You're Invited to the 6th Annual BassResource.com Roadtrip!!!

[FishinTN]

Hey guys, just back from Fork last night. Trip cost ran more than expected.(Didn't catch much either)I won't be able to make the trip to moors atleast not for the stay like I expected. May try to come up monday morning for the day though. Don't know If I'll run into anyone though, since I'm sure all will already be on the water. So If ya happen to see a fella in a red triton that looks lost up on those Ky waters, that may be me.

[oteymc]

I'm back home from my short stay at the Roadtrip. I had a blast and wish I could have stayed longer. I was glad to meet CWB, Long Mike, CJ and his wife, Big O, Steezy, Simp, Scrutch, Road Warrior, Fishing Rhino, Glen and Keri. Wish I could have run into the rest of the bunch. The fishing was pretty good for me - I will definitely go back there soon. I am now living vicariously through you that are still down there, so post some pics!

[Simp]

Hey oteymc I still got your wingnuts for your battery. Cwb told me to tell ya he is dry now.

[Siebert Outdoors]

What a great time and met some great people!! So I'm counting the days till Roadtrip 2012

[ctf58]

Hope all are safe after the storms. Also hope ya'll are getting to fish some. I really wanted to come down but between the weather and work I just can not make it. Someone post some pictures please...

[scrutch]

Hey yall, I just got home from the Roadtrip. Man what a great time! I learned so much from everyone, especially Big O. I can't wait to take all the tips and apply them to my home lakes!

I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you all. Glenn, Keri, Lund Explorer, Long Mike, Uncle Leo, CWB, Birdman78, Tombstone, MNGeorge, Roadwarrior, Alpster (how's the thumb?), Fishing Rhino, Simp, Oteymc, MR. STEEZY (Great fun to fish with you! Sorry I didn't put you on more fish!), CJ (thanks for all the tips!), Greg & Deb, and BIG O (thanks for all your education and mostly for your patience and caring about us little people. It was truly an honor spending a little time with you and learning from you!).

For any of you reading this that have never been to a Roadtrip. Get to one soon. It'll be an experience you'll never forget!

Roadtrip pics and videos coming soon...

[Glenn]

Hey guys,

Please send me your pics and videos so we can put together a video recap.

Thanks!!

Glenn

[scrutch]

How was Wednesday's fishing? Did the storm shut them down a little? How about a little Roadtrip fishing report?

[oteymc]

Hey oteymc I still got your wingnuts for your battery.

Not worried about it, but thanks.

[Big-O]

Here's my post on the festivities... We FISHED and had an AWESOME time, I'm ready to do it again

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/85539-did-i-have-fun-heck-yeah/

Big O

www.ragetail.com

[CWB]

All I can say is WOW, what a great trip. Got to see some old friends and meet some new ones. Despite 20 mph winds every day, still caught lots of fish and worked on different techniques. Fished with Oteymc first day and caught 'em pretty good cranking the rip rap. Thought I finally got my double digit but it was a massive drum. Then got to spend a day flipping with Big-O and we found the "turbalicious" smallie hole. It was like a day at school on the water. Flippin' 101 Swapped some pretty good stories too. Got a real nice smallie: I said 4.5 and Big-O said 5 so I'll defer to him and say 5 lb. Then fished with Bud. Threw nothing but Space Monkeys and had a great day. I think Bud knows more about the lake than the Corps of Engineers. What a wealth of information. Had the pleasure of landing one close to 6 lb. for him. Then got to fish with Fishing Rhino and Alpster. Rhino kicked our butts with his drop shot wacky rig but we caught up after we started using shakey heads. Great day. (Hows the thumb Ronnie?) Then went out with Long Mike. We caught a few on the main lake but decided it wasn't worth fighting the wind. Hit some sheltered spots with a shakey head and got into 'em pretty good. I think I even saw Mike smile once or twice. Then I finally got to fish with Simp after plans changed almost every day. We went over to Barkley and got a mixed bag on a variety of techniques. Simp got a real nice one flipping a crankbait into the trees. Then before leaving I got to fish with Deb. She whupped my behind but we had a great time. Greg is one very lucky guy. After having some Bar-B-Que and shooting the breeze at Fisherman's Headquarters, left for home. Some pix to follow, but my camera died after getting wet Saturday. Can't wait for next year!

