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  • Used Bass Boat Buying Guide

    Used Bass Boat Buying Guide

    Not everyone is in the market for a brand new boat. Some can’t swing it financially and some would just rather spend less. Whatever the case, there are plenty of good used bass boats to be found and if you do the research, you can find an excellent boat at a fraction of the cost of a new one.

  • Yamamoto D Shad | Summer Tips with Jason Borofka

    Yamamoto D Shad | Summer Tips with Jason Borofka

    The Yamamoto D Shad as a Bluegill Imitator and Other Tips for Summer Bassin' with the Soft Plastic Swimbait

  • Dating and Aging Trophy Largemouth Bass

    Dating and Aging Trophy Largemouth Bass

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    Most bass anglers would agree the qualification criterion for a true trophy largemouth bass is 10 pounds. Why is it bass anglers are obsessed with catching a bass meeting or exceeding this weight?

  • Swimbaiting for Stripers with a Forrest Wood Cup champion

    Swimbaiting for Stripers with a Forrest Wood Cup champion

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    Anthony Gagliardi, the 2014 Forrest Wood Cup champion, makes his living as a professional bass angler on the FLW Tour and he is great at it. He’s a Forrest Wood Cup champion and has many more accomplishments, but when the season is over he spends time fishing for stripers. Lake Murray near his home is an excellent striper lake and it usually lines up perfectly for him in the offseason.

  • #FBF to Butch Brown Tips for the Thumper Tail

    #FBF to Butch Brown Tips for the Thumper Tail

    Brown classifies the bait as “old school” and says he was given one in the mid-90’s from the owner of Optimum Baits. “I was fishing from shore and he threw it up to me,” recalls Brown. The bait was a success and Brown created his own mold of the bait and made modifications in colors, weighting and hook placement. He makes a point of molding successful baits in the event that are no longer made.

  • Bassing Tips from St. Croix Pro Karl Kalonka

    Bassing Tips from St. Croix Pro Karl Kalonka

    Extreme Angler television host and St. Croix pro Karl Kalonka puts a bead on bass Park Falls, WI– And now we go to our Canadian correspondent, Karl Kalonka, for blue-chip bass fishing tips… Say what? (Insert sound of vinyl record screeching to a halt.) Yes, friends, the Canadian frontier isn't only about lifer walleyes, paddle-length pike and legal Cuban cigars. Our neighbor to the north also tenders world-class smallmouth AND… largemouth bass fishing. That, and the nation known for producing elite hockey talent is also home to a fountain of bass fishing information.

  • Line Management Tips with Cody Meyer #Seaguar

    Line Management Tips with Cody Meyer #Seaguar

    Line Management Tips with Cody Meyer #Seaguar

  • Sight-Fishing Tips with Hunter Shryock

    Sight-Fishing Tips with Hunter Shryock

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    Sight fishing for bedding bass is a yearly occurrence that many bass anglers look forward to. Hunter Shryock is an up and coming Bassmaster Opens pro who has a passion for fishing for bass he can see. He has spent time perfecting the approach by having the right baits, learning the tendencies of each fish and doing everything he can to stay undetected.

  • LIVETARGET Swimbait | Gear Tips

    LIVETARGET Swimbait | Gear Tips

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    Rod, Reel and LIne for the new LIVETARGET Swimbait Series

  • LIVETARGET Swimbait | Gear Tips

    LIVETARGET Swimbait | Gear Tips

    Rod, Reel and LIne for the new LIVETARGET Swimbait Series

  • West Coast Glide Bait Tips | Ninja Glider and TopKnot #YoZuri

    West Coast Glide Bait Tips | Ninja Glider and TopKnot #YoZuri

    This video is about Todd Wood Showing tips and tricks with the Hardcore Ninja Glider using TopKnot Mainline

  • Early Season Froggin’ Tips

    Early Season Froggin’ Tips

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    Fishing a topwater hollow body frog is a common lure choice for bass fisherman once the vegetation becomes matted during the summer months and into the fall; but it also shouldn’t be overlooked turning during the early spring season. Frog fishing is a great option in two particular scenarios.

  • Top-3 Bass Boat Insurance Questions ANSWERED!

    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:

  • Carolina rigging, Texas-tubing and Spinner Craws for Bass Fishing with Alton Jones

    Carolina rigging, Texas-tubing and Spinner Craws for Bass Fishing with Alton Jones

    Bass fishing tips for Carolina rigging, Texas-tubing and Spinner Craws for Bass Fishing with Alton Jones

  • Does bass fishing“textbook knowledge” need a skeptical eye?

    Does bass fishing“textbook knowledge” need a skeptical eye?

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    FLW Tour pro and East Texas guide Clark Reehm was an honors student and graduated from Louisiana Tech University, so he knows the value of a good education, but when it comes to bass fishing he looks at “textbook knowledge” with a skeptical eye.

  • When to Flip Fluoro and When to Flip Braid with Flippin' Legend Denny Brauer

    When to Flip Fluoro and When to Flip Braid with Flippin' Legend Denny Brauer

    Flippin' legend Denny Brauer talks about the factors that determine fluoro or braid when flippin' AND its not just the cover!

  • Westernbass Magazine, Spring 2017

    Westernbass Magazine, Spring 2017

    Hi All, Looks like it’s time to kick off a new season of fishing. For some of us in California, that may be on hold due to the high water levels. We are excited to see the fishing trips and tournaments resume in areas that have been affected. I would like to congratulate the Wild West Bass Trail for their record attendance 181 boat draw at their Shasta event and to Best Bass Tournaments for their 128 boat draw at their Northern Region opener at Berryessa. Like longtime WesternBass viewer Jeff Huth said – I think we are safe to say that the fisherman in and around NorCal are ready to fish!!! And, how exciting is to watch – what seems to be an endless supply – of world record-sized spotted bass be caught and sent in to IGFA for certification. Who knows where the next one will come from, what it will weigh and who will catch it – could it be you? Lastly, I want to share my thoughts and prayers with those, such as the Clear Lake, Oroville and Delta residents, that are facing uncertainty and loss due to flooding and evacuations that have occurred because of the rains.

  • Cody Meyer Line Management Tips | Reducing LIne Twist #seaguar

    Cody Meyer Line Management Tips | Reducing LIne Twist #seaguar

    Cody Meyer with line management tips for reducing line twist

  • Navionics Webinar | Finesse Fishing Tips with Tyler Brinks

    Navionics Webinar | Finesse Fishing Tips with Tyler Brinks

    Join Tyler Brinks for his webinar and learn finesse fishing tips

  • 3 Tips to Increase Your Tow Vehicle Fuel Economy with Mark Menendez

    3 Tips to Increase Your Tow Vehicle Fuel Economy with Mark Menendez

    Bassmaster Elite Series pro offers three tips to increase fuel economy> Tow your boat for less money.