Western Kayak Bass series

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Official 2015 WKBS Schedule
March 29 - Paradise Point - Qualifier
April 26 - Sugar Barge - Qualifier
May 24- Lake Amador - Qualifier
June 14 - Tower Park Marina - Open
July 12 - Lodi Lake and Mokelumne "River" Open
August 9 - Stanislaus/ All River (River Bassin Trail Event) - Open
TOC September 13 - Clear Lake
Anglers must fish all 3 qualifiers to gain automatic berth into TOC
Winners of Qualifier events automatically go to TOC
Points awarded for every fish toward TOC berth
Fees announced Wednesday Feb 11th
Registration opens Friday Feb 13th

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WKBS 2015 Fees
Membership - $50 (100% Goes to TOC pot)
Insurance - $15
Open Entry - $50 ($5 and $10 options available as well as big fish option)
Qualifier Entry - $35
No Entry fee for TOC - Berth awarded by winning a qualifier or being Top 30 in points
Winnings
Opens and TOC - 1 in 5 spots paid day of, tackle and swag raffles day of.
Qualifiers - No monetary award, entrys go to TOC pot, raffles day of.
River Bassin event will observe River Bassin Trail rules and prizes.
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WKBS Rules and Regs
Registration.
1.All anglers must be a registered WKBS member at least one week prior to any event.
2.Anglers may pay fees the day of an event if necessary as long as prior arrangements have been made with WKBS staff.
A refund on an event registration can be given up to 24hrs prior to an event.
Mandatory Gear.
1.All anglers must be in possession of an approved PFD at all times.
2.PFD’s must be worn any time an angler is in his/her kayak
3.All anglers must be in possession of and be ready to present a current fishing license issued in the state the event is being held.
Kayak Power/operation regs
1.All kayaks must be powered by paddle or pedal.
2.Trolling motors are strictly prohibited unless a disability exists rendering the angler unable to utilize conventional methods of propulsion.
3.Anglers must never leave their kayak unless there is an emergency or other extenuating circumstance. Anglers must be fully aboard their kayak when landing a fish.
Alcohol and Drugs.
1.The possession/transport of any form of alcohol or drug beside a prescribed OTC is strictly prohibited and will result in the suspension and/or removal of an angler from current and potentially all events.
CPR rules
1.All fish must be landed in a conventional method consistent with DFW regulations pertaining to the targeted species.
2.Live bait is strictly prohibited
3.Fish must be presented on an approved trough with mouth closed against the bump board.
4.Fish must be photographed promptly and released alive
5.Fish must be photographed with the event indicator clearly visible in the photo.
6.It is the anglers responsibility to cull and maintain a tally of their catch for presentation at the end of the event.
7.Anglers 3 best fish will be entered for final presentation.
Contest to Ruling/Tie Breaker
1.Any angler has the right to contest an official ruling at any time.
2.Any angler that has been brought into question more than twice will be subject to suspension and/or removal from the current and future events.
3.If a tie exists at the end of an event, the angler with the largest single fish shall be the winner.
Tight lines everyone!

Dry Creeks Mens club 2015 opener

Played my first round of golf in 6 months, and it was Bad 95. The upside was that my partner Don Dodds put together a great round shooting 82 which put us in the money. Next tournament is presidents day, I will be hitting some range balls between now and then.  I don't want a repeat performance of this round.

Close Fall

Last night had to take the dog to the vet, about 12:35 am my son was still awake with no signs of sleeping, tripped and fell on top of my little dog Rambo.  My wife and I feared the worst as I picked him up and he was not moving, stiff and this tongue was hanging out the side of his mouth, and was barely breathing. I rushed him down to the 24 hour vet hospital, were they did x-rays and ultrasound to look for internal injuries. It was a 30 lbs. boy falling on a 6 lbs. dog. Luckily no broken bones or ruptured organs, but had shallow breathing, the vet wanted to kept him overnight for observations. I got a call from the vet at 5:55 am and she said "Rambo was doing fine breathing was better, come and pick him up about 8:00 am". So a very close call, from a baby's fall but Rambo is now resting comfortably and back home. We feel very lucky to have him with us.

First Day on the Water 2015

Went out, the first Saturday morning of 2015, with Addison Williams,  my mom and my son. We hit up Comanche because the Delta is still stained. Bite was slow and on the bottom, a few bites on a jig but no hookups. We were able to get a few fish on drop shot and Carolina rig, with finesse worms. Fish came in 25'-40' deep and they wanted it slow. My son gave each fish a hug and kiss as we let them go.

Lake Camanche pre-fish and tournament results for Nov-Dec 13 IFmas 2014

This December my brother and I decided to fish our first bass tournament together. Together we put two days of pre-fish together over a three-week leading up to the event.  During pre-fish we were fishing sharp drop off on main body points. Addison was throwing jigs mostly while I was throwing a spybait so we were targeting fish in two different depths within the water column. Or first perfish day was November 30th we took my son with us, got five fish, four on the jig and one on the spybait. The second day of pre-fish was December 7th were we caught 8 fish most coming on the spybait. I also has my first double (two fish on one bait) ever that day. Then there was the day of the tournament December 13th we both stuck to our original game plan targeting bottom feeding bass and suspended bass.  We boated 12 fish with our best five weighing 9 pounds and 2 ounce. Which was good enough for a tie for second place.

One poor or stupid person decide to drive there car out as far as they could and needless to say this happened.

Bass Fishing Hogan 11/9/14

My brother and I went fishing Hogan today, this was my first tip up to Hogan. But with only a $4 launch fee, I will be coming up more often. Water temp was 62* and stained two-three feet visibility. Had the lake to our self, three other boaters, and two kayakers. We pulled up and with in the first three cast we had our first bite a nice 5lbs bass, and we followed it up with 4 more keepers, we moved along the bank, throwing jigs, gitzits and spybait. We caught 17 fish 2 stripers and 3 small mouth. But one bass that looked a little hybrid like* (Small mouth & Spotted bass).

Stealthy Livetarget Hollow Body Frog Fishing on a Stand Up Paddle Board ...

If I loose a few pounds this could be my next adventure but have to say there is some great footage of bass blowing up on a frog.