Western Bass Volume 1 Number 1
Western Bass Volume 1 Number 1 is the first edition of what would become the West’s number one source for bass fishing info.
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Tag: U.S. Bass
Hines wins U.S. BASS World Title
“Greg Hines displays Stanley Vibra-Shaft spinnerbait he used to win the U.S. BASS World Championship.” Staff photo by Steve Lightfoot
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The Fishin’ Machine
Another interesting thing I remember about that tournament was the way Bill and Ray [Murski] fished. Back then we didn’t have foot-controlled troll motors. They were all stern mount. So Bill and Ray would sit on the big motor and operate the troller with their feet.
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The Big Bopper – AKA The One-Ton
In The Big Bopper – AKA The One-Ton, we take a look at the first national article on the one-ounce jig from 1989.
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The U.S. Open 1981: An Event that Changed Bass Fishing – Part Three
“Before that the top anglers didn’t think much of us at all. They didn’t even think we had bass out west much less than whether or not we could compete with them. After the Open, though, anglers like Roland [Martin] and Jimmy [Houston] would actually tell sponsors that we were good fishermen.
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The U.S. Open 1981: An Event that Changed Bass Fishing – Part Two
“Being in the lead, I did look over my shoulder a lot to see who the challengers were behind me. But you can’t dwell on that. No matter what happens or who was behind me, I knew I still had to catch a good limit each day. I knew I couldn’t be worrying about who was behind me.”
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Patch Pirate Part II Western Bass Organizations
Today we’ll look at three organizations that made up the bulk of organizations in the West – namely Western Bass Fishing Association (WBFA), the Southwest Association of Bass (SWAB) and U.S. Bass.
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