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Apex Angle: Swimbaits on Shasta with Jeff Michels

Jan 25, 2021

Apex Pro Angler Jeff Michels explains his set for larger swimbaits.This technique is geared towards spotted bass rather than largemouth. Watch and learn as Michels rigs up his Hawg Hunter Swimbait. #WildWestBassTrail #ApexAngle #ProTip

Apex Angle: Ken Mah’s Simple Punching Rig

Jan 25, 2021

Apex Angler Ken Mah explains his basic punching set up for catching those springtime bass. Mah calls the Delta his home, and he flips, pitches, and punches around the grassy shorelines. Sunline braided lineP-line weight stop1.25 oz tungsten weightG Money Punch...

Top 10 Baits for Wild West Bass Trail Super Clean Showdown at Lake Shasta

Jan 18, 2021

1. Tournament winner and APEX Cup angler Jeff Michels topped the Lake Shasta event by fishing a 10-inch Hawg Hunter Magnum Trout swimbait for big bites and then finessing his areas with 5-inch Senkos on a 3/32-ounce finesse head. His top Senko colors were natural...

Michels Works Key Area for Shasta Win

Jan 16, 2021

By David A. Brown REDDING, Calif. — When the big guns failed to deliver, APEX Cup angler Jeff Michels shifted gears and sacked up a Day-2 limit of 11.91 pounds and won the Wild West Bass Trail Superclean Showdown Pro/Am on Lake Shasta. with a two-day total of 23.45....

Super Clean Showdown on Pro/Am 2021 | Day 2 Live Weigh In

Jan 16, 2021

Super Clean Showdown on Pro/Am 2021 | Day 2 Live Weigh In Join us live for the Super Clean Showdown Weigh In from Bridge Bay on Lake Shasta. First flight of anglers are due in at 3:15 PM PST. #WildWestBassTrail #Shasta https://youtu.be/0Mre0o3WRx0 View on YouTube

