Sacramento ISE Round Table Question Contest

kb · Post by kb » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:10 am

Ok guys get your question in before Gator deletes everything again for this Saturday's Ultimate Bass Roundtable at the Sacramento ISE show. The Round Table will be at 12:30.

If we select your question we will leave you a free pass to get into the show and attend the show and seminar. Your question will have to be under this thread and your pass will be in the will call located at the main gate at Cal Expo.

We have alot of fun and this is for fishing questions only guys so if the only question you have is about donuts, hillbillys and radio show hosts save them for another time, this will save Gator the shame when he nukes the entire thread.

On this year's Round Table is Gary Dobyns, Dave Rush, Greg Guiterrez, Bub Tosh and legendary angler Dee Thomas.

Ask a question to one of them or the entire panel. For more information and the entire Demo Tank schedule you can go to www.sportsexpos.com.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the biggest show in Northern California this weekend.

Kent Brown
Ultimate Bass Radio

Terry Smith · Post by **Terry Smith** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:22 am

Do you guys put new line on your rods every tournament? If you do why???

Terry Smith

Steve Reed · Post by **Steve Reed** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:25 am

When you're fishing a body of water where the weights are usually small, and almost everyone will bring in a limit, how do you find those bigger fish needed to win? (example: shasta, oroville)

Dewayne · Post by **Dewayne** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:07 am

How much pre fish is enough and what do you do to prevent too much pre-fishing from narrowing your focus too much?

outdoorsman · Post by **outdoorsman** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:24 am

Does fishing in these tournaments still feel like fishing, or does the pressure of cashing a check take away from the fun?

Bill K · Post by **Bill K** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:24 am

Is the Biosonix system really worth the money? Bill K

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:31 am

WHEN FISHING JIGS, DO YOU TRIM THE SKIRTS OR LEAVE THEM LONG, AND ALSO SAME QUESTION ABOUT THE WEED GUARDS DO YOU TRIM THEM ?

JIGS

blkdog812 · Post by **blkdog812** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:32 am

when you or your partner loose / break off a winning big fish. what do you do to get your mind or your partner back into the game. :cry:

g-man · Post by **g-man** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:34 am

Go big early, or go big late? If you are behind in a multiple day event do you go big early, or get the limit first?

Is pre-fishing the day before an event a bad thing? If yes explain why, If no explain why?

Slippy · Post by **Slippy** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:37 am

if you have to use the restroom and are not alowed to leave the boat what do you do?

g-man · Post by **g-man** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:40 am

blkdog812 wrote:when you or your partner loose / break off a winning big fish. what do you do to get your mind or your partner back into the game.

been there, and it sucks, good question cause I lost my cool, and my mind set, coulda, shoulda!!!!!

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:44 am

Hang it over the side.....what else??

Murph · Post by **Murph** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:48 am

Triton Boats just came out with a Strong contingency program, aimed at the Western FLW events. Does this panel feel that this is a positive step and would they like to see other Boat Companies, follow suit?

badbass25 · Post by **badbass25** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:12 am

Which technique would you consider the hardest/worst for you?
When do you improve you skills at this particular technique? off days (fun fishing) or when the bite is hot?

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:59 am

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT BASS FISHING ESPECIALLY TOURNAMENT BASS FISHING, HAS BECOME LIKE GOLF, AND IT IS A SPORT FOR THE RICH.

DG · Post by DG » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:49 pm

I feel that Bass fishing is at a critical point in it's history. With PETA and other groups breathing down our necks and now the government has begun to attack us with higher tournament permits outrageous license costs and the new "use" fees, what can we do individually and collectively to bring it into focus and get the word out that we have just as much right to use the natural resources as anyone. We are very aware of the needs to protect those resources and do more than anyone for them yet we seem to be the "bulls eye" for everyone to take their best shot at. It's time we became "pro active" rather than "re active"
DG

Terry Smith · Post by **Terry Smith** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:03 pm

When is using A ripbait most productive on the Nothern Ca. Lakes?

rexford · Post by **rexford** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:32 pm

If you could borrow one of your competitors fishing attributes;
What would it be and whom would you borrow it from?

Thanks,
Mike

jcruz · Post by **jcruz** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:46 pm

# 1 My wife doesn't believe me when I tell her, but fishing 1, 2 and especially 3 day tournaments can be very taxing on your body. This question can be posed to everybody, but especially Dee, who still competes at a very high level. What do you do prior to and during a tournament i.e. equipment, technique, posture, running the trolling motor v. backseat, etc. to get you through a tournament and still have your shoulders, arms and back in place for the trip home?

