Big Bass Lure In The KVD Tournament?

[JF660R]

36 minutes ago, dblades said:

I guess I don't understand this thread. Fishing a Rock Crawler, in the  Cape Fair  area is a pretty normal tournament report, why the concern over lying or privacy?

Idk either. That's what the guy said on stage. I really doubt he would bother to lie about it. Half the field threw the RC, it's not critical information. The terms "Rock Crawler" and "Cape Fair area" still leave a lot of variables for the typical angler to be able to recreate his results.

Also, I picked up some stuff at the Lew's outlet and they have plenty of RCs on the shelf. 

[STLbassbuster]

Yep he could drop a pin on that spot, give you the same lure to tie on, line up the exact cast and nothing would probably happen lol. This is what makes fishing a challenge each time we hit the water, the conditions are always changing. Fish the conditions not history.

[Flysmallie]

1 minute ago, STLbassbuster said:

 Fish the conditions not history.

 

Exactly. My dad always told me not to waste time trying to catch other people's fish. He would, but always pushed me to do something different. 

[Bill Babler]

Kind of funny I talked to a guy Sunday at Shell Knob Ramp about 4 PM. Said he came in the top 10 with a 5.67 he caught near point 15 up the James then drove it clear to Long Creek to weigh it in and then boated back to the Knob. Had an old Ranger with a 200 Merc on it. Must have had a 100 gallon gas tank

Hard to figure total miles but that is a bunch of windshield time. Caught it on a wart. 

[Flysmallie]

That's a long drive. 

[abkeenan]

1 hour ago, Bill Babler said:

Kind of funny I talked to a guy Sunday at Shell Knob Ramp about 4 PM. Said he came in the top 10 with a 5.67 he caught near point 15 up the James then drove it clear to Long Creek to weigh it in and then boated back to the Knob. Had an old Ranger with a 200 Merc on it. Must have had a 100 gallon gas tank

Hard to figure total miles but that is a bunch of windshield time. Caught it on a wart. 

Lots of guys do just as you describe there. Fish the James or Kings in the morning then trailer over to Long Creek to weigh what they have an then finish the day fishing Long Creek or around the dam. Spoke to a guy on the water in Long around noon who had two 5's in the box coming from Viola that had just put in to fish the afternoon near the weigh in and then cash in his fish.

[abkeenan]

I also spoke to the winner, Chad, at the dock on the first hour weigh in on Sunday.  Said the same thing as everyone else. RC in the Cape Fair area. Super nice guy and I believed him. I also stuck around after the tournament and heard him speak momentarily on stage. Said that him and his partner where just covering different zones with him covering the shallower part with the crawler and the partner out deeper. Said he threw the Crawler up into 4 FOW and cranked it down and the 7.55 ate it. Also said that the fish only had the back hook in her and when they had her in the net the treble was just about bent straight out and he felt lucky to have gotten her to the boat.

[Seth]

1 hour ago, STLbassbuster said:

Fish the conditions not history.

People don't get that. I've told people exactly how I caught my fish and where plenty of times. By the time they got out on the water to try and replicate it, the conditions have changed and that bite isn't happening. Some even have the nerve to come back and complain about you giving them bad information. I just record my trips and post the videos online so people can see I'm not lying. Some people just don't have the ability to fish the conditions and change things up. That skills just comes with time on the water and learning to feel things out as the day goes on.

[Seth]

Big fish tournaments are a crap shoot anyways. You could have 20 boats fishing the same pattern in the same area and one person lucks in to a giant while everybody else just catches dinks. That's fishing for you. When you can bring in a limit of quality fish, then you're on to something, but that doesn't mean a thing in a big fish tournament. Take LoZ for instance. You can go out and catch five four pounders and stand a good chance at winning a check in nearly every regular tournament. However, that may not win you anything in the Big Bass Bash. How many times have you seen somebody weigh in a giant bass with nothing to go with it? They obviously weren't on a good pattern to catch a quality limit, but a loan big fish can pop up anywhere.

[JF660R]

That's part of what makes the BBT fun. Many of us know we're not really qualified to put together a "Monster bag". But we can all hope for that one chance bite.