LIVE WEIGH-IN

RESULTS

PLACE	PRO	BIG FISH	DAY 1 WEIGHT	DAY 2 WEIGHT	TOTAL WEIGHT	BIG FISH $	YAMAMOTO	PLINE	TOTAL PAYOUT
1	Jeff Michels		11.54	11.91	23.45		$250.00	$250.00	$25,500.00
2	Bryant Smith	6.06	8.12	13.83	21.95	$1,550.00			$9,750.00
3	Cliff King		10.09	10.76	20.85				$7,000.00
4	Shane Peirson		8.57	11.81	20.38				$6,000.00
5	Cody Meyer		10.07	10.29	20.36				$5,000.00
6	Alex Niapas	6.18	7.08	13	20.08	$1,550.00			$5,750.00
7	Ken Mah		8.31	11.56	19.87				$4,000.00
8	JR Wright		11.75	8.08	19.83				$3,600.00
9	Scott Hellesen		10.43	9.27	19.7				$3,400.00
10	Joe Uribe Jr		9.3	10.24	19.54				$3,000.00
11	Ryan Friend		8.8	10.55	19.35				$2,000.00
12	Ishama Monroe		7.39	11.95	19.34				$2,000.00
13	Austin Bonjour		8.84	10.18	19.02				$2,000.00
14	Travis Starnes		8.96	10.03	18.99				$2,000.00
15	Randy Pierson		9.29	9.49	18.78				$2,000.00
16	Zack Thompson		8.57	10.18	18.75				$2,000.00
17	Mathew Nadeau	5.61	10.63	8.09	18.72	$1,550.00			$3,250.00
18	Wayne Breazeale		8.77	9.89	18.66				$1,700.00
19	Greg Gutierrez	4.84	10.59	7.6	18.19	$1,550.00			$3,150.00
20	Nick Wood		9.18	8.64	17.82				$1,600.00
21	Kerry Harris		7.67	10.14	17.81				$1,600.00
22	Hayden Lee		9.16	8.62	17.78				$1,600.00
23	Luke Johns		8.07	9.67	17.74				$1,600.00
24	Gregory Troughton		9.02	8.69	17.71				$1,600.00
25	Lewis Milligan		8.57	9.12	17.69				$1,600.00
26	Patrick Touey		8.66	9.02	17.68				$1,600.00
27	Stan Lafever		9.08	8.6	17.68				$1,600.00
28	Ryan Cool		7.7	9.8	17.5				$1,600.00
29	Randy McAbee		9.15	8.35	17.5				$1,600.00
30	Mike Menne		8.01	9.46	17.47				$1,600.00
31	Mark Borges		7.86	9.61	17.47				$1,600.00
32	Ryan White		7.85	9.6	17.45
33	Teddy Snyder		7.61	9.8	17.41
34	Colby Pearson		9.09	8.3	17.39
35	Jesse Martin		8.19	9.15	17.34
36	Ronald Lorenzo		8.77	8.47	17.24
37	Howard Hughes		7.78	9.41	17.19
38	Joey Skym		8.27	8.86	17.13
39	Louis Fernandes		8.62	8.51	17.13
40	Thomas Kanemoto		8.26	8.74	17
41	Nick Young		8.42	8.52	16.94
42	Tom Nokes		7.69	9.23	16.92
43	Ricky Shabazz		8.15	8.77	16.92
44	Eric Parra		9.06	7.71	16.77
45	Frank Ono		8.74	7.95	16.69
46	Garrett Bradshaw		8.56	7.95	16.51
47	Jim Riley		7.44	9.02	16.46
48	Hunter Schlander		8.45	7.99	16.44
49	Chris Parks		9.02	7.4	16.42
50	William McLaughlin		8.27	8.04	16.31
51	Cesar Laguna		8.61	7.66	16.27
52	Scott Bern		8.9	7.29	16.19
53	John Fuqua		8.44	7.73	16.17
54	Vincent Bernal		8.94	7.19	16.13
55	Bret Gouvea		8.25	7.83	16.08
56	John Billheimer		7.99	8	15.99
57	Clint Groenewold		8.51	7.45	15.96
58	William Ponting		7.51	8.39	15.9
59	Travis Williams		7.97	7.91	15.88
60	Dan Frost		7.57	8.25	15.82
61	Matt Atkins		7.96	7.84	15.8
62	Jason Cornell		7.98	7.69	15.67
63	Jarod Lintner		7.18	8.42	15.6
64	John Morla		5.04	10.55	15.59
65	Jay Guterding		7.7	7.86	15.56
66	Steve Klein		8.66	6.87	15.53
67	Peter Gobel		8.47	6.99	15.46
68	Jodie White		7.3	8.15	15.45
69	Phillip Dutra		6.31	9.12	15.43
70	Mark Gomez		7.02	8.35	15.37				$500 Super Clean