[Lund Explorer]

Just a short note for now to say that the War Dept and I made it home safe and sound. Probably not the best plan to go fishing on the morning before a 12 hour drive home through light rain, heavy winds, and finally fog. So after a few hours of sleep, I need to unpack all my goodies, clean out the boat, and try to figure out how to put into words all of who I met and what I experienced over the last week. You're all a great bunch of people, and I'll post more later. For now, I need to put my longjohns back on.

By the way, I can report that Ronnie is on the mend.... He released all his own fish Thursday, and I'm sure that habit he picked up of ducking every time I casted will be easily overcome!!!!

[Mr. Swabby(aka westtennessee1)]

Had an absolute blast at this year's Road Trip! What a great group of people, and my only regret is missing past Road Trip Events. I arrived on Wednesday and was able to share a room with Rhino (thanks BTW). Fished Wednesday by myself and battled the wind landing a couple of LMB all under 3lbs. Enjoyed dinner at the Moors restaurant on Wednesday night where I met all the other Road Trippers! I'd love to list the names of all the great folks but it would use up the lines I have on this post! Fished Thursday with Roadwarrior- We had a very eventful day with the morning slow battling wind but as we fished the Kentucky Dam and were about ready to leave -WHAMMMM! I had something crush my DT-6. At first feel I figured a Drum... OH NO- this was something else! With three bursts away from the boat and a frenzy shake of the head I knew this was one mad Smallie. After RW took over the controls of the boat to keep us off the rocks I commenced battling this energetic fish. After about a ten minute drag pulling fight, I landed my PB. The fish went a tick over 6 pounds and that fish put the icing on the cake for this great Road Trip event. RW and I moved to a couple different spots that day capped off with finding balls of shad off a point in the main lake catching over 20 LMB in two hours. Nothing over three pounds but all keeper fish. Back at the beach, we decided to hit Patti's Restaurant and that was really great food. Fished with RW again Friday but the weather really hampered our morning of fishing. Tried Barkley Lake with no real success. Overall an awesome Road Trip event and I'll be there next year for sure. Thanks again to all of the fellow Road Trippers for your hospitality and sharing your fishing knowledge!

Oh ya- the Road Trippers have officially voted that I change my forum name to Mr. Swabby... Long story but the Readers Digest version is it has to do with my career in the Navy!

[Triton21]

You guys are killing me. I am sitting here crying in my beer. I so wanted to make this RT more than any of the other ones I have missed. Glad y'all had fun and caught lots of nice fish. Hope all made it home safe;

Kelley

[Triton21]

You guys are killing me. I am sitting here crying in my beer. I so wanted to make this RT more than any of the other ones I have missed. Glad y'all had fun and caught lots of nice fish. Hope all made it home safe;

Kelley

[Glenn]

Please send me your pics. Thanks!!

[Lund Explorer]

The clothes are unpacked, washed, put away, and the boat and tackle is well on the way to being cleaned and reorganized. This old fart even got a fairly decent night's sleep and is well on the way to healing up all the little aches and pains that a week's worth of fishing creates. About the only thing left to do is to come on here to reflect on this trip. Suffice it to say, there is no way to put into words all of those thoughts. Nor was there any way to spend the amount of time needed getting to properly meet with everyone who attended. I'm sure that would take at least a month, so if that ever is a possibility, let's hope it isn't held in a "dry" county!

To Glenn and Keri..... A plain thank you just doesn't seem to be enough. I've been lucky in my life's work to meet a number of people who have successfully started a venture of one sort or another, but never has that come to a more gracious couple. Whether in casual conversation or in the time you spent talking to us as a group, it is easy to see why Bass Resource has become what it is today. I'm looking forward to seeing grow into everything you want it to be.

To Deb..... Well girl, you got your own post located here:

To Gary & Mary..... Thanks for hosting a great get together Saturday night. It was the perfect way to start our trip.

To the Burger Gang.... Great eats guys. Mike was surely correct when he said these dinners gave all of us a chance to gather in the evening.

To the Big O..... Sir, your nickname should be EF Hutton. When you talk, everyone should listen! I don't think I've ever had the pleasure to talk with such a knowledgeable and entertaining fisherman before. I'm looking forward to next year's trip, and next year's batch of new Rage Tails.

To MNGeorge.... Yup, I finally broke that new rod in on Thursday with a bunch of fish caught using a short C-Rig on it. I'm looking forward to bringing many more fish with it, thanks.

