Oakley Big Bass Tour?

[blackmax135]

Anyone fish this tournament?  If so give me your input the ups and downs of it, how well you did, and how it worked out for you.  I wanna fish this tournament when it comes to clarks hill GA but I don't have very much money and I don't want to waist my time if its not going to be a good time and worth the gas money.  Thanks

[EmersonFish]

I have never fished it, but plan on fishing it at Table Rock in May. I'm surprised no one has any input. It seems like they have added dates, it has a lot of big sponsors, and the tour has been going on since 2010; so it must be doing okay. If it were poorly run, word would get out pretty quick, and they would not be going back to the same lakes year after year. I guess I'll find out in May.

[blackmax135]

You got a good point on that.  Ill let ya know what to expect after march

[CDMeyer]

Never fished one, but watch them on tv, interesting concept but kind of cool

[Louisiana_Bassin23]

I was looking at trying to get into the BBT at Lake Conroe in March. Still dont know if ill be able to do it, but im definately hoping!

[WIGuide]

I've fished in two so far and will possibly be making the trip for the 3rd time this year if I can swing it financially. Overall they are great tournaments and comparably not very expensive at all. They have great payouts and I believe if they meet the set quota of anglers they pay down to 7th place now. It's so much different strategy than the normal tournament. You could have the worst few days of fishing of your life and all it takes is 1 cast and 1 fish to put you in the winners circle. They send you text updates halfway through every hour and then again with 10-15 minutes left to update you on what's been weighed in.

 

My dad and I have went down and fished these together the past two years. The first year was on Fort Gibson and the second was on Grand Lake. Neither of those lakes are anything like what we have up here so it was definitely a different experience that way for us. Overall, I don't think we did too bad. Both years we had the Friday before the tournament on the water that we used to cruised around just checking things out and not fishing. We had been looking at places to check out on the map for months, but until you're there you never know exactly what you're in for. Unfortunately the first year at Fort Gibson the area we had liked the look of the most was closed off due to a sailing race going on. OBB was only made aware of it the morning of the tournament by fish and game officials so that threw us for a loop. The first day my dad weighed in one that was just a few ounces shy of the money, and then the second day did make it into the money one hour. This last year at Grand Lake, we both fell short by a few oz. Had my dad held one until the next hour he would have been in the money again. 

 

If you're looking for a fun tourney to get into, I think you should definitely give OBB a try. Get someone you enjoy fishing with and go have a great time. Oh and if you register early online, you get a free rod that would retail for close to your entry so that just sweetens the pot. My only knock on the whole thing is that they don't have tournaments further north up by me haha. 

[ColdSVT]

Im hoping to fish the one on smith mt lake this spring...should be a great time

[blackmax135]

I think it is really great thing they are doing as to making it fair to everyone so that people that guide or fish for a living that get more practice than the everyday fisherman have more of a fair chance.

[WIGuide]

I'm definitely fishing it. Already signed up and payed. I can't miss out on trying to make an extra dollar.  I know how it feels to be a few ounces it makes me want to cry.  Thanks for your input man you gave me what I needed

Not a problem! Best of luck to you!