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Post spawn females of all sizes have been coming in consistently. A few representative fish, including Zac’s 9 lb 4 oz beauty.Bass are wrapping up the spawn and concentrating on eating in both the shallows and out on deep structure. Hordes of spawning shad and bluegill plus a lot of new weed growth,...

Scenes from the PAA All Star Series on Lake Ray Hubbard, Texas in April 2011 Here are a few of the photos and pro contacts that Bill Bjork and I made for BassWestUSA magazine at the inaugural PAA All Star championship on Lake Ray Hubbard in metropolitan Dallas, Texas. We will be running a full feat...

Lamenting the lost...three words that most accurately describe my fishing at the PAA All-Star Event on Lake Ray Hubbard.  Day one of the event was actually a good day of fishing, I generated a good number of keeper bites, it was my execution, or should I say my poor level of execution that put a sev...

Tomorrow morning starts the PAA All-Star event in Garland, TX on Lake Ray Hubbard.  Windy conditions (gusting to 40 mph on Monday) have hampered practice for many of us.   Navigation in big waves and standing timber is pretty tough.  My practice has been ok.  I believe I've figured out how to catch ...

BassWestUSA TV Crew Filming on Location I caught up with the BWUTV film crew yesterday on their houseboat after they got back from filming on the lake. Here are a few behind-the-scenes shots of the BassWestUSA TV filming for a Lake Powell episode. After dinner, the guys played a preview of the fi...

A few representative fish from the past week, including a couple for me on my scouting day (that's my brother's little 6 lb dink in my right hand, he hooked it while it was trying to take the lure from my fish). Bass are in all stages of spawn right now on Lake Fork—prespawn, spawning, and postspawn...

Riding Along as Observers on theProfessional Anglers Association 2011 Season Opener on Lake Lanier, GA Photos courtesy of Russ Bassdozer, editor of Bass West USA magazine and Bill Bjork. John Crews was Johnny on the Spots! Young gun Kent Cella shows what he can do in PAA level competition. J...

I finished the Lake Lanier PAA event with mixed emotions.  I had a pretty tough day 1, the spotted bass pattern I had found failed to produce like I thought it would, and I forced it too long, I should have made an adjustment.  On day 2, I abandoned my initial approach and went and fished to my stre...

The 2011 PAA tour kicks off tomorrow on Georgia's Lake Lanier.  Practice has been tough, at least for me it has been.  I was able to generate a few quality bites yesterday, so I'm a little encouraged by that.  I expect that there will be some decent weights brought to the scales, but as of right now...

March 17, 2011 Spring fishing is in full gear on Lake Amistad as the spawn is underway. I have noticed a large concentration of fish moving to the shallows for the spawning ritual and anglers can work many different types of patterns as fish are in all stages of the transition from deep to shallow....