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National Bass West

Congratulations to Chris Nickerson and Tom Zaan taking top honors at round 3 of our Diamond Valley Marina region! 2nd was Steve Latino and Michael Kuzara and 3rd Mike Folkestad and Tony Perkins. Congratulations to our sportsman division winners Garrick Noble and Corbin Clinedinst! 2nd place Anthony Nigro and Sean Dutch 3rd place Anthony Garcia and Adam Garcia.

Looks like my old pond is fishing pretty tough right now!

Maybe the JEWEL has turned into a cubic zirconia

Since 2019 anglers that fish DVL have reported catching 23,023 legal sized LMB. Only 117 were kept resulting in a 0.5% harvest rate. Essentially exclusive catch and release practices have resulted in a slow growing, highly educated Florida-strain LMB population which is currently on display. Throw in the added competition from the robust Flathead Catfish and Striped Bass populations that overlap forage and habitat requirements of the bass, and it will be more of the same in the future if anglers don't start making tacos out of their "little buddies".