Back in 80's Basil Bacon ran from James river to North river at Currituck Sound. Not sure but I think he was fishing out of a 340 Ranger.
Back in 80's Basil Bacon ran from James river to North river at Currituck Sound. Not sure but I think he was fishing out of a 340 Ranger.
I believe that was an FLW event out of Pascagoula, Ms.Originally Posted by Imavol
They ran from Pascagoula to mobile bay..
The final day of that tournament Wesley strader was following him in one of the FLW rangers and it broke down so Scott told Wesley to leave the boat floating and get in with him and they would get it on the way back. Well they never found it on the way back and FLW could never find it when they went and looked for it. A month later FLW got a call from the coast guard that it had been found in Tampa, Florida.
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100 miles 1 way if you cut across the gulf on a good day.. if you gotta go through the locks and down the river it’s more like 115 or 120…
Just looked it up on Bassmaster for the 2011 Claasic. it was 240 miles round trip to most of the guys who rain to Main Pass to fish. 250 miles to Freshwater Bayou. Some guys had 30 mins to fish, some had almost 60 minutes to fish. They had fog most days, so most had the new broadband radar set up on their boat to run in the fog.
In the early 90’s there was a tournament at Lake Powell. I believe it was a Won Bass. An angler drove from Waweap to Bullfrog Bay two days in a row to win. Approximately 115 miles each way. If I remember correctly Don Iovino took second fishing around the docks at the launch site.
that’s great!
Ernie is a great dude, my buddy has been a co for him on a few occasions and I talked to him a few times during BFLs.
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yes sir, that is more accurate… I didn’t do round trip. I clocked it to the jump for the gas stop.. it’s another 10 miles or so downriver, another couple extra miles if you zig zag around the duck… I don’t know exactly where they were fishing… I don’t think were going far down river.. back in them years delta duck was on fire good… Ike’s hole off Dennis pass from the first classic wasn’t in play for this one..
I think it was from Mobile Bay to Louisiana by way of the Intercoastal Waterway. Either way it was a long haul.
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Didn’t Palanuik make a long run on the St. Lawrence some years back? Was running like 2 1/2 hours or more one way? I think he won that tournament too. It was a BASS elite tournament I believe.
Just remember Skeet saying that he didn’t think you should be seeing dolphins while your bass fishing.
Skeet Reese won a BASS tourney at Lake Powell at Bullfrog Bay in the late 90’s. (95-100 miles). The year before it was won in the San Juan River, another 95-100 miles. And in both of those events, there were Pro’s running all the way up to Hite, which is another 45-50 miles past Bullfrog Bay.
Yes, he did. From Waddington on the St Lawrence River out to Henderson Harbour on Lake Ontario. Factoring all the twitsy bits through the Thousand Islands it is almost 90 miles. The big issue is 25mph can seem like a good speed on Lake Ontario with some wind which really lengthens the running time. This of course is in the morning before the Thousand Islands boat traffic gets crazy which added an hour to his return trip. He said driving through the river on a sunny afternoon in July is like driving your boat in a washing machine. Nevertheless he made it work and won the Tournament. Perhaps not the longest trip for these pros, but certainly took some stones to make the run with so many variables affecting your running speed.
Mike Macallan La to Houston Bay I believe was around 80 miles 1 way. At Wingha Bay a number of Elites ran to Charleston Harbor and up the Cooper River, I believe was about 75 miles one way. (Forgive spelling)
Lol,With a ficht evinrude on the back at that.
The '87 classic Guy Eaker and Gary Klein
Ran close to 100 1 way on the Ohio River.
It's a haul. Probably pushing 100 miles with some of it in tge gulf if I recall.
We fished a championship there a few years ago and ran from were they launched in Orange up to the Neches River. We had to run across Sabine Lake and through the Houston Shipping Channel. It was cool seeing all the commercial fishing boats in Sabine Lake and the ships in the channel. We had around a 90 minute run each way each day. The morning run was brutal because we were pumped and ready to fish and the ride seemed like an eternity.
St. Lawrence River. Stay tuned
I remember Skeet doing it I believe but couldn't make the run the last day due to weather.
pretty sure that was when they were still limited to 150 hp engines which makes it pretty crazy. Nowadays it is not uncommon for guys to run from Bullfrog Marina to the backend of the San Juan river, takes about 96 minutes at 67 mph (equates to about $225 in fuel. I did it 3 days in a row last year to only end up winning a $50 gift card. LOL). Lake Powell needs to be on your bucket list - coolest scenery you will ever see and I have been on a lot of big name lakes from northern Idaho to central Florida and hands down it is amazing.
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