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Nixon’s Marine Announces New Ownership
Longtime owner, Jeff Priester has announced the sale of Nixon’s Marine and the Northwest Bass (NWB) tournament circuit to fellow fisherman and tournament angler Shawn O’Connell.
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Bryan Thrift’s Heavy Cover Approach
Fishing heavy cover is a great way to catch giant bass. Often, the biggest bass in the lake live in the thickest cover. Getting them to bite can be a challenge and landing them can be even more difficult.
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There’s stuff near the bottom that could be fish
Sonar Tip: I usually run my regular sonar split-screen with the Structure Scan (right side) looking down. With both transducers looking down, I can get two different views of the same thing, which helps me better interpret what I’m seeing.
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Dropshot and Ned Rig | Brandon Lester’s One-Two Punch
When if comes to finesse fishing there are several techniques that bass anglers rely on to catch finicky bass. The drop-shot is a standby for anglers everywhere and the Ned Rig is becoming a staple as well. Bassmaster Elite Series pro Brandon Lester uses both often and has had recent success with both techniques thanks to new terminal tackle options that helped him land more fish.
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12.13 to Win Oroville | FPT Results October 21
Les Myers and Mike Bard conquer Lake Oroville’s stingy bite | Results here
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Louisiana’s Caleb Sumrall Wins B.A.S.S. Nation Championship
A rogue cloud formed the beginning of a winning pattern for Caleb Sumrall at the Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Championship presented by Magellan Outdoors.
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Fairy Wands: What’s The Difference
Call them “fairy wands”, if you must, but the facts are spinning rods and spinning rod techniques catch big bass and top pros rely on them to cash checks more than you think. Whether it is for finessing light baits on light line, tempting highly pressured fish, clear water dropshotting, chasing giant spots or a variety of other reasons, spinning rods are a part of a full arsenal for any angler.
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B.A.S.S. Nation Championship Welcome World’s Top Am Anglers at Hartwell
Amateur bass anglers from the U.S. and nine foreign nations will compete next week on Lake Hartwell in a tournament that will be the ultimate test of their fishing skills.
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MY BOAT’S ON FIRE!!
A quick bass fishing trip turns into chaos when my bass boat catches on fire! Brandon gets scared and thinks we are going to die. Be sure to watch till the end as we catch a few bass on M-Pack swing jigs and find an abandoned boat on Lake Okeechobee.
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What’s New with River2Sea | New Topwater Prop Baits, Frog with a Trailer System, Plastic Coated Spoons with a Stinger and More
Get a first look at the new products that River2Sea has coming to market for 2018. They released new topwater lure, a new frog, a spoon, a hook and several new colors for some of their most popular baits.
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Jerry Brown’s Delta Tunnels Approved by Trump Admin
As I predicted on election night, the President Donald Trump and Governor Jerry Brown administrations have apparently made a deal to fast-track Brown’s legacy project, the Delta Tunnels, considered by opponents to be the most environmentally destructive public works project in California history.
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Cabela’s shareholders to vote on sale to Bass Pro Shops
U.S. antitrust regulators have ended their investigation into Bass Pro Shops’ $4 billion deal to buy Cabela’s, Cabela’s said Wednesday.
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Yo-Zuri Pro Brandon Card Takes Command Of Bassmaster Elite At Mississippi’s Ross Barnett
Brandon Card of Knoxville, Tenn., takes the lead on the first day of the 2017 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite at Ross Barnett, bringing 22 pounds, 14 ounces to the scales on Thursday.
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Lowrance® Dominates 2017 GEICO® Bassmaster Classic
Lowrance®, a world-leader in fishing electronics since 1957, continued its domination of America’s tournament-fishing circuit as Lowrance Pro Jordan Lee won the 2017 Bassmaster Classic Championship on Lake Conroe in Houston, Texas last weekend. A 25-year-old professional angler from Guntersville, Alabama, Lee became the sixth consecutive Lowrance angler to win the Classic when he finished with a three-day total of 56 pounds, 10 ounces, taking home $300,000 and the most coveted trophy in the sport. Steve Kennedy, who also competed in the event with Lowrance marine electronics, finished second with a total weight of 55 pounds, 1 ounce.
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Mike McClelland’s Stickbait Secrets
Getting your bait into the strike zone is a key to getting bites; but in the early days of stickbait fishing it meant you had to modify your bait to get it into the fish zone.
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Top-3 Bass Boat Insurance Questions ANSWERED!
“Ben’s Top 3 Boat Insurance Tips!” Hello Friends of Westernbass.com! First off, I would like to thank all of you who have contacted me for a boat quote in 2017. Over 250 of you have called. You are providing me the opportunity to have a successful small business and pursue my fishing prowess. I am grateful to call you friends. Here is an update on Ben Green Insurance Agency:
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Bobby Lane’s Classic Spring Cranking Approach | Countdown to the Bassmaster Classic
When bass are around the spawning period, Bobby Lane likes to focus on fish that are transitioning to spawning grounds as well as those who have finished. This and more on his 2017 Bassmaster Classic plan for Lake Conroe.
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4 River2Sea Baits Ish Monroe Plans to Use to Win the Classic
California’s Ish Monroe cut it close when he qualified for the 2017 Bassmaster Classic on Lake Conroe in Texas.
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Cliff Crochet Takes Lead In Bassmaster Elite On Tennessee’s Cherokee Lake
Cliff Crochet of Pierre Part, La., takes the lead on the first day of the Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake, bringing 19 pounds, 7 ounces to the scales on Thursday.
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College Grad is New Marketing Outreach Officer at Bob’s Machine Shop
Last year, Tim Parker was casting lines for the University of Florida’s college bass fishing team. Now, the college graduate finds himself in the new Marketing Outreach Officer role at Bob’s Machine Shop.
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