71	Ken Whalen		7.18	8.17	15.35
72	Daniel Shelton		8.46	6.87	15.33
73	John Pearl		6.79	8.52	15.31
74	Nathan Bromley		6.88	8.29	15.17
75	Alvin Borba		6.85	8.29	15.14
76	Troy Fleming	4.7	4.65	10.47	15.12	$1,550.00			$1,550.00
77	Craig Gong		8.3	6.8	15.1
78	Doug Slaton		8.39	6.67	15.06
79	Anthony Salazar		7.63	7.42	15.05
80	Derik Dalton		7.7	7.29	14.99
81	Gary Collins		8.93	6.03	14.96
82	Scooter Griffith		8.36	6.57	14.93
83	Logan Mcdaniel		6.36	8.53	14.89
84	David Solis		6.35	8.5	14.85
85	Nicholas Cloutier		6.79	8.05	14.84
86	Jonathan Green		7.23	7.59	14.82
87	Ron Howe		7.53	7.26	14.79
88	Carl Limbrick Jr		7.71	7.06	14.77
89	Juan Acosta		4.82	9.89	14.71
90	Jason Bradshaw		7.21	7.49	14.7
91	Oscar Lopez		6.99	7.69	14.68
92	Gary Souza		7.28	7.37	14.65
93	Alex Klein		8.15	6.5	14.65
94	Mark Lassagne		8.35	6.3	14.65
95	Christopher Gosselaar		7.37	7.25	14.62
96	Jason Hickey		6.8	7.8	14.6
97	Oneal Martin		7.09	7.49	14.58
98	Troy Gray		7.44	7.13	14.57
99	Zach Richard		9.68	4.79	14.47
100	Su Saeteurn		7.46	7	14.46
101	Daylon Smith		6.93	7.51	14.44
102	Jason Haley		7.38	7.05	14.43
103	Obedie Williams		7.1	7.3	14.4
104	Harvey Pulliam		8.12	6.27	14.39
105	Beau Joudrey		7.18	7.15	14.33
106	Joseph Reekers		7.35	6.93	14.28
107	Mathew Saavedra		6.9	7.37	14.27
108	Jim Vretzos		8.04	6.22	14.26
109	Mark Mello		6.67	7.5	14.17
110	Karl Okerman		7.56	6.58	14.14
111	Clint Messner		7.12	6.96	14.08
112	Ron Tobey		7.11	6.96	14.07
113	Randal Potter		7.52	6.55	14.07
114	Jason Austin		6.2	7.77	13.97
115	Kent Hudson		6.74	7.22	13.96
116	Michael Birch		7.21	6.74	13.95
117	Vince Hurtado		6.65	7.22	13.87
118	Tanner Spohn		6.42	7.41	13.83
119	Mario Saucedo		6.76	6.99	13.75
120	Nathan Phillips		6.93	6.81	13.74
121	Rick Correa		7.07	6.65	13.72
122	Joseph Gatie		7.02	6.69	13.71
123	Nick Guerrero		7.47	6.17	13.64
124	Glen Lockhart		6.05	7.49	13.54
125	Tony Franceschi		6.36	7.16	13.52
126	Randy Wallis		6.76	6.71	13.47
127	John Stewart		7.11	6.35	13.46
128	Nathan Johnston		6.43	6.94	13.37
129	John Dunn		6.5	6.68	13.18
130	Timothy Venkus		6.28	6.89	13.17
131	Tony Zanotelli		7	6.11	13.11
132	Paul Hodges		7.56	5.55	13.11
133	Oscar Sarnecki		6.67	6.42	13.09
134	Sean Kimble		6.71	6.32	13.03
135	Christopher Dabbs		6.53	6.46	12.99
136	Bill O'shinn		6.62	6.16	12.78
137	Tom Manley		7.11	5.64	12.75
138	Don Gage		5.9	6.75	12.65
139	Rodney Reed		6.58	6.04	12.62
140	Mike Malinao		6.73	5.82	12.55
141	Ron Six		6.33	6.1	12.43
142	Thomas Dodd		6.36	5.98	12.34
143	Wyatt DeBusk		5.55	6.79	12.34
144	MiKe Frederick		6.95	5.36	12.31
145	Doug Hutchison		6.64	5.66	12.3
146	Shawn O'Connell		6.94	5.27	12.21
147	Tuan Nguyen		2.81	8.97	11.78
148	Gasper Busalacchi		4.59	7.05	11.64
149	Robert Cloutier		4.68	6.85	11.53
150	Steve Montes		5.42	5.74	11.16
151	Greg Leonard		5.67	5.26	10.93
152	Darryl Burkhardt		5.96	4.87	10.83
153	Keegan Graves			9.11	9.11
154	Zak Elrite		5.91		5.91
155	Andrew Sommer		3.15		3.15
156	Jason Jones		2.97		2.97
157	Kyle Gray