#2 What is your most memorable moment (thus far) of your professional fishing career?

Johnny C · Post by **Johnny C** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:15 pm

Why can't Kent catch a decent fish at Melones?

MaddMaggs · Post by **MaddMaggs** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:43 pm

To the Panel:

1. I am an Amateur who is fairly new to the Team Tourney experience and Bass fishing as a money sport. I have fished with some great Pro's but I always find myself asking:
What can I do to help get that winning limit in the boat?
(Holding the net is not an answer...lol.)

2. As an Amateur I always find myslelf wondering what to bring in the tackle bag to an event. I know we do not have the "time" on the water the Pro's do and the capability to carry what the Pro's cary on deck so:
What type of baits would you suggest Amateur's carry in the tackle bag (not specifically for one body of water but an all around good bag)?
Thanks for your consideration.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:04 pm

1. What reel gear ratio's do you use for what App's and Why?

Terry Smith · Post by **Terry Smith** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:31 pm

What made you decide to go PRO?

Scott Shambre · Post by **Scott Shambre** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:12 pm

All of you have done very well on the California Delta in major events using your individual "confidence" tactics. Do you think that swimbaits will play a more dominiate role in results on the Delta like they have on every other body of water ?

Scott Shambre

plungers · Post by **plungers** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:40 pm

Why isn't there a deck to flip your fish onto at the tank? ie Kent having to land Garys fish. OR why don't you take the hooks out?

Randy Walker · Post by **Randy Walker** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:58 pm

My question would be directed to all of the fellas'

looking back on the 2007 fishing season, what practices or technique(s) do you plan on learning or improving on to help with your success in the upcoming 2008 season

Randy Walker

Rich reeser · Post by **Rich reeser** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:17 pm

You don't read much about push poles. The only time I do seem to see anything about them in the west is at clearlake when trying to get deep in the tules. Do any of you ever use them or are they just more boat clutter and unnessesary.

Lugnut · Post by **Lugnut** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:41 pm

Do you go for a limit or Go for the Win? and why?

nipples · Post by **nipples** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:38 pm

I can't believe no one bothered to ask this question... sheesh.. talk about a no brainer...

OK.. So here is the question...

If I am out pre-fishing for a tourney with a radio show host who hates it when I use hillbilly donuts fer bait when I'm just trying to catch a moderator with a huge head and as a result he wears truckers hats to compensate (ahhh-hem-hem-gator... sorry.. just gettin over a cold), then does that mean the thread should get nuked?

OK joking aside.. here are my serious questions fer the Pros....

1) (all Pros) What is the one bait/technique you wish you were better at right this very moment?

2) (all Pros) Looking back on all your past tournaments, what is your most common/repeated mistake you wish you never made?

3) (all Pros) If you had to limit yourself to one color for soft plastics, for the rest of your life (swimbaits not included) which color would it be?

3) (all Pros) If you had to limit yourself to one color for Jigs, for the rest of your life, which color would it be?

4) (all Pros) Do you have any odd pre tournament rituals other than organizing tackle, spooling rods, (regular pre tournament stuff). I'm talking special foods you eat right before a tournament, good luck rituals, etc.

5) (long question for Greg Gutierrez) This might be a painful question, but I just gotta ask, sorry. At the 2007 Bassmaster on Clearlake, (granted this is according to the televised coverage) it seemed like you parked your boat at the mouth of the the state park on all 4 days and and threw swimbaits until your arms fell off ( which is what I am guessing happened mid-day on day 4). (Nice double treble on the osprey by the way)... Anyway... You led days 1,2,and 3... Day 3 had a slight decline in weight, and unfortunatly only had 16.3 on day 4. Myself and a ton of my friends were really rooting for you to win. I have that episode TIVOd and have watched it multiple times picking it apart. It looked like Steve Kennedy fished a decent stretch of the bowl and caught fish on both sides of you. He stuck some serious fat chicks aka toads, right around the point from you in the narrows. And other anglers were finding giants all over the lake.

