Need Rough River help

[flippindrew]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BoozaBug &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">My buddy and I have a regional tourny at the end of September on Rough and ive never been to the lake before in my life...we'll be going down a couple weekends to practice but im just looking for some areas to start in,what baits those fish usually like,just some things to expect about the lake...im not looking for your secret holes just areas to get us started in...any info is greatly appreciated</TD></TR></TABLE>

Looks like you might have picked the wrong area to ask for info from

[NoAdd]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tammy@Barren Lake &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Mike & I will be fishing USA Bassin also that weekend at Rough, our old stomping grounds... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Tammy, it looks like we will miss you by one week. Our club will be down there the first weekend of October for our classic.

How are you and Mike doing?

John

[Tammy@Barren Lake]

Hey John...

Doing good here, you and family well? What days in Oct. are you all at Rough? We have a tournament on Oct 4th at Rough I think...

E-Mail address hrhtsai@aol.com

[GM482V]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by flippindrew &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Looks like you might have picked the wrong area to ask for info from </TD></TR></TABLE>
Thats what I was thinking. I have some friends from here fishing the same T. They've never been there either. I was going to try and get some info for them but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , Not even gonna ask.

[JimDi]

What is the date of the tournament? Will be fishing the Zoneton Crusade tourney on Sept 19th with a friend. I have done good at Rough in September and bad. Will post what we find out.....

I am in between boats now and have two young children and may be for awhile. Also, been working alot of OT....

[BoozaBug]

Our regional is the 27th i think

[BassnBuck]

I may never understand why tournament directors don't schedule a tournament using the resources given to them like the KDFW website. What a great way to successfully organize an event yet it's hardly ever used. There's nothing better than showing up for a tournament and finding out that there are multiple tournaments out of the same ramp that has parking/launching room for about half of who attends.

[hulapopr]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BassnBuck &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I may never understand why tournament directors don't schedule a tournament using the resources given to them like the KDFW website. What a great way to successfully organize an event yet it's hardly ever used. There's nothing better than showing up for a tournament and finding out that there are multiple tournaments out of the same ramp that has parking/launching room for about half of who attends.</TD></TR></TABLE>
and lets throw in some fall fog at take off with the guys who believe using the gps for a road map....

[BoozaBug]

Another question guys...is this a lake that is dangerous to run in because of alot of shallow water,humps, and trees or is it a pretty safe place to run if your a newby to it as long as you stay pretty much on the main lake?

[dpage70]

There are only a couple of spots that may be a little dangerous by that time of the year but as long as you stay in the middle of the lake running you won't have any trouble. If you have a GPS to follow you won't have any trouble at all. Actually the only thing I can think of right off the top of my head is the hump at the mouth of cave creek. the top is about 8 ft deep at summer pool and the lake will only be about 1 ft down by the tourney.

[BoozaBug]

Thanks alot,because as of right now its looking like were going into it blind with no practice at all unless we go down the day before the tourny and practice

[buzzking]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BoozaBug &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thanks alot,because as of right now its looking like were going into it blind with no practice at all unless we go down the day before the tourny and practice</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's what most people do.

[artcarney_agr]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BoozaBug &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thanks alot,because as of right now its looking like were going into it blind with no practice at all unless we go down the day before the tourny and practice</TD></TR></TABLE>

With the tournament being on Sunday, I figure EVERYONE will be out there on Saturday, since there are no "off-limits"

Fished Rough on Saturday for the first time out of my boat...wasn't too good... Never seen so many shad though! However, I did cross paths with two BBC'ers I never would have even thought about seeing...small world I guess!

Oh yeah, to those two BBC'ers that offered their yards as a camping spot this past weekend - we really appreciated the offer, but with the chance of storms and the thought of sleeping in a tent with a wet dog motivated us to just drive on home that night...which worked out for the best because we fished Patoka on Sunday and whacked'em good!

[worm1]

It was good to see you on the water Scott. Wish i could have offered you some space in the house but it was FULL, we had 15 people in a house designed for 10 max. BTW, sunday evening I caught 3 keepers off that dock I pointed out to you, biggest was 4 lbs.

[artcarney_agr]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by worm1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It was good to see you on the water Scott. Wish i could have offered you some space in the house but it was FULL, we had 15 people in a house designed for 10 max. BTW, sunday evening I caught 3 keepers off that dock I pointed out to you, biggest was 4 lbs.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Interesting........

[BoozaBug]

For eveyone that pmed me info,could you pm me it again,ive lost all my information and need all i can get again before next weekend...if you can do so thanks...ive heard nothing but bad about the lake up tothis point,apparently you can see 10ft in the water,shad are everywere and the fish just arent biting,this should be a real slugfest...we'll be staying at the countryside inn,if anybody else is come by and say hi,we'll be in a red expedition or silver tahoe with my black z520 behind,im lookin forward to it,sorta

[dpage70]

I know this past weekend it was absolutely brutal. There were about 6 tourney's and boats were everywhere. The better bags were few far between and those were small bags. We had some good fish REALLY early sunday and it got really bad once the sun got over the tree's.

[buzzking]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BoozaBug &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">For eveyone that pmed me info,could you pm me it again,ive lost all my information and need all i can get again before next weekend...if you can do so thanks...ive heard nothing but bad about the lake up tothis point,apparently you can see 10ft in the water,shad are everywere and the fish just arent biting,this should be a real slugfest...we'll be staying at the countryside inn,if anybody else is come by and say hi,we'll be in a red expedition or silver tahoe with my black z520 behind,im lookin forward to it,sorta </TD></TR></TABLE>

With about half of the board members here fishing the same tournament you are just how much info do you think you're going to get here? Ever thought just to go practice and trying to figure something out on your own?

[artcarney_agr]

I think I'm bailing on this one...hadn't had much luck there...ever...and with the pending crowd I think I'm going to put my eggs in a different basket...

Have fun guys!

[BoozaBug]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by buzzking &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

With about half of the board members here fishing the same tournament you are just how much info do you think you're going to get here? Ever thought just to go practice and trying to figure something out on your own?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Well considering im leaving tomarow for Cherokee and will be there until maybe sunday and i have o work all week next week,theres no way i can practice until next saturday.And to answer your question,yes,we will go find our own fish and will figure it out on our own.Its called doing all the homework you can on a new lake before you go to it and thats all im doing,gathering info.And i have gotten some great info from numerous people on this site and thanks for those of you who did.