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  • TRACY BASS TOURNAMENT SAT JAN. 2nd

    TRACY BASS TOURNAMENT SAT JAN. 2nd

    Tracy Bass Tournament this New Year weekend. Information available here.

  • CTT will have national print media coverage for 2016

    CTT will have national print media coverage for 2016

    California Tournament Trail (CTT), the Working Man’s Tournament Circuit is stepping up it's promotional efforts with tournament coverage in Bass Angler Magazine (BAM), a quarterly print magazine serving over 30,000 bass junkies. The partnership with Bass Angler will also include website and social media coverage dramatically increasing exposure for participating anglers, their sponsors and circuit sponsors as well, reaching over 100,000 anglers per event.BAM is the industry’s leading publication, providing the best “how-to” articles in fishing, with new features covering the latest bass catching secrets from the nation’s top touring pros in every issue.   About California Tournament Trail (CTT)CTT provides western anglers a fun and competitive environment with the only shared-weight pro-am circuit on the West Coast. CTT draws the "best of the best" western pros enabling co-anglers to learn the ropes and the pros a high-level Pro-Am tournament environment without breaking the bank. CTT fills the void in West Coast Pro-Am’s. - californiatournamenttrail.comCTT Tournament Director: Bill Cook, 661-319-3014, billcook518@yahoo.comMedia Contact: Steve Adams, 619-726-9923, steve@bassanglerhq.comAbout Bass Angler Magazine (BAM)Bass Angler is a quarterly print magazine created specifically to help you become a better fisherman. Every issue is 100 pages, with 25 or more full-length articles. BAM is available in Print, Mobile App or eBook versions and can be purchased nationwide at Tackle Warehouse, Bass Pro Shops, Cabela’s, Gander Mountain, Walmart, Sportsman’s Warehouse, Barnes and Noble and better tackle shops everywhere. - bassanglermag.comEVENTS ARE STARTING NOW - GET SIGNED UP! californiatournamenttrail.com

  • January 2016 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Calendar

    January 2016 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Calendar

    Weekends — Sandhill Crane Wetland Tour at the Woodbridge Ecological Reserve. CDFW docent-led public tours are available to view greater and lesser sandhill cranes at Woodbridge Ecological Reserve outside of Lodi, W Woodbridge Road (95242). Self-guided tours are also available and are enhanced with interpretive panels.

  • Westernbass Magazine, Winter 2016

    Westernbass Magazine, Winter 2016

    Happy Holidays! The new year is always an exciting time in our sport as all of the circuits begin to kick off for another season. WesternBass is looking forward to bringing you the news and information of 2016. We are also looking forward to you sharing your season with us. WesternBass is once again sponsoring the casting tank at the ISE in Sacramento and this year we will also be at the Phoenix ISE show sponsoring the demo tank. We invite all of you to stop by and say hi. We would love to hear from you. I would like encourage you to support our site advertisers that make WesternBass and the WesternBass.com Magazine available for your use. As most of you know, without our advertisers, WesternBass would not exist. I wish all of you the best and most prosperous NEW Year! Tight Lines! Wayne

  • CRUISIN FOR STRIPERS!!

    CRUISIN FOR STRIPERS!!

    Yo-Zuri Ambassador Stephen Ferrell Testing Out The New 2016 Yo-Zuri Surface Cruiser In Connecticut, Stephen Landed Himself A Ton Of Beautiful Stripers and Monster Bluefish Working The Top Water Action Of The Surface Cruiser.

  • East Bay Developer Pleads No Contest to Felony Charges

    East Bay Developer Pleads No Contest to Felony Charges

    A Dublin land developer pleaded no contest today to charges of submitting fraudulent documents to the City of Dublin in an attempt to avoid development requirements to protect two state-protected species, the California Tiger Salamander and the Red-legged frog.

  • California DFW Slates Meetings on Groundfish Management

    California DFW Slates Meetings on Groundfish Management

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will hold five public workshops to discuss groundfish management in California. Attendees will hear an overview of recent groundfish management and science developments and then participate in focused stakeholder discussions on potential changes to recreational and commercial fishery management measures for 2017 and 2018. Several new groundfish stock assessments conducted in 2015 show some previously overfished stocks have been restored, possibly allowing for increased fishing opportunities.

  • Sherman Lake, Stripers and More

    Sherman Lake, Stripers and More

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    Striper anglers are now starting to pick up fish along the lower reaches of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. Lure tossers and bait anglers are both finding lots of small stripers with an occasional ten-pounder. Some of the more dedicated anglers have picked up some fish in the twenty-pound class already this year.