PLACE	AM	BIG FISH	DAY 1 WEIGHT	DAY 2 WEIGHT	TOTAL WEIGHT	BIG FISH $	YAMAMOTO	PLINE	TOTAL PAYOUT
1	Thaddeus Vinson	4.41	8.3	10.97	19.27	$775.00	$250.00	$250.00	$11,275.00
2	Brian Fesler	4.36	8.16	11.06	19.22	$775.00			$4,975.00
3	Bryan Trudeau		9.03	8.87	17.9				$3,400.00
4	Shawn Mock		7.55	9.87	17.42				$2,400.00
5	Dante Ray		8.66	8.75	17.41				$2,100.00
6	Nick Fiscus		9.24	8.13	17.37				$1,700.00
7	Robert Tibbetts	4.24	7.03	10.06	17.09	$775.00			$2,375.00
8	Chris Rains		8.58	8.41	16.99				$1,500.00
9	Dustin Maraviov		8.66	8.19	16.85				$1,300.00
10	Jason Fookes		8.32	8.24	16.56				$1,200.00
11	Luke Wilson		8.57	7.74	16.31				$1,100.00
12	Rick Allen		8.57	7.53	16.1				$1,000.00
13	Kirk Marshall		6.7	9.39	16.09				$1,000.00
14	Austin Taff		7.34	8.73	16.07				$1,000.00
15	David Zavvar		8.48	7.45	15.93				$1,000.00
16	Mario Marroquin		7.09	8.79	15.88				$1,000.00
17	Gary Baldwin		8.53	6.97	15.5				$1,000.00
18	Michael Kotur		8.74	6.66	15.4				$1,000.00
19	Rick Stone		6.89	8.48	15.37				$1,000.00
20	Jacob Crawford	3.78	8.87	6.46	15.33	$775.00			$1,575.00
21	Michael Kirk		7.73	7.58	15.31				$800.00
22	Scott Stanfield		6.47	8.79	15.26				$800.00
23	Richard Alcantar		8.7	6.54	15.24				$800.00
24	Chris Trumbull		7.22	8.01	15.23				$800.00
25	Shawn Nash		6.73	8.49	15.22				$800.00
26	Kevin Aday		6.89	8.27	15.16				$800.00
27	Kyle Indalecio		7.74	7.4	15.14				$800.00
28	Roy Desmangles		8.14	6.98	15.12				$800.00
29	Shaun Walker		6.69	8.37	15.06				$800.00
30	Bill Talley		7.04	7.99	15.03				$800.00
31	Michael Schuster		8.95	6.02	14.97				$800.00
32	Colby Huntze	3.78	9.89	5.04	14.93	$775.00			$775.00
33	Alex Cox		7.1	7.77	14.87
34	Jacob Fleming		6.84	7.94	14.78
35	Nick Gillotte		8.24	6.53	14.77
36	Spencer Park		6.95	7.82	14.77
37	David Olsen		7.1	7.57	14.67
38	Chapin Fowler		7.46	7.21	14.67
39	Josh Marthaller		8.2	6.42	14.62
40	Brandon Gee		6.77	7.79	14.56
41	Rick Leal		6.73	7.77	14.5
42	Claudio Silva		6.89	7.59	14.48
43	Kurt Forrister		6.91	7.53	14.44
44	Paul Zedonis		7.54	6.88	14.42
45	Will Doud-Martin		5.39	8.99	14.38
46	John Green		6.96	7.41	14.37
47	Troy Mays		7.36	6.93	14.29
48	Wade Goodwin		8	6.22	14.22
49	Grant Harnist		7.63	6.54	14.17
50	Mike Hummel		6.74	7.31	14.05
51	Travis Bess		7.06	6.98	14.04
52	Trevor Thrash		6.85	7.17	14.02
53	Dan Billeci		9.39	4.61	14
54	Dink Mendez		5.12	8.82	13.94
55	Mason McAbee		6.2	7.7	13.9
56	John Younce		6.42	7.47	13.89
57	Edward Lynch		6.36	7.52	13.88
58	Fernando Salazar		7.13	6.75	13.88
59	Jordan Pinasco		7.44	6.4	13.84
60	Matthew Baver		6.71	7.08	13.79
61	Michael Hanlon		6.1	7.66	13.76
62	Steve Stone		7.23	6.48	13.71
63	Matthew Abella		7.2	6.47	13.67
64	jason lazzerini		7.61	6.03	13.64
65	Jacob Traba		6.27	7.34	13.61
66	Brandon Hua		7.13	6.47	13.6
67	Vince Reiser		6.03	7.48	13.51
68	Payton Lyndall		6.24	7.27	13.51
69	Steve Hoover		6	7.51	13.51
