grass on low tide, and frogging but nothing on that. Walking bait seemed to be the only thing working, the smaller baits as well as 3lb on the larger strike king mega dawg.

Hey fellow anglers just wanted to share a small story I experienced today and see what 2 cents y’all might have on it. I was fishing tulloch this morning and hooked a nice fish probably a little shy of 3 pounds. Anyways it dives for a few secs and as I start bringing it up, boat sitting in 25ft of w...

There’s probably some people trying to keep this a secret but dare I ask what launches are even open out in the delta currently? I fished last Tuesday out of Italian slough and the lady said sheriffs came by and said she had to shut the launch down. Same with rivers end. Tiki was closed. Not so sure...

So it sounds more like a boat launch restriction due to people congregating there. Bank fishn it is I guess.

Well I honestly already figured this was coming but I hit the delta today out of Lazy M marina and when I got back the lady who lives in the back house, not Ruth, said she got told she had to shut the launch down due to it being non essential. She said Rivers End got told the same thing and that Apr...

The Dobyns champion series is pricey, I’m sure for very good reason, not hating on Dobyns I love that brand! I’ve never been able to pony up the $ for a champion series, YET anyways lol. That Irod bubs punch rod I mentioned runs 150$ and I’ve yanked 4-5 pounders outta the thick hyacinth in the delta...

I punch with a Irod bubs punch rod and that thing is an awesome punch rod. Haven’t punched with a fury series but do own a few and they are great rods as well. If I were to punch with the fury I’d go with the heavier models for sure.

Wow thanks for all the info guys. My S10 is rated to pull 5200lbs and I’m thinking the the 18ft aluminum boat would be somewhere around 2500lbs loaded up, that’s just a rough guesstimate. But I pretty much just use a truck to tow my boat, I have a car to shoot around town, so I’m thinking in the lon...

Hey western bass community forgive me if there’s already a topic on the subject but I just wanted some info from people who have the experience. Anyways I tow a 1989 bass tracker TX17 with a 2003 Chevy S10 4x4 with no issues it’s a light boat. Well I had my truck in the shop for a blow CV joint and ...

Hey everyone I was fishing today on the San Joaquin River outside ripon/airport way area at a spot I frequently have been fishing for the last 2 years and a big sea lion showed up today and was obviously feeding. I had never seen one that far up the San Joaquin River. I wasn’t all that far from wher...

Looks awesome so long as they stay the hell away from the west coast hahaha. We have enough fishing pressure as it is!

All I can add is wholly smokes am I glad I am just a hobbyist fishermen. I can’t imagine being on the same lake with 185 boats, that just sounds absolutely ridiculous if you ask me. Good thing is when you don’t fish tournaments, you can chuckle at all the drama that happenes within these tournaments.

I vote to not have a pro/am on Pedro for another 20 years lol. Stick to Melones, leave Pedro for the locals lol! I’ve been fishing hardcore the last couple years and whereas before I thought tournaments could be fun here and there, I’ve slowly changed my opinion solely due to the amount of tournamen...

I’m relatively new to hardcore fishing, I’ve been running a boat the last year and a half and something I’ve noticed, maybe true, maybe not, was there’s an influx of people getting into fishing specifically for the tournament, make something of myself, get attention reasons. Its weird but it seems l...