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Lake Jordan Stocked with More Than a Quarter Million Florida Bass With More on the Way
In May 2015, the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) stocked Lake Jordan with more than 227,000 Florida largemouth bass fingerlings.
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Westernbass Magazine, Summer 2015
Hi, First I Would Like To Thank You All For Supporting Westernbass and Our Sponsors. As You All Know, Our Sponsors Is What Makes This Magazine And All The Content FREE To You !!! The heat of the summer has finally hit us! We’ve already enjoyed some of the annual summer events with the Yamamoto Big Bass Challenge on the Delta and the WON Bass California Open at Clear Lake and we still have several more to look forward to including the frog events. The California Delta will welcome TWO frog events this year. For 2015, the Snag Proof Open and Angler’s Press will hold separate frog events. The ever-popular, longstanding, ORIGINAL frog only event - the Snag Proof Open will blast off for its 14th annual tournament on the first weekend of August (1st and 2nd) as it always has. There are some changes to the Snag Proof Open format for this year. NEW for the anglers: - The event will be run by Randy Pringle and the BBT staff, who will be donating their time, allowing for a 100% entry fee payback. - Boat order will not be by signups. There will be a lottery draw for boat release order. - All entries received by July 15 will receive a FREE breakfast on Day 1 AND a FREE BBQ at weigh-in of Day 1. In this issue of the WesternBass.com Magazine, you will be able to find several tips to get a jump on your frog fishing as well as other summertime tips, tricks, techniques and other fishing news. STAY tuned to the site in mid-July as WesternBass will travel to Florida for the 2015 ICAST show. We will be there to keep you up to date on the latest and greatest industry innovations. Until then, enjoy the summer issue! Wayneg
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Record Largemouth Caught at Camanche
Kevin Miranda of Sac just caught the NEW LAKE RECORD BASS! 18.17 lbs 31" long, 24" girth! Caught out by Little Hat Island on crank bait. It is reported that Miranda caught it on a River2Sea V-joint minnow crankbait.
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Manmade Structure Added to Arkansas Harris Brake Lake
Fisheries biologists recently placed 45 Mossback Fish Habitat Trophy Trees in 24 locations on Harris Brake Lake.
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Extreme Caution Suggested for Lake Users On High Water Levels
The Army Corps of Engineers is urging all visitors to Bull Shoals and Norfork lakes to exercise extreme caution while water levels are high. Campers, swimmers, and boaters visiting park areas should use extreme caution and be aware that certain recreation areas may be closed to the public for their protection. Boaters should be aware that with the higher water conditions objects normally out of the water are now submerged and difficult to see.
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Winner's Interview: Nacimiento Summertime Tournament Report from BBT Champions
Winner's report with the 1st place team at the BBT's tournament at Lake Nacimiento on June 6, 2015.
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Nacimiento Summertime Tournament Report from BBT Champions
Winner's report with the 1st place team at the BBT's tournament at Lake Nacimiento on June 6, 2015.
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Ranger Pro Michael Wooley Wins FLW Tour Event on Lake Chickamauga
Tennessee native collects $125,000 prize with first career FLW Tour win FLIPPIN, AR- - Ranger Pro Michael Wooley has a lifetime of fishing experience on Tennessee River impoundments like Pickwick and Kentucky Lake. But with his hometown of Collierville, Tennessee, on the opposite side of The Volunteer State from Lake Chickamauga, another Tennessee River impoundment, the second-year FLW pro didn't enter the year's fifth tour stop with any kind of home-state advantage.
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4 Rescued After Boat Capsizes in Lake Erie
Boasting Safety AppCLEVELAND – A Coast Guard boat crew from Station Marblehead, Ohio, rescued four people from Lake Erie Friday afternoon after the people's boat capsized near Kelley's Island, sending all four into the lake.