Last and absolutely not the least to Alpster my fishing partner for two days..... The time we spent both onshore and on the water were the best. Without a doubt there will be memories that will be coming back to me throughout the year. I hope that we will be able to team up again next year, and if our luck improves, you'll have your camera with you the next time my boat floats off down the bayou on its own! Then again, maybe the young man who gave me the boat ride to retrieve it will take up my invitation to join us here so you'll have another witness!

I guess the only thing left to do is to thank everyone else who I got to meet but didn't list here. I'm looking forward to spending more time with all of you next year. Now I think I'll go in search of Steezy's report on how that new rig of his is pounding those Houston bass.

[Deb]

It was great to see everyone! I hate that I didn't have more time to spend with the gang but was thankful for the time that I did have.

Jackie, you've got it......keep kickin his tail I'm very happy and proud of you! Maybe next time, you would consider going fishing with me ???

Keri, it was so good to get to spend the afternoon on the lake with you. I look forward to our next trip out!

CWB, Ken, it was a good day on the water with you. Wish we'd have caught more fish, but I always wish that. It was great just chatting and enjoying being out there. If you get a chance to come back down, we'll do it again !!!

[Keri]

We made it home after a long travel day but it was worth it. Seeing everyone at the road trip was tons of fun and I can’t wait until next year. We haven’t decided where to go but we’re working on it.

Thanks to all who took us fishing, OT on Sunday, Dave on Monday, Gman on Tuesday, Deb and CJ on Wednesday, Long Mike on Thursday and Greg on Friday (please thank John again for the use of the boat). Glenn and I have a wonderful time especially teaching Long Mike that turtle speed works great for plastics. LOL

Please send your photos so we can get to work on the road trip video.

[CWB]

Glenn and I had a wonderful time especially teaching Long Mike that turtle speed works great for plastics. LOL

You got Mike to slow down? Congratulations!

[Siebert Outdoors]

I have to publically apologize to Kerri and Glenn. Next time I will have a hook sharpener.

I wish I could have stayed longer and fished with more members.

[Uncle Leo]

Just a quick note to state another Roadtrip get a big thumbs up. Been crazy catching up at work the last couple of days. I will post up some of the high lights and get Glenn some photos before the end of the week. Hopefully Friday, dang customer's are bothering me. GOOD to see everyone again. Finally got a better one on a Steezy bait on Friday. Big O knows!

[Uncle Leo]

Just a quick note to state another Roadtrip get a big thumbs up. Been crazy catching up at work the last couple of days. I will post up some of the high lights and get Glenn some photos before the end of the week. Hopefully Friday, dang customer's are bothering me. GOOD to see everyone again. Finally got a better one on a Steezy bait on Friday. Big O knows!

Was able to pull a photo off the phone, big one of the trip. Foul hooked of course, thought it was abig Drum.

[steezy]

A few pics of what we caught.

[Long Mike]

Well, I suppose I win the award for the most consistently senile. After fishing with Steezy, Ghoti & Mary, RW, and CWB during the week, I must confess that I put very few fish in the boat. My co-anglers fared much better. I would like to blame my lack of success on the winds and fighting the trolling motor, but that's a poor excuse. Suffice it to say that they caught and I didn't.

On Thursday I had the opportunity of fishing with the Royal Couple, i.e. Glenn and Keri. I admit that I had a few reservations about having them on my boat, because I wasn't sure if I had enough storage capacity for their crowns, scepters and regalia. Oddly enough, they both chose to go the covert route and showed up dressed as ordinary fishermen, er, people. It took a couple of hours to convince them that I simply could not accommodate the four hundred rods and two poodles that they wished to bring aboard, but after that, everything was smooth sailing.

Because of the strong Easterly winds, I chose to stay out of the main lake, so took my famous couple on a daring one minute boat ride to the bay directly south of the resort. We stayed there all day and caught about twenty-five bass.

Now, this is where the senility part comes in. I'm sure I was nervous, because I was hosting royalty, but I chose to fish with a spinning rig, and on no less than seven occasions did I forget to open the bail prior to my cast. Luckily, I was the only one who noticed my fauxs pas, other than my guests, and they have promised to never let me live it down.

BTW, what's the plural of faux pas? Fauxs pas?

BS aside, the most enjoyable day I had on the trip was fishing with Glenn and Keri. Where we were, the winds were calm, the fish were biting, and the laughter was was so prolific that I had to turn on the bilge pump.

I can't wait till next year!