Brian Needham

are you fishing it weightless? if not just put it on a shakyhead and call it a day.

hmmmmmmmmmmmm........... I am torn here. seems like a 735 is going to fit real nice in there like others said. the only thing I am really going to say change and this is my opinion so take it for whats its worth: if you want to throw cranks....... and there is a lot of squarebill and 10-15foot work to be had, with 6xd work in a pinch I am saying 764RMcb if you are throwing a BUNCH of 2.5 sqbill and heavier 15ft+ cranks then the 765 come highly recommended. the 805rmcb is a 6xd/dd22 rod, and some folks say it is a little harsh, hence the huge praises of the 765glass we really need to hear more about where and how you fish to get to the nitty gritty of it.

Hey Mikey...... I think he likes it!!!!! aint a whole lots else to say about that, except: siebertoutdoors.com

yall folks need to take advantage of this...... these are awesome jigs! bass tend to like them:

I tried my best to catch you Gary.... best I could do was 5.36 congrats on the BIG FISH award!!!

got it ! I do all my 3/4oz work on 20# Tatsu, and love it, but I am seriously considering going to invisx just for cost. plus invisx has a 17#

say whaaaaa?

if you hit: 1. "more reply options" 2. then hit "choose files" 3. click on the picture you want 4. then click add to post 5. we all see then picture hope this helps

Thanks, INDEED!!!!!!! that was some good eatin' !

sorry, I thought "putting out of misery" meant killing it.

Flouro

Mike Siebert makes the best jig out there. I implore you to check them out.

Gentlemen....... be proud. We raised some money this weekend at the roadtrip! I personally caught 18 fish.... 6 over 4# so that is a decent little rod locker full right there, but more importantly the Saturday night raffle rasied enough for 150+ kids to have a rod and reel!!! how awesome is that.

you had to declare your intention in the other thread, so probably not. good news is, they do it every year. 00mod, Ajay, fishing daddy, someone will be here shortly to clarify.

funny thing is I didnt sneeze all weekend until I hit the Memphis city limits sign (true story) I guess I have allergies and the only cure is more TN RIVER!!!!!

the "competition" ends when Dwight post his first picture..... but the game ends at the end of the month I believe, not sure.

and with that.......here comes Hottle's greatest hits, vol.2014 (not sold in stores)

I could too.........and I could listen to it all day!! Thanks Mike L.......... and thank you too MemphisFF! Good people right there!

just warm up some beans like I did! YUM

brush heads come through wood good footballs are good in rock arky skip well swim heads are cleaner in grass. those are general principles, but there is a bunch of personal preference that goes with it too. Myself, I only fish footballs because: 1. of where I fish 2. I like to keep it simple 3. don't fish much grass

Come to the Roadtrips!!! all the lakes chosen for the trips are full of quality fish! It is a really cool experience to fish a lake for a few days in a row, you begin to figure out stuff you normally would not on Saturday only trips. It is really neat to see and experience! For a guy learning like myself, it is a real confidence booster!

My best two from Sunday: How much did they like that color jig from Siebert's??? YOU TELL ME! I kept finding my jig here:

Needham’s Roadtrip…..Tales of a Train Wreck. Well the day arrived for me to leave…. Then my irrigation turbine locked up, trip delayed…. Finally leave out on Friday 2pm. Two miles down the road a Humminbird cover flies over, cant find it…. 75 miles down the road I chip a tooth, sitting still in the truck. Bad JU JU I am feeling. Roll into double head, eat some great BBQ done up by Pete-K…… Pete you are welcome anytime, my friend. Many thanks for the Good eats. Then I tie knots in the dark, and rigging up for what I am hoping to be a big black bass beatdown. On Saturday, I have Carl and Susan……. Alarm does not go off and I finally wake up at 6am, much later than I wanted. I apologize for the rest of the day. Fishing was pretty good, but slowed in the afternoon. Luckly Carl was on a multi species bite, catching everything from drum, to whites, to catfish! It was a GREAT time, Carl and Susan are great people and I wish them many happy years together! Personal Total: 11 bass with two big uns Our top 3: My best 2: Sunday: Better start as I woke up on time, but my alarm was still screwy…… fishing with Jon and MikeL today…. We run water, I snap off one and lose one at the boat. Fishing pockets and shallow points….. fishing was very slow and my mind is reeling, thinking and thinking on what and how to do this. We all boat a few fish in the morning. We drop MikeL off as he was only fishing a half day and headed back to FLA. MikeL is a great guy and I hope to fish with him again! While idling back out…. I am turning gears…… it dawns on me “shallow is relative”. I turn to Jon and say. 15fow is dirt shallow to these fish, so what do we do? I run through my mind all the stories and reports from the rest of the group from earlier in the week. We pull up on a bluff…. Which is wider than most. It had a great “staircase” 8-12fow wide shelf that dropped to 22-25, then to 35-40….. but this had wider “stairs” than I had seen. I drop a waypoint on each side of the “stair” then turn around and fish it. Knowing if we didn’t bust them here it was over, I had no more to go …. But this felt different. I was actually somewhat calm. BAM, big fish boated. Come to the next point and catch one right at the boat… now it made sense!!!! No fish in coves this morning and now two bites in 18+/- fow. Come up on a tree and cast the Siebert Jig at the end of it, BIGGGGGG UN. Now we have a purpose. These fish were deeper on wood, only got four bites that afternoon, but they were the right ones! They felt like they were moving out all afternoon…. And with more time I think we could have moved futher out and really done damage….but alas both myself and Jon had to get on the road. Our trip was over, but I learned so much. I am thankful to be able to fish with my friend Jon(bassinisaddicting), and hope to do it again next year, if not sooner! Here is what we caught in the afternoon: My personal total: 7 fish with four over 4# Total for the weekend= 18 fish with 6 over 4#!!! 2 on squarebill 3 on senko 1 on shakyhead siebert outdoors 1/4oz extreme shaky 12 on tweaked Alabama Craw/JFrancho/mix color Siebert 3/4oz dredge football head with green pumpkin rage craw I enjoyed every minute of fishing with these fine folks… it was truly a great time. It was great to see everyone again and many for the first time, and I look forward to it next year. Siebert Outdoors dredge football jig is hands down the best jig out there. Period, end of story, not even close to being up for debate….. I can not thank Mike enough for tying me up 3 dozen jigs, of a custom color, on his way to the roadtrip! If that aint customer service, it don’t exists anywhere, THANKS MIKE SIEBERT! Here is what the bass thought about my Siebert jigs: I also have to thank each and everyone that attends these trips, you have no idea how much I learn from you all! And by the end of my stay I took a little bit of everyone to piece together what I think I figured out, never alone always as a team. I have worked hard to become better on the water, to think, to plot, to be able to piece each bite together, to build from the last fish to the next. Jeff doesn’t want to take any credit, but he deserves a bunch. He has FORCED me to slow down and almost be a mild train wreck instead of a mile long track of carnage! So thanks to everyone and anyone that came to the roadtrip, I hope to see everyone and many more next year!!!

Here is a little sneak peek at what happened on the weekend.....

wolfy...... I LIKE IT!