2013 Roadtrip! You're Invited!

[riskkid 2]

I'm really disappointed but due to personal reasons I have to cancel my attendance at the roadtrip. I hate it for me but hope everyone has a great time and whacks em!! I'll look forward to the reports.

[Brian Needham]

Hey Kent, if you could, tell them to work up a soft plastic bite Saturday, LOL.

[roadwarrior]

One of my guys is building shorter arms with two small spinner blades kinda suspended in the middle.

The baits are very small storm swimbaits on the outside and a 4" version in the middle. I am using

the full size rigs. One has white Ragetail Single Tail Grubs on the outside, chartreuse in the middle.

Another has LFT Live Magic Shad outside, Johnson Silver Minnow in the middle. I am using 3/0 light

wire hooks on the outside. NOTE: TN only allows 3 hooks. If you have the standard rig, two of your

outside arms will have to be rigged with a blade or cut off.

 

The Red Eye Shad are pretty traditional: Red, Craw and Blue Chrome.

 

Pick your favorite jerkbaits and colors, seems to me that everything works!

I have been fishing Smithwick (Clown) mainly because they are our new sponsor.

[Fishing Rhino]

Thanks.  Now I can do a bit of more shopping.

[Alpster]

Oiled and relined all the reels today. Organizing tackle and getting pretty excited about hittin the road. All of you slackers on the fence need to get signed up. NO Excuses! Let's go fishin!

 

Ronnie

[roadwarrior]

Here ya go:

 

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_123/flash-mob-fish-41713.html

 

Better buy two!

[.ghoti.]

Man, I hope the A-rig bite is done when we get there. I have a few, made for me by CJ. I spent a day last december throwing one in the Shelbyville tailwater area, one of the few places in Illinois where the rig is legal.

My conclusion is; if I had to throw one those things all the time to catch fish, I'd probably give up fishing, and go back to playing golf.

[Siebert Outdoors]

In two weeks I'm seriously thinking it will be a trap, spinnerbait, crank bite.  We will see.

[.ghoti.]

I thinking spinnerbait, jerkbait, tube

[Brian Needham]

this weather is crazy......I was hoping by trip time that the fish would be in all 3 phases pre, post, and on the beds. who knows now.......20-30degree cold front moving through today.

[.ghoti.]

Expect some lousy weather. It would not be a Bass Resource RoadTrip without at least one day of monsoon.

[bassin is addicting]

Man, I hope the A-rig bite is done when we get there. 

My conclusion is; if I had to throw one those things all the time to catch fish, I'd probably give up fishing, and go back to playing golf.
 

 

X2

i couldn't agree more.  too much like work and not my idea of fishing at all.

[USNADrs]

It's going to be a few years before I can come to one of the trips. Have to get a truck and a boat!

[Alpster]

It's going to be a few years before I can come to one of the trips. Have to get a truck and a boat!

 

You don't need a truck or a boat. Heck you don't need to have anything, just get there. No excuses!

 

Ronnie

[ProCrafter]

I'm flying in from Seattle!! and its my 2nd Roadtrip!!! pretty reasonable for 6 days of fishing!!!

[USNADrs]

You don't need a truck or a boat. Heck you don't need to have anything, just get there. No excuses!

 

Ronnie

 

Well, considering I am 18 years only and finishing my last year of high school before I leave for the Navy, I would say I have a few excuses!

[zip pow]

Man, I hope the A-rig bite is done when we get there. I have a few, made for me by CJ. I spent a day last december throwing one in the Shelbyville tailwater area, one of the few places in Illinois where the rig is legal.

My conclusion is; if I had to throw one those things all the time to catch fish, I'd probably give up fishing, and go back to playing golf.

Get a good rod and reel set up for the rig and its not bad at all .I fished the wrong set up last year and it was work .Now I've got a rig rod and reel its no different than throughing a big spinner bait.I'll have it with me if you care to cast it about you can it'll change your mind I believe.

[Brian Needham]

I am not that worried about the Arig bite or not an Arig bite....... I talked to a guy from BPS that fished it 4-6 weeks ago for 5 days  (in the heart of the ARIG bite) and he caught plenty of fish on jigs and various other baits.

 

That said, either way, I will buy an ARIG set up but it aint going to be before the road trip cause I have already spent more money then I should have LOL.... I aint poor but I already got a tackle store in my boat and I need to learn to catch 'em with what I got before I start swinging magic wands around.

 

Pickwick is 50,000 acres with TONS of fish, I am sure not all the fish are thinking, "I lost my appetite, cause that aint no ARIG....."

[.ghoti.]

Brandon, it's not my gear that's the problem. I have a rod and reel that will handle an A-rig up to about three ounces with no problem. The problem is me. I'm a light line, finesse type fisherman by choice. Fighting a big fish on light line turns my crank. Pointing the rod tip straight up, cranking as fast as I can, and making the bass sky across the water is NOT my idea of fun. Might as well fish with a throw net. Out of my 20+ combos, two have 14lb test line. The remainder have lighter line, down to 8 on some baitcasters, down to 4 on a spinning rig.

[roadwarrior]

Well, I'll have to admit that a large portion of my A-Rig fishing

has involved  stripers. The big rig shines with 38 lbs of mad fish

tugging on your line!  However, I have found that smaller, lighter

rigs are just as effective as the heavier originals. The weight s less

than 2 oz all in and can be thrown on a typical jig rod, MH or H.

[Alpster]

Well, considering I am 18 years only and finishing my last year of high school before I leave for the Navy, I would say I have a few excuses!

 

I wasn't picking on you. The "no excuses" thing is a running joke around here. Sorry I didn't pay attention to your post count to see that you are kind of new on the forms. Welcome to the best bass fishing site on the net. You sound like you are on the right track. We will see you at a future Road Trip and dinner is on me.

 

Ronnie

[Dinky]

I'm flying in from Seattle!! and its my 2nd Roadtrip!!! pretty reasonable for 6 days of fishing!!!

That.s a long way, ProCrafter. Don't your arms get tired?

[Fishing Rhino]

That.s a long way, ProCrafter. Don't your arms get tired?

 

The trip east is OK.   He's got the jet stream helping.  It's the trip back home that's the killer, flying against the jet stream.

[USNADrs]

I wasn't picking on you. The "no excuses" thing is a running joke around here. Sorry I didn't pay attention to your post count to see that you are kind of new on the forms. Welcome to the best bass fishing site on the net. You sound like you are on the right track. We will see you at a future Road Trip and dinner is on me.

 

Ronnie

 

I know you weren't! Most users on here are older than 18!No hard feelings and thank you for the welcome!

[zip pow]

Brandon, it's not my gear that's the problem. I have a rod and reel that will handle an A-rig up to about three ounces with no problem. The problem is me. I'm a light line, finesse type fisherman by choice. Fighting a big fish on light line turns my crank. Pointing the rod tip straight up, cranking as fast as I can, and making the bass sky across the water is NOT my idea of fun. Might as well fish with a throw net. Out of my 20+ combos, two have 14lb test line. The remainder have lighter line, down to 8 on some baitcasters, down to 4 on a spinning rig.

Maybe you can show me about that light line fishing. I'm right the opposite twenty combos and none with line lighter than 14lb .