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Lake Fish Stocking to Continue
Efforts to re-establish a viable fishery in Lake Altus-Lugert will continue after recent sampling efforts that show the lake has not recovered from two deadly golden algae blooms. "We are doing everything we can, because it is our highest priority," said Larry Cofer, southwest region fisheries supervisor for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
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FLW Circuit Breaker Episode 2 Lewis Smith Lake - Mark Daniels Jr.
The third season of FLW Circuit Breaker continues the saga of chasing green fish as told from the perspective of Mark Daniels Jr. This sprawling second episode centers around the Lewis Smith Lake event while also exploring MDJ's family life in Alabama and his younger years growing up fishing the California Delta. Can MDJ ride the momentum of recent Tour and FLW Series success to bring in another strong finish?
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Bass Habitat at Texas' Lake Austin Enhanced With Attractors
Austin—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) partnered with Texas Tournament Zone (TTZ) and the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department and Watershed Protection to install fish habitat structures assembled out of brush into Lake Austin on June 7, 2015. TTZ, a Friends of Reservoirs chapter member, has led fundraising efforts and volunteer recruitment to help restore fish habitat recently denuded in the lake. Ashe juniper (mountain cedar) tree cuttings will be bundled and sunk at strategic fishing hotspots throughout the lake.
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Record Hybrid Striped Bass Certified
OUTDOOR WRITERS OF OHIO STATE RECORD FISH COMMITTEE New Ohio State Record Hybrid Striped Bass Certified A new Ohio record Hybrid Striped Bass (a cross between a white bass and a striped bass) has been certified by the Outdoor Writers of Ohio State Record Fish Committee. The new state record hybrid striper, weighing 18.32 pounds, was caught by Richard A. Knisely of Washington Court House, Ohio in a feeder creek to Deer Creek Lake in Fayette County.
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Evers Slams Door On BASSfest Victory, Earns Automatic Classic Berth
Edwin Evers of Talala, Okla., takes first place at the Zippo Bassmaster BASSfest presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps om Kentucky Lake. He brought a four-day total of 97 pounds, 4 ounces to the scales.
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Iaconelli with the Flat Dawg on Clear Lake
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Mike Iaconelli with the Berkley Havoc Flat Dawg on Clear Lake
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Second Chance At BASSfest
Randy Howell of Springville, Ala., takes the lead at the Second Chance tournament on Lake Barkley — part of the five-day Zippo Bassmaster BASSfest presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps competition — with a weight of 18 pounds, 1 ounce and earns one of 10 spots back in the competition Saturday.
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Evers’ 8-pound Largemouth Lifts Him Into Lead At BASSfest
Edwin Evers of Talala, Okla., takes the lead on Day 2 of the Zippo Bassmaster BASSfest Elite presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps at Kentucky Lake bringing 27 pounds, 2 ounces to the scales for a two-day total weight of 51 pounds, 2 ounces.
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University of Alabama Qualifies for Ranger Cup
FLIPPIN, AR - John Davis and Payton McGinnis, collegiate anglers from the University of Alabama, qualified for the 2015 Ranger Cup University Team of the Year Challenge with a seventh-place finish in the recent 10th Anniversary BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Cabela's at Lake Pickwick.
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Fishing Moses Lake in Washington State
Moses Lake is a Washington State fishery known for a mix of dynamic smallmouth and trophy largemouth. With a semi-arid climate and very few fishing restrictions, this area of the region is nearly 6,800 acres of bass abundant water that many anglers utilize for early ice-out fishing. In spring, reaction baits are the most effective methods for catching quality fish that quickly advance through the stages of spawning.
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Surprise Cull Springs Tennessean DeFoe Into Lead On Kentucky Lake for BASSfest
Ott DeFoe of Knoxville, Tenn.., takes the lead on the first day of the Zippo Bassmaster BASSfest presented by A.R.E. Truck Caps at Kentucky Lake, bringing 26 pounds, 7 ounces to the scales on Wednesday.
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