  • Bass Fishing the IMA Shaker on the California Delta

    Bass Fishing the IMA Shaker on the California Delta

    Bass fishing with Pro Guides Bobby Barrack and Nathan Chandler as they break down how to effectively fish an IMA shaker on the California Delta. The IMA shaker is a bait that should be in everyone's tackle box.

  • Bass Fishing the IMA Shaker on the California Delta

    Bass Fishing the IMA Shaker on the California Delta

    Bass fishing with Pro Guides Bobby Barrack and Nathan Chandler as they break down how to effectively fish an IMA shaker on the California Delta. The IMA shaker is a bait that should be in everyone's tackle box.

  • CDFW Patrol Boat Marlin and Other Law Enforcement  Set Up Safety Zone Around Blast

    CDFW Patrol Boat Marlin and Other Law Enforcement Set Up Safety Zone Around Blast

    CDFW Patrol Boat Marlin and marine units from several other law enforcement agencies including CHP and San Francisco Police Dept. set up a security and safety zone around a blast zone in San Francisco bay

  • FLW Circuit Breaker Episode 4 Lake Eufaula - Mark Daniels Jr.

    FLW Circuit Breaker Episode 4 Lake Eufaula - Mark Daniels Jr.

    FLW Circuit Breaker chronicles the fourth Walmart FLW Tour event of the 2015 season at Lake Eufaula. After a lackluster practice, Mark Daniels, Jr. only found two key areas to fish on game day. Meanwhile, other top anglers such as Bryan Thrift are running and gunning all over the entire lake, hitting 80-100 brush piles they’ve graphed. Can MDJ’s program produce enough quality fish to compete against the rest of the field?

  • Anglers Encouraged to Return Striped Bass and Sturgeon Tags for Recognition and Monetary Reward

    Anglers Encouraged to Return Striped Bass and Sturgeon Tags for Recognition and Monetary Reward

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has completed its annual sturgeon tagging program, catching and releasing nearly 400 sturgeon in Bay Area waters.  Many of the tags are eligible for a reward if returned to CDFW by anglers.

  • California Offers Special Fee Licenses for Disabled Vets

    California Offers Special Fee Licenses for Disabled Vets

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) offer reduced-fee hunting and fishing licenses to both resident and nonresident disabled veterans. CDFW also offers several special hunting opportunities for eligible veterans.

  • Commission Delays Opener of Recreational Dungeness Crab Season and Closes Northern Part of Recreational California Rock Crab Fishery

    Commission Delays Opener of Recreational Dungeness Crab Season and Closes Northern Part of Recreational California Rock Crab Fishery

    The California Fish and Game Commission today voted 3-0 in favor of an emergency rulemaking to prohibit recreational take and possession of Dungeness crab and all rock crab from ocean waters, including bays and estuaries, north of the Ventura/Santa Barbara county line. Closure of the fisheries shall remain in effect until the Director of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), in consultation with the Director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), determines that domoic acid levels no longer pose a significant risk to public health and no longer recommends the fisheries be closed.

  • 2015 Anglers Marine Bass A Thon

    2015 Anglers Marine Bass A Thon

    2015 Anglers Marine Bass A Thon

  • California Landowners, Grape Growers and Government Partner to Protect Juvenile Coho

    California Landowners, Grape Growers and Government Partner to Protect Juvenile Coho

    State representatives recently recognized landowners, grape growers, agencies and environmental groups for their part in the development of voluntary programs to save water and protect local fish species in the Russian River watershed during the drought. The recognition took place at a press conference on Friday, Oct. 2 at the Kendall-Jackson Wine Estate & Gardens in Santa Rosa.

  • Reward Offered for Return of Sturgeon Tags from California Delta

    Reward Offered for Return of Sturgeon Tags from California Delta

    State and federal fisheries officials are asking for public assistance and offering a $20 reward for the return of each satellite tag from green sturgeon. The satellite tags, which are programmed to release from the fish after a predetermined time, are most likely to be found along the open ocean coastal portions of San Francisco and San Mateo counties, and the shores and waters of San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay and the Delta.

  • Daiwa Pro Cody on the water

    Daiwa Pro Cody on the water

    Had a chance to get out on the water this week. Had some fun with the Strike King Lure Company Structure Bug, the Owner Hooks J-Rig and of course my Daiwa Corporation - USA rods and reels. Got these fish in consecutive casts off a submerged island.

  • Nimbus Hatchery Fish Ladder to Open Nov. 2

    Nimbus Hatchery Fish Ladder to Open Nov. 2

    The salmon ladder at Nimbus Hatchery in Rancho Cordova will open Monday, Nov. 2, signaling the start of the spawning season on the American River. California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) hatchery workers will open the gates in the ladder at 9:30 a.m. and may take more than a half-million eggs during the first week alone in an effort to ensure the successful spawning of the returning fall-run Chinook salmon.