70	Will Wyman		7.63	5.78	13.41
71	Daniel Abella		6.76	6.64	13.4
72	Paul Dubin		6.66	6.72	13.38
73	Lou Saefong		7.86	5.5	13.36
74	Daniel Powers		5.83	7.46	13.29
75	Scott Farley		5.07	8.12	13.19
76	Derek Allred		7.01	6.17	13.18
77	Chris Crawford		4.99	8.19	13.18
78	Shane Burton		7.09	6.03	13.12
79	Aaron Agner		5.7	7.28	12.98
80	Heather Stiegelmeyer		6.3	6.63	12.93
81	Tim Domingues		5.94	6.97	12.91
82	Tony Thomasy		5.01	7.87	12.88
83	Joshua Buller		6.4	6.43	12.83
84	James Wiegand		6.22	6.59	12.81
85	Nathan Hance		6.44	6.32	12.76
86	Tyler Frost		7.48	5.2	12.68
87	Matthew Plymouth		6.68	5.95	12.63
88	Craig Main		5.86	6.75	12.61
89	Paul Howard		6.31	6.21	12.52
90	Terry Bennett		5.78	6.68	12.46
91	Chad Danero		6.87	5.53	12.4
92	Tanner Wood		8.2	4.18	12.38
93	Joseph White		6.15	6.12	12.27
94	Dan Davis		6.43	5.81	12.24
95	David Wild		6.1	6.12	12.22
96	Elliott Turner		5.79	6.42	12.21
97	Ben Warren		6.2	6.01	12.21
98	Matthew Greene		6.67	5.53	12.2
99	Bob Santora		7.02	5.16	12.18
100	Corey Buller		7	5.12	12.12
101	Austen Schmalz		6.14	5.97	12.11
102	Nathan Ferrand		7.31	4.77	12.08
103	Tyler Dawson		6.44	5.59	12.03
104	Gabriel Contreras		5.55	6.42	11.97
105	Jason Englund		5.92	6	11.92
106	Rick Mikla		6.08	5.84	11.92
107	Westly Gritts		4.95	6.91	11.86
108	Michael Allen		6.08	5.76	11.84
109	Alan Glowacki		6.1	5.63	11.73
110	Sam Villarreal		5.92	5.77	11.69
111	Nicholas Markert		4.58	7.04	11.62
112	Rodney Brown		6.6	4.75	11.35
113	Anthony Madrigal		6.31	4.81	11.12
114	Marc Jang		6.17	4.94	11.11
115	Steven Adams		6.4	4.65	11.05
116	Aaron Haring		5.03	5.79	10.82
117	Dan Cranston		6.94	3.67	10.61
118	John Donnelly		5.59	5.01	10.6
119	Vance Mitchell		5.51	5.06	10.57
120	Stanley Hendrix		6.12	4.42	10.54
121	John Walsh		3.88	6.44	10.32
122	Seth Starks		5.6	4.66	10.26
123	Jake Padula		4.8	5.38	10.18
124	Dominic Abenoja		4.46	5.58	10.04
125	Tyler Swan		5.39	4.54	9.93
126	Fred Pearl		5.82	4.06	9.88
127	Rick Knight		5.71	4.03	9.74
128	Hayden Frey		5.6	4.06	9.66
129	Jacob Reed		4.82	4.8	9.62
130	Aaron Grabiel		4.87	4.71	9.58
131	Blake Alexander		7.1	2.42	9.52
132	Terry Snyder		5.41	4.02	9.43
133	Charles Harlan		2.32	7.08	9.4
134	Joe Cornell		4.26	5.04	9.3
135	Christopher Ayres		2.87	6.4	9.27
136	Bryan Lutz		5.46	3.57	9.03
137	Christopher Salazar		1.7	7.16	8.86
138	Brenden Degen		1.53	7.28	8.81
139	Glen Wyatt		5.24	3.55	8.79
140	Jeremy Watney		5.81	2.97	8.78
141	Sherman Saelio		2.98	5.76	8.74
142	TJ Golden		3.09	5.29	8.38
143	Paul Herdman		5.61	2.47	8.08
144	Casey Newman		0	6.8	6.8
145	Tyler Madden		3.35	3.4	6.75
146	Adrian Frazier		1.14	5.23	6.37
147	Eric Stanley		1.21	4.91	6.12
148	Craig Norman		3.62	1.95	5.57
149	Frank Ingraham		4.84		4.84
150	JR Acosta		4.62		4.62
151	Nick Berry		4.54		4.54
152	Robert Couts		1.46	1.34	2.8
153	Brett Henry		0	2.75	2.75
154	Frank Harris		0	2.55	2.55
155	Dustin Noffsinger		2.16		2.16