Red River FOM Championship

[BassAddict]

Got a call last night wanting to know if my brother and I are interested in fishing this tournament. Guess we are next on the list after finishing 23rd in the East Regional. They want to know by tonight. My brother and I are trying to figure out the cost and how we can make this work. If his wife will let him go we may do it. My wife gave me the ok so we'll see. We fished the one on KY Lake back in 05 and did pretty good. It was a lot of fun. Just wish it wasn't 1,200 miles away!!!!!
If we decide to go maybe some of you local guys can give us some info on the Red. I should know what we are doing by tonight.

[Bubba_Bruiser]

You can watch Classic on espn.com and see how they were fishing in case you missed some of it. Wish I could help you more, but here are a few links:
http://search.espn.go.com/bassmaster...hannel=3901768

[Bubba_Bruiser]

http://search.espn.go.com/bassmaster-classic/video/6

[aikenyounggun]

the FOM championship is this week (fishers of Men or something else)... my Fishers of Men region starts this week

[BassAddict]

Originally Posted by aikenyounggun

the FOM championship is this week (fishers of Men or something else)... my Fishers of Men region starts this week

Yes it's Fishers of Men and the National Championship is March 26-28th on the Red River in LA. Same place as the BASS Classic.

[aikenyounggun]

hummm.... our region start the 26 on Murray... Low county South Carolina or somethin along the lines of that.... this is our first year and hopefully we make regionals as youth/adult

[BassAddict]

Originally Posted by aikenyounggun

hummm.... our region start the 26 on Murray... Low county South Carolina or somethin along the lines of that.... this is our first year and hopefully we make regionals as youth/adult

Your first tourney is this weekend. Good luck this year!!!

[BassAddict]

Well we are going! I'm going to mail the entry fee in today! We are pumped and can't wait to get down there and get started! Now I have to get a map of the river and start figuring out what tackle I'm going to need. I'm sure this will be good news for the BPS down the street from my office!!!

[Buzz Wing]

Addict,

Just out of curiousity, what kind of boat are you bringing? I was seeing Ike and those guys down there literally "jumping" over stumps when idling throught the stump fields! Be careful and good luck to you and Aiken!

-Buzz

[BassAddict]

Originally Posted by Buzz Wing

Addict,

Just out of curiousity, what kind of boat are you bringing? I was seeing Ike and those guys down there literally "jumping" over stumps when idling throught the stump fields! Be careful and good luck to you and Aiken!

-Buzz

Thanks Buzz! We are taking my brothers Triton Tr-21 (225 Optimax). That does concern us. We will be taking it easy in the back waters and marking our trail on the GPS for sure!!!

[Buzz Wing]

I'm sure you knew the conditions down there during the classic, but I just thought I would throw them out there again. On the otherhand, I also am thrilled by the whole tackle, rods, reels, line, lures, boats/engines part of fishing as well. I have nearly as much fun tinkering with the equipment as much as I do hooksetting!

Well, sorry about my little rant, but good luck out there and remember to bring back lots of pictures if you can!

-Buzz

[aikenyounggun]

hope you do really good and win it..... might want to see where the classic contenders pounded and not fish there..... or find out where BASS dumped all the fish....im sure all the competetors will do this so you might want to do something different.... they might be on beds if its warm down there.... remember to looks at the weather conditions for the last week...... have fun

[bamabassman]

best of luck bassaddict. catch em hard and heavy pal.

[bcklash]

Hey Bassaddict--GOOD LUCK -- it's a long trip so be careful

[BassAddict]

Thanks guys! Hope we have some decent luck!!!

[Wishing2BFishing]

Yeah, watch the boat. I read that Snowden lost his lower unit on day 3. They had to bring a new boat to him so he could continue fishing.

[Wishing2BFishing]

Here is the article on Snowden:

Brian Snowden (Third, 52-14)
Day One: 15-9
Day Two: 19-4
Day Three: 18-1

Like Iaconelli, Snowden also made the run to Pool 4, but he was fishing the far end of the pool in an area known as the Jungle. He shared that water with a few other contestants, most notably Casey Ashley, Jami Fralick and Bobby Lane, all who made the final day.

Fralick and Snowden travel together, helping each other out, and they both fished the same area all week.

The key to the area, as Snowden explained it, was two ditches with a ridge of pad stems that dead ended out in the backwater the two shared. They would both fish up and down both edges.

"It is a big area, about three football fields in size," Snowden said. "There are pad stems and stumps. I would just go down one ditch throwing to the left, then maybe go down the other throwing to the right. I just wanted to vary my approach."

Snowden also had a small area in Sullivans where he fished a channel with stumps. The channel had 2 to 4 feet of water, with the stumps in 2 feet or less. The first day he caught two there and then went to the Jungle.

His primary lure in the Jungle was a swimming jig, one that Fralick turned him onto.

"Jami was a big help — showing me to swim that jig," Snowden said. "That really was his creation."

The jig was a 3/8-ounce green pumpkin jig with strands of orange and chartreuse. He fished that with a Zoom Super Chunk trailer on 17-pound test line and a 7-foot St. Croix rod.

On Day Two, he started in the same backwater area and again caught two nice keepers on a watermelon/red Zoom Super Hog. Then he ran to the Jungle to finish off his limit.

Things took a turn for the worse on Day Three, when he lost his lower unit running to his first spot after locking through into Pool 4. By the time the Nitro service team could get his new boat down to him, he didn't arrive at his spot until 11 a.m. That lost time was critical since he had to head back to the lock by 1:40 p.m.

In view of the lost time, Snowden decided to go straight to the Jungle, where he caught his 18 pounds and then had to leave.

"If I had another hour, I might have been able to cull the 2-pounder in my well for a 4-pounder," Snowden said.

One thing that Snowden figured out as the week went on is that as the temperatures cooled, the fish moved a little from right up on the bank toward the middle.

"The key for me is that I'm really good at figuring out small areas and dissecting angles," Snowden said. "Also, I would cut lanes in the grass with the motor and that seemed to help reposition the fish."

[MrPhotographer06]

Originally Posted by aikenyounggun

hummm.... our region start the 26 on Murray... Low county South Carolina or somethin along the lines of that.... this is our first year and hopefully we make regionals as youth/adult

hmm.. how can i get on that?

[aikenyounggun]

yeah it start tommorow.... they got a website.... bug tournament series .... well at least to what im used to fishin.... wish me luck

[zooker]

scotty i belive the fom you need to be 18 to fish...


zooker

[MrPhotographer06]

awww that sucks

[aikenyounggun]

no you dont have to be a certain age ... just if you under 19 you are in a adult youth seperate division .... just your angle got to be older than 19..... the top youth adult in each tournament gets 100 bucks and you still get the money if you catch big fish or top spots

[MrPhotographer06]

so if like.. my dad and i or.. my uncle and i enter we can fish?

[aikenyounggun]

yeah if you enter like that you guys are good .... next tournament is on Santee Cooper ... neer actually fished it for bass .... but when i have gone catfishing that lakes looks perfect ..... it held the heavyweight in the BASS a couple of years ago before clear lake and now Falcon Lake

[MrPhotographer06]

the state record came out of it i'm pretty sure.. 16-2...