[Bobby Frey]

Well, Trey Epich (Chitownlonghorn) and I went to Little Rock, AR to fish the Under Armor National Championship on the Arkansas River.  We were fishing out of a Texas Boat World 20X3 Triton.  Thanks Cliff!

It was hot and there was very little current.  Niether one of us had fished a river before (Lake Austin isnt a real river at ALL).  We prefished for 2 days and found 3 spots that produced largemouths (15" minimum) and spotted bass (12" minimum) in pools 5 and 6. We had some great confidence going into the first day.  

The first day we weighed 4 fish for 5.63lbs and was sitting in 12th.  We caught all fish on strike king sexy shad 4s cranks.  I had 3 fish come off the crank that would have helped.

The second day we weighed 4 fish for 8.48 lbs and finished 7th.  We were about 6oz away from making the top five cut.  I caught one fish on a rattlesnake, and 2 on a jig. Trey caught one on an H20 crank. We had an awesome time!

Well, the only bad thing is OU beat us by .01 lbs.  I think they put sinkers in thier fishes mouths. haha jk

Check out the full results on www.collegebass.com or www.texasbassteam.com soon.

Oklahoma Texas Staredown

SOB Spinnerbait fish in practice

2nd Day Weigh In

We stopped at Lake Fork on the way home and i caught one 2.5 lber and broke off another bigger fish on a pond dam.  What a great way to end a fun trip.

Take care,

Bobby Frey

 

[nitroguy]

Well you were close to making the five but thats fishing and thanks for supporting texas thats awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! I bet the river was great and the view was great...Thanks for sharing

 

[chrismunn]

GO TEXAS!!!

 

[gasper guru]

How did that fish in Trey's hand measure. That thing is like 6" long??

Big ups guys!! The team has got to be moving up the national rankings with all these top 10 finishes. Cast.Reel.Hook'em.

Oh yeah i heard the Aggs posted a 0.00.

 

[Strictly Biznuss]

Hey, so how will I go about joining this Texas Bass Team? I plan on going to UT pretty quick here. I think I'll be going to ACC this fall, but I will be transferring to UT asap.

 

[lunkerlander]

those are some nice bass. way to represent...TEXAS!

 

[gasper guru]

To join the team you just need to show up to one of the team meetings when you become a student. Go to www.texasbassteam.com and you can find info about meetings or contact one of the officers. They can tell you all the info and news concerning the team.

 

[LonghornTurfGuy]

I see my Wolfpack took home the top spot...GO PACK!!

 

[Fishless-N-Austin]

Wipe the smirk right off that OU guy's face, will ya?

 

[RudeHo225]

Good showing guys and I second Jeremy's comments.

PS: Way to represent and glad have you in the TBW family.

 

[Bobby Frey]

Yeah, the spotted bass are 12" and there were alot of them, so we found a concentrated # of them because we knew they were going to be key for us to win. Too bad we couldn't catch a few more.

Yeah for a while the aggies kept following us around trying to figure us out. Trey was getting mad! haha They sucked it up.

S. Biznuss, when you become a student, email the team from the website and come out to the meetings and get involved. Its a blast!

Hook 'em!

 

[coach61]

Congrads on the finish. Just curious but did you get to try Maumelle creek? From one of the pictures it looks like you were fishing the south shore by one of the tug tie up bouys.

 

[Strictly Biznuss]

Yeah, you can totally count me in. Looks like great fun. Like I said, I will be starting at ACC, but I may see what I can do to maybe just take one course over at UT or something too so I can fish with you guys...

 

[Bobby Frey]

The picture is on the south shore, on the bottom side of terry dam on pool 5.

We did try little maumelle creek in practice. It all looked so good back there with the trees, lilly pads, and grass. We fished about 3 hours and couldn't get bit. We talked to quite a few teams and they said they did poorly back there. It was beautiful, but not where i wanted to fish. Thanks for the advice though.

Bobby

 

[lunkerlander]

how many anglers are on your team?

 

[ZX225-Ben]

hook 'em!

 

[poacher]

[highlight]only bad thing is OU beat us [/highlight]
Seems thats been the case more than once for the Longhorns this year

 

[TheLunkerRanger]

Great report, those are some nice fish you caught. Too bad that OU edged us out. They are always winning on technicalities so I wouldn't put it past them to weight their bass ;D. Keep up the good work and good luck with the next tournament.

 

[Bobby Frey]

hahaha!

Thanks everyone. OU got what they deserved in the national championship and in the shootout last year. It will happen again this year.

We have about 20 anglers on our team and about 6 that are serious tournament anglers.

Our next important tournament is the FLW Regional Event on the Red River in Pool 4. We are launching out of Natchitoches, LA. Check out more info on www.collegefishing.com

If anyone has any good advice, shoot me a pm. Thanks!

 

[lunkerlander]

good luck