River Rumble

[Presco]

Craigums, what an awesome experience. I'm pumped to watch the footage next weekend on ESPN. Thanks for sharing.

[apegs]

I also attended the river rumble with craigums and I would like to add my two cents. If they ever come around again I would recommend this to anyone. It was definetly worth it and like craig said all the pros I met were very nice and shared information. Some of the biggest things I noticed that seperates them from from me is there mechanics. Some of the mechanics I saw were amazing and the speed of casting and fishing in general. On my first day I was lucky enough to be paired with kvd. I have never seen someone fish so fast in my life. And not fast like he was under pressure . His cast to retrieve and back to a recast was like a seamless transition. It was crazy. His lure was never out of the water for more than 2 seconds except on boat rides. I always thought pros were throwing some crazy bait that i never use but they use the same things we do. The second day I got gary klein. He was another very nice guy. I watched him crank small mouths along the shore and i have never seen someone flip water like he did. All in all it was an awesome expeirence and I recomend it.

[mww24]

sounds awesome guys. to bad after this green bay fiasco i don't think bass will be back to WI. and I doubt MN would welcome them to warmly either.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

apegs, that is sweet! Spill the beans KVD give up any secrets? Did you get one of his secret cookies?

mww24, I dont follow the trail too closely. What sort of negatives are happening in GB?

[itchmesir]

and I doubt MN would welcome them to warmly either.

[mww24]

BASS had a tourney on minnetonka in the late 80 early 90's i think. I cant recall when but the lake association/homeowners and sheriff on the lake gave the pros heck and complained. I don't think the state as a whole shunned BASS. I do believe BASS applied for two permits for the mystery tourney in MN.

BASS picked green bay for the mystery T. after they had the permits and all that jazz the WI DNR put a boundary on the water they could fish. That cut green bay to around 200,000 acres of water. They kind of pulled the wool over BASS' eyes. thats still a ton of water but when you think all of the bay is open and they switch it you get mad. A lot of pros have been complaining. BASS seems unhappy.

A big argument over the situation is, Them guys buy out of state anglers licenses and then get boundaries imposed on them that the regular joe doesn't. And they release all fish. Yes there is always mortality or delayed mortality in tourneys. But think of it this way. 100 guys from MN could go by a license and go fish the whole bay and keep limits every day go back to shore clean and eat the bass. That's 100 percent mortality. So there is arguments saying that why should bass have restrictions when the average joes could do far more damage legally. Thats why I don't think they'll be back to WI. especially when they can do erie champlain and other great smallie lakes in the northern states.

[RumRiverRat]

The WI DNR screwed this up big time.

[mww24]

yes they did.

[apegs]

He never had any secret bait. It was the exact same stuff we use, I even took some of his plastics. He had tubes, brush hogs and worms on. I was impressed when we went to an area that kind of had two weeds islands about 10 ft apart. The water and wind was blowing in between these 2 islands like a funell. He must have caught 30 fish in this 10ft by 10ft area. When he threw his jig out there on his first cast he said he literally was bumping into like 10 bass. I prob would have thought they were rocks. I was imppressed

[TR21HP]

apegs, what turn up the fishing was referring to with his secret cookies was KVD's chocolate chip cookies he always has with him. He rarely, if ever, shares those.

[apegs]

oh i gotcha ya, he def did not share any choc chip cookies with me. Just his sunscreen. I must have failed the test!

[mattrd]

Here's a just a few of the pics I took while I was there. Nothing like some Bassmasters Classic Champs!