Fishing road trip

[Turner9087]

Me and two of my buddies are wanting to take a road trip from birmingham alabama to gary yamamoto's ranch in texas but we don't know where to fish. we are going to take three weeks and fish all the way there and back stopping through alabama, mississippi, louisiana, arkansas, Oklahoma, and texas any suggestions would be great. (this is our senior trip btw and we have no idea what to do.....we have a year to plan any help would be much appreciated) 

[Scarborough817]

do you have a boat?

[Turner9087]

Yes

[Hog Basser]

What size boat?

Camping along the way? Or hotel?

Lots of good fishing lakes along the way with campsites. 

[lo n slo]

git r done SON !!!!!!  

[lonnie g]

if you are close to lake fork and are targeting big bass . its great , the marina also nice.  GREAT idea for senior trip  contact TEXAS HAWG.  look at this site map see where other members are at  also PM. them. for Alabama LAY LAKE south of birmingham is great for KY spots. the best of luck to you ,have a great and memorable senior trip!.  we want pics.

[bagofdonuts]

Hit lake ouachita before you head south, beautiful lake. Then the bend.

[Turner9087]

 

What size boat?

Camping along the way? Or hotel?

Lots of good fishing lakes along the way with campsites. 

18 footer and probably camping or sleeping in the truck or boat....we dont have a lot of money

[12poundbass]

 

18 footer and probably camping or sleeping in the truck or boat....we dont have a lot of money

You have a year to save as much money as you can and collect all the cans along side the road ( if your state has deposits on cans). Great idea and I wish you safe travels in your adventure. I wish I would've thought about a trip like that when I was a senior. 

[Turner9087]

we are planning on taking i-20 to dallas then hitting i-30 to to little rock and hitting i-40 to memphis to i-22 back to birmingham so any lakes along the way we would be willing to stop at no more than 15 miles off the interstate though we are willing to travel a little more for lakes that have monster bass

[Hog Basser]

 

18 footer and probably camping or sleeping in the truck or boat....we dont have a lot of money

Perfect.  Look for state parks with marinas and boat ramps....a few in Arkansas to check out include:

Ouachita (mentioned above)

Dardanelle (lots of tournaments fished here)

Beaver (Northwest AR, maybe a little out of the way, but great lake)

DeGray

Bull Shoals

There is also a pay lake (minimal charge) with camping around Stuttgart/Devall's Bluff in the eastern delta of Arkansas I would recommend called Peckerwood Lake - google it and look up the facebook page for more info and pics...this would be a more unique experience from the big lakes.  It is a 4,000 acre private lake.  Bass grow big in the delta, I fish around that area a lot on some other private lakes not open to the public. 

 

we are planning on taking i-20 to dallas then hitting i-30 to to little rock and hitting i-40 to memphis to i-22 back to birmingham so any lakes along the way we would be willing to stop at no more than 15 miles off the interstate though we are willing to travel a little more for lakes that have monster bass

Peckerwood Lake is between Little Rock and Memphis just south of the Interstate, seriously, look it up. 

[Kidflex]

While your on I-20 in Louisiana, you can stop and fish caddo lake on the LA/TX border. Really good fishing. Beautiful scenery too. Prol the best you'll see on your journey. 

[Turner9087]

 

Perfect.  Look for state parks with marinas and boat ramps....a few in Arkansas to check out include:

Ouachita (mentioned above)

Dardanelle (lots of tournaments fished here)

Beaver (Northwest AR, maybe a little out of the way, but great lake)

DeGray

Bull Shoals

There is also a pay lake (minimal charge) with camping around Stuttgart/Devall's Bluff in the eastern delta of Arkansas I would recommend called Peckerwood Lake - google it and look up the facebook page for more info and pics...this would be a more unique experience from the big lakes.  It is a 4,000 acre private lake.  Bass grow big in the delta, I fish around that area a lot on some other private lakes not open to the public. 

Peckerwood Lake is between Little Rock and Memphis just south of the Interstate, seriously, look it up. 

Do you happen to know the fee for peckerwood I couldn't find it

 

While your on I-20 in Louisiana, you can stop and fish caddo lake on the LA/TX border. Really good fishing. Beautiful scenery too. Prol the best you'll see on your journey. 

Ok we will check it out thank you

[Turner9087]

Y'all are all probably adults and are better at this than me but how much would it cost us in food for 3 weeks per person if we don't eat out a lot

Also I have heard that the road between little rock and Memphis is really rough can anyone confirm this

[12poundbass]

 

Y'all are all probably adults and are better at this than me but how much would it cost us in food for 3 weeks per person if we don't eat out a lot

Also I have heard that the road between little rock and Memphis is really rough can anyone confirm this

Ramen noodles $30-40 for 3 weeks if that! If you're going to college it'll give your bowels time to get used to them.  ?

[Hog Basser]

 

Do you happen to know the fee for peckerwood I couldn't find it

Ok we will check it out thank you

It is minimal, I think less than $10 per person at Herman's Landing. 

 

Y'all are all probably adults and are better at this than me but how much would it cost us in food for 3 weeks per person if we don't eat out a lot

Also I have heard that the road between little rock and Memphis is really rough can anyone confirm this

The road isn't that bad.  Depends on what construction is going on, I think there is more construction closer to Memphis, but I don't usually go that far. 

 

I would seriously put together a food plan and budget for everything on this trip so you aren't short-handed.  You can go cheap by packing coolers with sandwich meats and taking loaves of bread and chips along.  Figure out your cost for the items you want to take and round up a little bit if you have to re-buy along the road and prices are different.  Pack a big water cooler so you don't have to buy a lot of bottled water along the way and refill bottles from it.  You will also want to budget fuel carefully. 

[Turner9087]

On 5/10/2017 at 9:53 AM, Hog Basser said:

It is minimal, I think less than $10 per person at Herman's Landing. 

The road isn't that bad.  Depends on what construction is going on, I think there is more construction closer to Memphis, but I don't usually go that far. 

 

I would seriously put together a food plan and budget for everything on this trip so you aren't short-handed.  You can go cheap by packing coolers with sandwich meats and taking loaves of bread and chips along.  Figure out your cost for the items you want to take and round up a little bit if you have to re-buy along the road and prices are different.  Pack a big water cooler so you don't have to buy a lot of bottled water along the way and refill bottles from it.  You will also want to budget fuel carefully. 

That is what we were thinking but we were just making sure thank you

[Hog Basser]

When you going?  I'm interested to see the results, take plenty of pics!

[bagofdonuts]

Another couple of  areas to check out between Little Rock and Memphis is lower Arkansas River near Pendleton, AR little south of I-40. You have some big backwater areas there (coal pile, merisach lake) that are loaded with big bass. You can also check out the lower white river, tons and tons of little horseshoe lakes (1/2 of which are named horseshoe lake). 

[nocluefisher]

Peanut butter and jelly will be your best friend. Eating can be really cheap if you are not picky.