Big Bass World Championships Results 2024
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
I'm whooped and we can talk about it soon but....
Great tournament today, still riding on cloud 9
00 mod reply :
Congrats buddy! I knew you could do it!!!! Way to go out and rep BR!
Jeff
Bluebasser86 reply :
And on a Ned rig of all things!
desmobob reply :
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tight lines,
Bob
flyfisher reply :
congrats!!
1234567 reply :
Very NICE Wayne!!!! Swimbait??? Deps or hardgill is my guess.........people I hope you realize that's a ten plus in that man's hand!!
Glenn reply :
And I thought you didn't throw Senkos! 
Congrats! Well deserved!
A-Jay reply :
Congratulations Wayne ~
That's Very Cool.
Really looking forward to hearing whatever you're will to share - must have been quite a day.
A-Jay
bigbill reply :
Congrats, that's awesome.
a1712 reply :
Great job Brotha!!!! I'm going to need all the details. Brian.
ohhbaby44 reply :
Congratulations
WRB reply :
Wow 25K congratulations!!
Tom
WPCfishing reply :
Hey Congratulations...
roadwarrior reply :
DUDE!
Anxious to hear more,
CONGRATULATIONS!
Catt reply :
Some one told me who won & I said never heard of him!
Come to find out 
scaleface reply :
Congratulations . What an experience .
deep reply :
Way to go Speed.
Dwight Hottle reply :
Wayne knows how to get it done. Congrats buddy. Share the details when you get the chance.
gulfcaptain reply :
That's awesome, way to get it done!!! Congrats.
travis23 reply :
Wow congratulations!
GodfatherOfSeoul reply :
Congrats!
BassnChris reply :
I didn't get to see him catch the fish.......but I did get to see him weigh them in.
Very cool to him win!
Congrats again.
Big C reply :
FEAR THE BEARD!!!
Senko lover reply :
DANG how many Huds can you buy with that lol? Great job Speed.
2833-34497 reply :
Congratulations Wayne!
Jtrout reply :
Congratulations! Thats pretty awesome!
MarkH024 reply :
Congrats Wayne! That is awesome!
Long Mike reply :
ATTABOY Wayne! Wish I could have been there!
NorcalBassin reply :
Awesome job and congratulations!!!
Dypsis reply :
While a congratulations certainly is in order, I'm just posting to hear the details.
Oregon Native reply :
Very nice
A-Jay reply :
~ Come on Speed ~
Drop that story on us . . . . .
A-Jay
quanjig reply :
Wow, just wow!! I can now name drop!! "I know that dude!!"
Congrats Wayne! That is a pig! Plus that's a nice fish!
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
I'm still whooped. Lol
My buddy Will and I started out to Oklahoma on Thursday at 2am. After realizing I44 through Missouri is the longest drive EVER, we finally pulled in around 8 pm. We checked in and figured we'd just eat at the restaurant attached to the hotel. I will tell you, if you're ever in the Tulsa area you NEED to check out Shiloah's next to the econolodge. Seriously best food I've had in a long time.
Anyway, woke up the next day and decided to research some areas to fish that weren't off limits for the tournament. Found some info online and headed to Bass Pro to get a one day license. As we were walking around the store, we noticed a pond out front. We jokingly asked if we could fish and they said "sure!" We head out to get our gear and it starts POURING! Fish are already wet so of course we stood out there and fished a while. We ended up hitting a couple other ponds with nothing to show for it but a dead turtle and a zip lock bag. LOL, needless to say I wasn't feeling confident after that performance.
We went back to the hotel, dried off and went to the tournament meeting. We checked in, got an awesome bag of sponsor gifts and ate pizza while mingling with the other participants. I didn't meet a single person who wasn't as nice as could be. It was great.
Bassin' magazine ran this show and I gotta say Brad and Terri Uhl did some serious coordinating to put this show together. During the meeting, they pulled raffle tickets for all kinds of great donated prizes. At the end of the raffle, they pulled two more tickets and mine happened to be first. I was told that I would get to fish out of Fred Roumbanis' boat the next day! Sweet! I met up with my pairing, Ed from Maine, and we looked over the map to discuss where to go. We were on the same page!
Next morning rolls around and my guts are rolling! When we got to the lake, I met up with Fred and seemed to click instantly. I have a buddy in Cali who used to work with Fred waaaay back in the day so of course we busted on him a while lol. I knew Fred was into big baits so I knew there would be some great conversation during the day. I asked if he wanted me to launch him and he agreed. If you've never seen his tournament rig, let me tell you it's impressive to say the least. I parked the truck and hopped back on the boat. The horn blew for first takeoff a few minutes later and we went to our first spot. We pulled up on it and shad were EVERYWHERE. It was nuts. I started throwing a Hinkle shad and within five minutes got railed but came up empty. We fished around some likely looking spots but no takers. I pulled out my map and said "I want to go here" and off we went. I threw both big baits and conventional working this next area. The wind was perfect and pushed us right along with little trolling motor input.
