Berkley tournament

Anybody fishing the Berkley?

yep

The Climers are in.....

Really excited. Headed up next Wednesday!

there is a tournament on Fork next week ?

What kinda boat y'all be in?

I'll be there.
I just placed my order for $100 worth of Berkley/Sebile products. I normally use the 10-12" power worms and some of the jig trailers but that's about all of their product that I normally use.
I was reading the story of a previous winner and he said that he used a Frenzy popper to catch the largest under and then another guy stripped down a buzzbait and put on a Berkley skirt to catch his over.
I cant find any skirts or any kind of poppers that Berkley or Sebile makes. I do need something for a topwater bait. I ordered one of the spook type baits buts that all I could find.
Has anyone see Berkley skirts or poppers?

Only Berkley skirts I've found are either on Berkley jigs or the new Johnson Beetle Spin 'R.

Only topwaters I've found are either Sebile Flat Belly Walkers (Spook-ish) or Sebile Pivot Frogs.

Ebay and Amazon are the only places I have found jigs. Guess will have to take the skirts off and use them on other baits. Berkley nor Sebile do a good job of manufacturing hard baits. Seams like if Berkley wanted to dominate the market they would produce baits (other that plastic) that fishermen could actually use without having to jerry rig them.

There popper bait was called a Freenzy Pop! I have 5 of them but haven't seen one in years,they were around when the Freenzy series was around!

Barry, Do you carry Berkley Jigs?

I never knew that they made jigs.

The jigs are called Gripper.

had a whole pond hopper full of them in 1999 at bps on clearance and couldn't sell em. wish I would have loaded up...

I bet they would bring a pretty penny right about now.

They stopped making jigs a couple of years ago. I bought about 500 that year. I've got about 150 left...

Carolina tx rig shaky head or drop shot from sunrise to the end or Arig or crankbait

One of the baits I expect to be hot is the Sebile Spin Shad. Might have to weed through a bunch of sand bass but this thing should catch a lot of fish given the way the baitfish are setting up right now.

I'll be there with my pops wearing out the 10" bass.

I just got my shipment of plastics that I couldn't find in stores. We'll see how well they work. Still have my Frog from last year, and other various Berkley/Sebile/Johnson baits to work with.

I bought some football jigs at dicks this summer.

I've got a couple of the Frenze Poppers on order and have a chance to purchase more. If anyone needs one or several, I will let you have them for my cost plus shipping or ftf in the Sulphur Springs/ lake Fork area.
Cost is $13 each and there are five colors available. shore minnow, baby bass, grey ghost, blue shiner and rainbow trout.
Shoot me a pm before noon tomorrow if interested.

Wonder if those sebil spins have to be factory paint

Oh yes me & hubby will be fishing it. I believe it is one of my favorite every year. And of course I seem to bring home a check every year in this event.. Call It Lady Luck if you must. See ya at the weight in

Seriously !!! I'm out...J/K -----LOL..
You boys did good in the BBS, hope to see ya in the winners circle. Congrats..
We missed last year, had a trip to Venice La., we're back this year to make up for lost winnings...
I like the Berkley ever since they came out with the Havoc line....

20 bucks ea with shipping if you can find them, I have 5 of the 3/4 oz models, smooth as silk on the end of your line.. Catch fish like crazy too, and hard to lose if you get straight up on top of it and jiggle it, comes loose everytime.. Only way you might lose one is if ya hang a root and don't have enough room for that big head to drop. justsay'n

I would love to see the popper bite turn on I have about 10 thanks to Chris Gillroy(thanks buddy) I caught a 2.76 the year before Tommy won his boat with a fish that size,, mine was on a popper. Great action, good as a yellow majic imo... It's going to be a fun event, can't wait to get it going.. Hope to see some of y'all there...

I need some white & white/char spinner bait skirts if anyone wants to sale any..

Berkley will have their tent set up with all kinds of baits for you to buy.
That is where we got our skirts to put on spinner baits and buzz baits last year.
Still have quite a few jugs and crank baits left over from last year as well
In sure they will have their new lines in there ready for you to buy.

I've got them in the store for $10-$15 but I've only got 5 in stock right now. I'm working on getting a bunch more in but not confirmed yet.

I'll be there to donate. Got lots of frenzy poppers/crankbaits ready to go!

A few years back, the sporting goods stores in England had quite a few of the poppers remaining. Luckily, we had a friend living there...

Sweet, I ordered 2-from VanDam tackle, yes as in Kevin VanDam, not even the ones I really wanted.
It was 15.99 ea + tax + shipping = $40-something. You know how it is, when you want it, you buy it.
I had a hard time finding them..

My grandson and I will be there .

I will be there.

Can you use any brand A-Rig as long as it has Berkley swim baits?

Yes, terminal tackle can be any brand. You can use any spinnerbait as long as you slap a berkley skirt on it.

Anyone need a partner or want a back seat? My partner just bailed so either lookin to join someone else or add someone

Cabelas in FT Worth has all their Sebile baits on sale.
Lots of square bills and med cranks.$2 off most everything Sebile.

I just got a bunch more in. Over 70 of them hanging on the pegs right now!

Out of curiosity, how many fished this last year? This will be my first year to fish.

Little over 900.

I guess me and Dustin shouldn't even come if you guys are fishing.

Who is "you guys" ???

Yesterday, Sunday, early ^^^^^^^^^^^.........

you can still find some Berkley jigs at DSG

Cabela's in Allen has a nice assortment of Berkley / Johnson baits
LFM has all the baits you need
& I am sure Berkley will have their tent set up for you to buy out of.

I'll be there with my little buddy

My son and I are fishing in our first Berkley Big Bass Tournament.

Can we use any Johnson baits...are they not part of the Berkley family?

No only Berkley or sebile

You could use any pure-fishing brand in the past. Johnson Spoons and beetle spins SHOULD be allowed.

But I agree the rules say Berkley and Sebile "Exclusively". So I wouldn't mess with them.

I just got off the phone with Bass Champs. (I make the SAME call EVERY year and get the SAME answer. Wish they'd add it to their tournament documentation.)

ANYTHING under the Pure Fishing umbrella, including Johnson, is legal for the Berkley tournament.

Thanks Barry

If that's the case, they should definitely add it to the rules. That would make more folks happy and create less confusion.

I called them too (before I saw this post); wanted to make sure that my Johnson silver minnow (that must be 30 years old) is still legal.

their phone must be ringing off the wall.

I know everyone likes spinnerbaits, but a 1/4oz beetle spin will catch the snot out of bass. Been using them ever since I was a little boy and they still work today..

They have a 1/4oz skirted beetle spin on their website.

Beetle Spin 'R. We've got them here in the store.