March 4, 2019
HENDERSON, Nev. (Mar. 4, 2019) – The Boulder City High School duo of Izec Easter and Corey Williams, both of Boulder City, Nevada, brought three bass to the scale Sunday weighing... READ MORE »
March 4, 2019
HENDERSON, Nev. – The California Polytechnic State University duo of Jesse Wilson of Atascadero, California, and Daniel Papp of Salinas, California, won the YETI FLW College Fishing event on Lake Mead presented by Bass Pro Shops Saturday with a five-bass limit weighing 11 pounds, 4 ounces. The victory earned the Mustang’s bass club $2,000 and a slot in the 2020 FLW... READ MORE »
March 3, 2019
Lake Mead fished tough at the Costa FLW Series Western Division opener presented by Ranger Boats. It only took 34 pounds, 12 ounces to win the three-day event, but the top 10 pros somehow figured out the tricky clear-water fishery. Tim Klinger relied on a spinnerbait to get the job done and notch what might be one of his top wins in FLW competition. READ MORE »
March 3, 2019
A wide variety of patterns was in play early on in the Costa FLW Series Western Division opener presented by Ranger Boats, but one dominant pattern developed throughout the event. Most of the top 10 finishers spent day three targeting prespawn fish in flooded cover in the Overton Arm of Lake Mead. READ MORE »
March 2, 2019
Jesse Parks came within 1 pound, 6 ounces of running wire-to-wire for the co-angler win in the Costa FLW Series Western Division Opener presented by Ranger Boats. He finished day one in fourth place with 10-9, but a 9-4 day-two effort (on a day that stumped most of the field) and two more fish for 3-11 on day three were plenty to claim the lead and never relinquish it. READ MORE »
March 2, 2019
HENDERSON, Nev. – Pro angler Tim Klinger of Boulder City, Nevada, brought the second-largest stringer of the entire tournament to the scale Saturday – a five-bass limit weighing 15 pounds, 4 ounces – to win the Costa FLW Series at Lake Mead presented by Ranger Boats. Klinger’s three-day total of 13 bass weighing 34 pounds, 12 ounces gave him the win by 4-pound, 12-... READ MORE »
March 2, 2019
Tim Klinger knows Lake Mead as well as anyone. The local stick and former FLW Tour pro has won 100 tournaments or more on the fishery, in his estimation, but his Costa FLW Series Western Division win ranks up there with the best of them. READ MORE »
March 1, 2019
It’s hard to get a read on how well Mead is fishing on day two of the Costa FLW Series Western Division opener presented by Ranger Boats. By some accounts, calmer conditions and cloudy skies have made the bite pick up in some key areas of the lake. On the other hand, the Overton Arm area is much slower today than it was on Thursday, and it's an area of the lake that produced for many anglers atop the day-one leaderboard. READ MORE »
March 1, 2019
Despite changing weather conditions that slowed down the bite on day two, these anglers managed to find something that worked at Lake Mead. READ MORE »
March 1, 2019
Sean Coffey followed up a 14-pound, 1-ounce effort on day one with 11 pounds even Friday to take the lead at the Costa FLW Series Western Division opener on Lake Mead presented by Ranger Boats. Fishing was tough across the tournament field on day two, but Coffey found enough consistency to overtake previous leader Brett Leber. READ MORE »
February 28, 2019
As expected, the fishing has been pretty slow so far on day one of the Costa FLW Series Western Division opener, presented by Ranger Boats. On the bright side, it seems like the bite has picked up between 10 and 1 o’clock during practice this week, so we should be seeing more fish in livewells across the tournament field in the next couple hours. READ MORE »
February 28, 2019
Despite difficult conditions including strong winds and ultra-clear water, many in the top 5 managed to find some stained water, which seems to be the ticket right now on Mead. With fish starting to move up to spawn, there are some fairly apparent trends developing for how to catch them this week. READ MORE »
February 28, 2019
Strong winds on the heels of a prolonged cold-weather period may prove to turn the Costa FLW Series Western Division opener into a true grind fest this week as pros and co-anglers take off from Callville Bay – Forever Resorts on Lake Mead in southern Nevada. READ MORE »
February 28, 2019
Brett Leber, who calls the California Delta and Lake Berryesa his home lakes, is no stranger to shallow-water fishing. He played to his strengths on day one of the Costa FLW Series Western Division event presented by Ranger Boats by fishing 6 feet or less of water with reaction baits to weigh in 15 pounds, 12 ounces of fish. He leads Wade Curtis by 1 pound, 10 ounces. READ MORE »
February 19, 2019
The Costa FLW Series hasn’t made its way to Lake Mead for a Western Division event since 2007, and while a lot has changed in the 12 years since, Mead is as good a fishery as ever, especially for anglers who know how to effectively break down such a big body of water that's full of largemouth and smallmouth bass. READ MORE »
February 19, 2019
HENDERSON, Nev. – Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) is set to visit the Las Vegas and Henderson area next week, Feb. 28- March 2, for three bass-fishing tournaments that will award anglers of all ages and skill levels thousands of dollars in cash and prizes... READ MORE »
February 11, 2019
The recent government shutdown put the Costa FLW Series Western Division opener on Lake Mead in a holding pattern, but FLW has received clearance to proceed with the event as planned, regardless of the current or future status of government operations. READ MORE »
May 11, 2010
This episode of FLW Outdoors Podcast recaps the FLW Series Western event on Lake Mead READ MORE »
May 8, 2010
HENDERSON, Nev. – Pro Joseph Caporuscio of Coto De Caza, Calif., caught a 5 bass limit weighing 13 pounds, 11 ounces Saturday to win $43,419 in the FLW Series National Guard Western Division tournament on Lake Mead with a four-day catch of 20 bass weighing 49-9. READ MORE »
May 8, 2010
LAS VEGAS – In what almost certainly amounts to one of the most improbable stories of triumph and perseverance in the history of National Guard FLW Series competition, Joseph Caporuscio of Coto de Caza, Calif., overcame a daunting list of obstacles to capture his first-ever FLW Series title on Lake Mead. READ MORE »