I had the honor of being invited to fish in the inaugural Ellie Invitational Kids Tournament on Lake Wappapello in South East Missouri. RBBass made tackle packs to give to all the competitors, as well as tackle awards for Big Fish and Smallest fish. The event started with a short meeting where each contestant was […]
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Lake Wappapello Fishing Report by Jeff Jewell
Location: Lake Wappapello, Missouri Air Temp: 85 Water Temp: High 80’s Lake Level: 360’ Summer Pool Doug Cheatham Sr. and Gale Breckinridge weigh in over 28 pounds to dominate Wappapello Bass Circuit 92 boats showed up for the 4th Wappapello Bass Circuit event held out of Sundowner Marina, The Angler’s were greeted by a stiff […]
Lake Guntersville – Rattletrap Open by Jeff Jewell
With Missouri in the grasp of the Polar Vortex, the decision to make the 7 hour drive south to Lake Guntersville was an easy one. First to get there though, I needed 4 wheel Drive just to get off my property and to the pavement. Once on the highway travel through Missouri and Tennessee was […]
Phenix Rod Review by Jeff Jewell
Having recently picked up a couple of Phenix Feather casting rods I thought I’d give a quick review, as these are pretty new to SouthEast Missouri. I was fortunate enough to put both a FTX-77MH and a FTX-77H through their paces for a week at Lake Guntersville, Alabama. Phenix Rods owner Vince Borges suggested the […]
Lake Guntersville Fishing Report by Jeff Jewell
My Buddy Jamie Toon asked me to tag along with him to Alabama’s famed Lake Guntersville for 5 days of bass fishing. Now there’s a social distancing option I couldn’t pass up. We hooked up his Phoenix 921 ProXP and started the six hour drive south dreaming about some big bass. We wouldn’t be disappointed. […]
Mid-West Fishing Report by Jeff Jewell
Mid-West Fishing Report Jeff Jewell RBBASS Most of our Mid-Western lakes are still a few weeks away from going into a pre-spawn pattern, with night time temperatures often dropping below freezing. Fishing can be tough this time of year but some success can be found. Here’s a quick report from a few Mid-West Lakes. Lake […]
San Pablo Dam Reservoir Review by Ryan Hall
What many consider to be a hidden jewel of northern California. San Pablo Dam Reservoir is often overshadowed by many of the legendary fisheries that surround the area. Fisheries such as Clear Lake, Shasta, Berryessa, and the California Delta to name a few. San Pablo Dam Reservoir is a relatively small impoundment that […]
Joining RBBASS by Jeff Jewell
Jeff Jewell Oxly, Missouri How I came to join RBBass: I’ve known and been friends with RBBass founder Ron Howe for 15-20 years, we’ve fished together a few times and competed against each other in several different NorCal tournament circuits. Even as competitors Ron and his partner Bob have always been very open and sharing […]
Norfork Lake Fishing Report by Jeff Jewell
Arkansas/Missouri Water Temp: 58-62 Weather: Thunderstorms, Periods of heavy rain, Cold Front My Tournament partner David Ladyman and I headed over to Lake Norfork hoping to get on a white bass bite, if you’ve never fished for white bass, it can be quite a ball. They school up pretty tight and at times can be […]
Rhodes and White dominate at Wappapello
David Ladyman and I were Boat 45 out of the 84 bass boats launching out of Lake Wappapello’s Redman Creek for The Wappapello Bass Circuit. We had found some bass up river in pre-fish but figured most boats were heading up that way. The river can get crowded on tournament day, and being boat 45 […]
