Brian Needham

here is the summary of my week last year: http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/118040-road-trip-chronicles/?hl=roadtrip#entry1291470

yep, Rig bite will be done for the most part by the trip rolls around. Last year I fished with Bassin is addicting: we caught jigs and shakey heads 00MOD: jigs and shakey heads Glenn : senkos Kerri: jigs..... best 5 from that day are my profile pic..... and if I may brag a bit, the opening picture of the roadtrip video it depends a lot of who you fish with...... Rhino and the crew fished senkos and grubs.... and going to catch PLENTY of fish doing to Glenn, 00Mod, and others fished deeper and catching plenty of fish on shakey heads(Zoom trick worms and magnum shakey worms) and football head jigs....... the difference is the "two camps" for the lack of a better term, were on 2 different sets of fish, one shallow, one deeper...... I had the pleasure of having some of both camps in my boat last year and caught PLENTY of fish both ways. As I have said before bring it all that your trunk will hold, you'll use it. By sunday I had 4 rods on my deck...... 2 sizes of football jigs, a shaky head rod, and a senko rod. COLORS: shaky head worms: watermelon or watermelon seed or watermelon candy Jigs: green pumpkin with orange or PBJ.... green pumpkin type trailer SENKO: color didn't matter but you cant go wrong with Green Pumpkin Sizes: shaky: 1/8, 3/16, 1/4 JIgs: 1/2 and 3/4 Senko: 5 inch Crankbaits: I didn't fish a crank last year but Randy Haynes dominated the everstart while we were there on a 6xd in sexy shad and citrus shad Swimbaits: the Surret brothers finished 2 and 3 in the same everstart throwing 5 inch big hammers in Sara's shad on Wilson (locked through each morning) Topwater: I didn't throw it last year but I know bassinisaddicting and a few others caught some quality fish on frogs

THANKS!

good night you fish some amazing water with those numbers, or do you fish 7 days a week? WTG Bluebasser!

LMAO, though I too say 734

Fishing Daddy is right. it is all practice and hope you don't break anything. I am SOOOOOOOO glad I started in an aluminum boat, that's for sure. fish as much as you can in as many conditions as you can........ try to use short burst on the lowest setting you can get away with. 00mod will say "Needham. who are you to give trolling motor advice, you run it on 10 all day"........ which is somewhat true, but old habits die hard

now yall making me want to go buy some ALPO for the golf course!!! HAHAHA

do you get a citation from the governor? a phone call? plaque? why is it called a citation? I really want to know........22 inches or 8# is a heck of a fish.

Lord I hope not! but things are changing everyday. Pardon me...... yank was a strong word to use. it does seem more northern type folks use the word citation to describe a fish.... I am not meaning to lump in Ole Virginia. why the use/meaning of citation in reference to a bass?

when I think downsizing I don't always think less weight...... I think smaller trailer, and trim the skirt.

what is this Citation, I hear more northerly folk speak of? is it yank speech for HAWG?

I have made the mistake too......... I remember PMing roadwarrior early in my day on the boards asking which way the water flowed, LOL. looking on a map your first instinct without knowing the TN rive is that water flows north to south....... but the TN river makes a U. south through TN, then heading west through AL, then turning North through TN again to Kentucky, spilling into the Ohio River.

yep the males got to work for it, build the bed, yadda yadda.... all the female has to do it show up and pick which male to bed with.

for the most there are two main train of thoughts: 1. they are still there, but you will have to fish much slower for them, in general 2. they moved back to the first drop, break, structure related spot. if that happens fish where your boat was sitting the week before, and/or fish the first point closest to where you caught them last time. the bad thing about this time of year is they move, in and out, and carry suitcases..... the good thing about this time of year is when you do find them you can really lay into them with a solid pattern to run water with. I am learning this the hard away too... so keep plugging, with every trip out the curve gets easier to follow

http://www.tva.gov/lakes/wlh_r.htm use that link to see the current flow on Wilson. if you are fishing on Wilson, BELOW Wheeler dam, you want to look at the inflow..... that will tell you what is coming INTO Wilson... and what will be coming into Wilson is what will produce current right there at the resort. any current is good, per say...... but steady 45-50k+ is really what you want. Of course last year on Pickwick, the TVA was rolling 180k to 220k !!!! current=lots of bites

Dobyns 764cb RM with a Lews BB1pro. I just bought this one for myself for dt 10s to 5xds....... it will be able to throw 2.5 square bills too.

I have caught 38 black bass so far this year.

not a hollow body, but I love the Big Hammer!

STUDS!

I am hoping Teal knows something.......he is LEO and in NC. truly HOPING there is more to the story....ya never know nowadays.

http://www.tpnn.com/2014/04/08/dem-mayor-cancels-memorial-for-killed-police-officer-attends-funeral-of-the-cops-killer/ surely there is more to the story? surely the Mayor is not that big of a dip.

fish it like you stole this summer then have it cleaned/super tuned this winter.

the fish are the stars, we are merely actors....

that's awesome Glenn!!! stepped up, indeed!