Sunday After the FLW weigh in.

[RyanG]

Worked at the flw expo and watched the weigh in. Buddy and I dumped his boat in PC around 530 and fished the pocket within the bouys and the pocket right next to the ramp. The water is up in the bushes and so are the largemouth. The weights for the top 10 pros today were pretty terrible, granted, so were the conditions. But 3 casts in and I got a nice 3 pounder on a jig and went on to catch close to 16 pounds on a white buzz bait in the flooded brush. A good one about 4 on a soinnerbait added to it.  Caught around 20 fish right next to the ramp. Figured though that the backs of creeks with flooded brush would have similar results. Made for an excellent evening though. Those largies are already moving up with the water though so go get em guys. 

[J-Doc]

Did they have previous hook marks in their mouths?  I know they release local bags at the ramp. FLW takes them out on a rig and releases them.  Used to anyway. 

[RyanG]

Nah, I was thinking the same thing. FLW has a live release boat that they use to disperse the fish. But these seemed like "fresh" fish. No cull equipment holes or anything. I caught a few last weekend that without a doubt had been caught recently as well. 

[Champ188]

Good job, Ryan. Nice bag of fish. I do wish you guys would take those fish away from Prairie Creek Park and release them elsewhere. There are several guys, including one my wife works with, who catch quite a few bass from the banks around there and saw the sides off every one they catch.

[Blll]

42 minutes ago, Champ188 said:

Good job, Ryan. Nice bag of fish. I do wish you guys would take those fish away from Prairie Creek Park and release them elsewhere. There are several guys, including one my wife works with, who catch quite a few bass from the banks around there and saw the sides off every one they catch.

Yep, and they usually aren't spots, although this year were some of the largest spots I've seen weighed in.

[Champ188]

Nope, I've seen this guy post pics on Facebook of both LM and SM weighing 4 pounds and up inside his kitchen or out in his yard, right before he runs the old Mister Twister electric saw through them.

[Riverwhy]

Look, anybody that posts that they actually fished the release ramp after a bass tournament has got to be pulling our chain.  We've all laughed about doing this after we have had a tough day on the water but surely no one would really do this and furthermore you sure would not post it to the OAF.

[Ham]

There are "pros" that cash checks fishing retreads right outside the off limits areas where bass are released. I saw it myself at  a FLW event on Red River below Shreveport. 

[RyanG]

43 minutes ago, Riverwhy said:

Look, anybody that posts that they actually fished the release ramp after a bass tournament has got to be pulling our chain.  We've all laughed about doing this after we have had a tough day on the water but surely no one would really do this and furthermore you sure would not post it to the OAF.

Nah man, we fished it. Had about two hours to fun fish and that's exactly what we did. I understand a lot of bass guys seem to have this ego to maintain so just fun catching and sharing with the community guys isn't good enough for them. Hey that's fine, whatever gets you off. Laugh away, it's good for ya. 

The funny thing is, I watched the release boat take the fish out away from prairie creek...and not only that but ten pros only weighed in like 15 fish altogether. Mostly smallies and spots. And funny I didn't catch a single spot or smallie. 

I had fun with a buddy after working the expo and I shared it. That's the point of the post. Sorry if it really bothered you...actually, I'm not at all. Go get em hammer 

[Seth]

I remember Amart fishing for retreads in a tournament last year too. Like it or not, it's a pattern and it usually produces good fish. Even if you make the ramp coves off limits, those fish still swim to the nearest points outside of those weigh in locations and hang out.

I don't really see why somebody would complain about a fun fisherman catching retreads anyways. Sometimes it's just fun to go catch a bunch of nice fish. It's kind of like having a pond loaded with big bass. No, they aren't the most challenging, but they sure are fun to catch. If that ain't your thing, then move on and fish for them however you like.