She's a Beauty!

A 6.45 lb. Big Bass at the California BASS Nation
Open/State Team Qualifying event at Pine Flat.
cr. Tyler McCollum, CBN

     She's not the biggest California bass your going to see, but she's the biggest one I saw in two weekends at Pine Flat Lake, CA.  Fishing was a struggle for decent size and for some just to get a limit.

The registration meeting at Lake Havasu

     My first Costa FLW event at Havasu is in the books and the fishing was not as expected. Pretty tough for most of the anglers. I did managed to get some points on the board in the end, so I am thankful for that. 

A pair of Castiac bass

I had the best year yet in the California Bass Federation (TBF) Region 7 Qualifiers and managed to finish in 17th at Castaic (1.21.17), 18th at Pyramid (2.25.17), 9th at Pyramid (3.12.17), and 2nd at Castaic (5.6.17.) This allowed me to both qualify with points standings (11/41 in Region 7, 46/193 in the State) and win the Ventura County Bass Club Club Champion spot for the State Championship and the TBF National Semi-Final event at Lake Havasu (Nov. 2017.)

Nate Caldwell & John Santos Lead 2016 Colorado BASS Nation State Team at Lake Mead

Nate Caldwell at the BASS Western
Regional, all photos ctsy A. McKenney

     The Colorado BASS Nation State Team landed in 5th Place in Team Standings at the 2016 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Western Regional presented by Magellan Outdoors.  Nate Caldwell takes the top spot for the Team on the Boater side and John Santos takes 1^st Place among the Co-anglers.

Triplett Ready for National Championship

Larry T. at Ouachita River
All pics ctsy Audrey McKenney

      The BASS Nation National Championship Tournament is about to get started and the Colorado State Champion Larry Triplett is ready to get started.

    

A Lot Going On This Year!

A summer event for Walmart

Also at: Matt Massey Outdoors

     Not the least of which is the fact that the Rayovac FLW Series Championship Tournament about to start, but Matt has been a very busy angler.  Between tournaments and filming for a Television show, he’s landed his own keeper at home!  Or, did he get hooked himself?

Lightning Strikes at Grand Lake Rayovac

Matt at the Day 2 weigh-in on Grand Lake
credit: Matt Massey

     Grand Lake O’ Cherokees, Oklahoma in April promised to be a bass-on-beds bonanza and the popular lake certainly did not disappoint at the Rayovac FLW Series held April 16-18, 2015!  Nearly every one of the top Pro’s reported catching their limits by sight fishing, including Matt Massey.