Rayburn Big Bass Splash April 19-21

[Troy85]

Anyone here gonna be fishing the Big Bass splash next week?  I'll be there with some buddies.  Looks like the lake is about 6' low.  Any thoughts or predictions about big fish weights?

[Catt]

Despite the water level Rayburn is kicking out Hawgs@

 

10+#

[AlabamaSpothunter]

My bet is a 9-10lb fish will win; lake has been cranking out fish that size on the reg lately.    The derbys this year have taken 30-35lbs to win.     Lake is fishing great. 

 

Milliken caught a sharelunker there a 6 weeks ago IIrc. 

[Troy85]

43 minutes ago, Catt said:

Despite the water level Rayburn is kicking out Hawgs@

 

10+#

You think their is gonna be many fish left up shallow? or are most gonna be out in 10+'?

[Catt]

Definitely post spawn 😉

[Catt]

I'm hearing talk of close to 5,000 entries!

[Troy85]

On 4/11/2024 at 9:12 AM, Catt said:

I'm hearing talk of close to 5,000 entries!

Wow....Im guessing I won't have anything to myself.  lol

[Catt]

2 hours ago, Troy85 said:

Wow....Im guessing I won't have anything to myself.  lol

 

Sealy Outdoors is kicking off 40yrs of Big Bass Splash tournaments on Lake Sam Rayburn, TX April 19-20-21, 2024. This three-day tournament will feature guaranteed cash & prizes of $1.3 million

[Catt]

On 4/9/2024 at 11:34 AM, Troy85 said:

You think their is gonna be many fish left up shallow? or are most gonna be out in 10+'?

 

 

1st place: 11.3# in 6' of water on a bed!

 

$300,000 ÷ 11 = $27,272 per pound!

[Troy85]

On 4/23/2024 at 8:47 PM, Catt said:

 

 

1st place: 11.3# in 6' of water on a bed!

 

$300,000 ÷ 11 = $27,272 per pound!

Yep.  C-Rigged fluke, on stage he said the fish bit the first time he drug the bait across the bed.  Crazy.

 

We had a lot of fun.  Caught a bunch of fish, just not big enough.  I caught a 5.75 on  Wednesday on a swim jig.  All 6 of us caught good numbers with a lot of fish right about 4lbs.  95% of our fish came a C-rigged trick worm in redbug color.

[Catt]

2 hours ago, Troy85 said:

C-Rigged fluke,

 

On Tackle Talk Live he called it a Chicken **** Rig.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

I just call them lost baits.....I can't fish them around laydowns/heavy cover without breaking off all the time.    Need to focus more on deeper water structure vs cover I think.      

 

Very interesting using a C-Rig as a bed fishing bait, maybe that's why she ate it the first go around.    

 

Imagine catching a 11lber, then imagine winning $300k for doing so........doesn't get any better than that in life.  

[Catt]

He wasn't fishing a traditional C-Rig. He described as a bobber stop, 3/8 oz bullet weight, 2 more bobber stops, hook, leaving about a 1' leader.

 

1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

imagine winning $300k

 

$172,000 cash!

 

It was the first Big Bass Splash he ever entered!

 

See the interview on YouTube, Tackle Talk Live 

 

[Troy85]

17 hours ago, Catt said:

He wasn't fishing a traditional C-Rig. He described as a bobber stop, 3/8 oz bullet weight, 2 more bobber stops, hook, leaving about a 1' leader.

 

 

$172,000 cash!

 

It was the first Big Bass Splash he ever entered!

 

See the interview on YouTube, Tackle Talk Live 

 

He wasn't the only lucky one.  My friend was in line weighing a fish and they were interviewing a guy who had just won the hour ($10,000).  It was like his first or second time fishing, his brother talked him into coming and bought him a cheap combo the night before.  When they asked him what he caught it on, he just kind of mumbled something incoherent.