16.3 is nothing to shake a stick at, and the decline at day three seemed like it might have been a little bit of foreshadowing that the place wasn't replenishing as fast as you were drawing from it. So I am wondering.... Did you have other water you found during pre-fish? Did you live and die on that one spot in front of the state park. Did all that get cut from the televised episode? In 20/20 hindsight, what would you do different? Basically, in a nutshell, what happened and what would you do differently on day 4?

fishfan · Post by **fishfan** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:53 pm

For all Pro's

How much do you depend on your electronics and what brand/model do you prefer? Also do you use your electronics for finding fish or structure or both?

Jeff H

MIKE TREMONT · Post by **MIKE TREMONT** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:05 pm

You had a decent prefish. You have about 3 spots(that's the best I could muster) that are holding decent fish.
Tournament day comes and all your fish have shrunk. You try all the obvious adjustments. You can see those good arch's down there but can't get them to go.
Do you live and die on those spots and just keep pestering those fish, or do you start fresh and look for new water?

Waterdog · Post by **Waterdog** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:46 pm

To the panel:

What conditions/structure/cover/depth are conducive to big fish rather than just keepers? Is there a 'special' place that will hold them?

Thanks Jim Long

Marty · Post by **Marty** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:26 pm

This question is for Greg Gutierrez;

When reading the rules in most part they are written very clear, i.e. one rod is to be used at a time. No rods over 8 ft long. Then there are some items that are not even mention or about the use of, i.e Sonar, GPS, and Biosonix but they are used during tournaments. With that in mind, why canâ€™t tournament anglers use Aqua-Vu during tournaments?

To the panel;

Do you think the rules of most origination are written open ended for controversial issues â€“ like trolling?

KB â€“ I really like nipples question to Greg Gutierrez

21farms · Post by **21farms** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:29 pm

Q for entire panel:

How has the way you fish now changed from the way you fished five years ago?

Thanks,

Norman Hom

sdisturber · Post by **sdisturber** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:59 am

this question is for everyone. in the old days 1980's and 90's everyone talked about running the tides when fishing the delta.but now days you here more talk of just adjusting to the water level and fishing an area with different baits and techniques.what are your opionion's on this and does the price of fuel play into your decision ? thanks dave hill

RougeBass · Post by **RougeBass** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:14 am

This question is for the all the Pros:

When fishing Pro-Ams which format do you perfer to fish combined weight or indivual weight? And what are some things you do different between thses two formats when it comes to your Am?

Fast 492 · Post by **Fast 492** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:24 am

My question is for Greg " Kent/Gary/Dave/Dee and Bub have all made their "careers/names" fishing predominantley Western waters, thus showing that it can be done! With the introduction of the HUGE payouts in the past couple of years out west, have you given any thought to staying local to make a living fishing, or are your sponsors more concerned with you fishing the National circuits with the most exposure?Thank you, Jason Bubier.

Fast 492 · Post by **Fast 492** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:22 am

To all: Most of the Tourney orginizations have region and some have specific bodies of water that they fish (ie. delta teams,oroville regions etc...), alot of people have become "experts" on their home water and not as well rounded as most of you. Yes you are more likely (and usually do) finish higher in the Angler of the year title, but how do you mentally deal with trying to compete for the win at each tourney? Thank you, Jason Bubier

Fast 492 · Post by **Fast 492** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:37 am

To all: All of you have had an impact on other people in the fishing community (recreational/organizational)as well as the business community in one way or another, What do you feel is your greatest accomplishment that you would want people to remember you by that is fishing related ( ie..not the greatest dad/best husband etc...)?

mincal · Post by **mincal** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:46 pm

Question for all. I had purchased a Bass fishing california book quite some time back...You know the Green one that was last updated about 20+ years ago....What is the possibilty of you guy revamping a new edition of this book with all the new information updated maps and personal fishing tactics with favorite lakes/ lures and a little history of our local california pros?

chris_hughes · Post by **chris_hughes** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:12 pm

As the number one witness to how a co-angler's fishing techniques, attitude, and marketability can be improved in the non-shared weight tournaments, What does it take from doing ok as a co-angler to being those co-anglers that are always in contention? Not just being in contention but also sponsorships and ways you have seen successful for co-anglers obtaining them.

Chris Hughes

green_monster · Post by **green_monster** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:35 pm

All: When fishing in the winter and you find yourself struggling to catch a limit what technique do you find yourself relying on to catch fish? and do you start covering water or slow down and bang it out on one point or cove?

Fast 492 · Post by **Fast 492** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:08 am

Anyone heard from Mr.Brown about when the questions will be picked for the show, looking forward to take my dad on Sat. and a ticket would be great. Thanks, Jason

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