I was on the front for the whole day as Ed was comfortable fishing from the back. I tried to keep the boat as fair as possible because Ed was entitled to run the motor for half the day as well. He was also straight wearing me out on conventional stuff from the back. Haha, he knew what he was doing for sure. About 11 or so, he hooked what ended up being the 5th place fish. At that point, I got in the bag and found an old confidence bait that was close to his....a white spinnerbait. We crept down the spot and I started hitting my spots. I tossed my bait, and tossed....and tossed. Finally, I got my bite. I could tell it was good but when I got it to the boat I started to get that feeling, "Hey, I've got a shot at this thing!" If you check out Fred's Instagram page, he was actually recording me land the fish. That conveys the experience better than words, go check it out. I figured it was 5 or so and from seeing last year's results, thought it might be enough. We really started getting into fish at that point but none bigger. I caught one more right at the end that we decided to take in for pics as well.
Back to the launch we go. I got a weigh bag and put both fish in. I gotta say, hopping off a pro boat with a sack of fish with cameras popping off is a pretty darn badass experience. I dunked the bag in the trough and waited. One by one, guys weighed in and sat in the hot seat. There was one fish I saw the I was concerned about. I let him weigh first and it was 5.27 which is a great Fort Gibson fish. I got a little nervous and pulled out the smaller fish first. She went on the scales at 5.25. At that point, I knew it was on! I reached in and grabbed the second fish. Oohs and aahs, haha pretty sweet feeling. Brad put her on the scale and it settled at 6.16, almost a full pound over second place!!!! Such an amazing feeling hearing your name called as the winner, something I'll never forget. I got the big check and the pictures and congratulations were really overwhelming. The really cool part was when I got to call my family; they didn't believe me! Once they realized I was serious, you could hear it sink in....again, awesome feeling.
I'm sure I missed details but that's cool, you get the idea. Hopefully you got to feel some of the excitement through reading this. I want to thank everyone involved in this tournament, especially the Uhls and Bassin', Fred Roumbanis for being an awesome marshal, my buddy Will that kept me awake for the 2500 total miles of driving and, last but not least, my awesome family for understanding my fishing addiction and allowing me to pursue it.
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
MarkH024 reply :
Thanks for sharing. That is really cool! Enjoy your spoils bud!
A-Jay reply :
Really Great Speed ~
Thank You very much for sharing your stroy here.
And that's one Lucky Spinner bait right there.
Congrats again
A-Jay
00 mod reply :
Awesome story and experience! Congrats!
Jeff
braduhl reply :
Wayne, Congrats again man! Such a fantastic job! Ready for you to defend your title next year! Don't forget, you also won a fully rigged Alumacraft Bass Boat!!!
BR members, a press release is coming to BR and this full story will be in the next issue of BASSIN' going to print Nov 6, and in your mailbox after Thanksgiving. If you are not a subscriber, do so at www.bassinonline.com or www.freshwatertackleshop.com
Thanks again BR. members and Wayne, Congrats again man!
BRAD UHL
BASSIN'
BBWC
Shane J reply :
Congrats again, Speed. It was real nice meeting you. Well deserved win, brother, you really pulled it off on a tough day out there. See you again next year. I had a blast down there this year, and am really looking forward to competing again next year. Everyone involved was incredibly nice, and it was enjoyable from the moment I touched down. Great job by Brad and Terri, and the rest of the Bassin' crew. Bravo, people!
Ps- Shiloh's was pretty darn good, thanks for the recommendation.
scaleface reply :
Wow 25 grand and a boat . What you gonna do with that lure ?
massrob reply :
Wow what a cool experience. Thanks for sharing.
Jolly Green reply :
Congratulations!
Bassguytom reply :
That is an awesome story! Congrats on your awesome accomplishment! Thanks for posting.
Montanaro reply :
You the man speed!
BeckieC reply :
frame it with a picture of the check, fish & boat! I know Glen will be happy to hear he won with a white spinnerbait!On 11/3/2015 at 3:53 AM, scaleface said:Wow 25 grand and a boat . What you gonna do with that lure ?
senile1 reply :
Awesome work, Speed! I know you have to be flying high. This is a good example of having a great attitude and never assuming you can't win.
Glenn reply :
Rockin' the spinnerbait! 
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 11/3/2015 at 9:10 PM, senile1 said:Awesome work, Speed! I know you have to be flying high. This is a good example of having a great attitude and never assuming you can't win.
One word of advice Wayne don't buy any hats for a few weeks because they won't fit next year. 
gobig reply :
I have got to do this next year. I would have made it to the finals the last two years in a row. It will probably be like all the deer that I see when I don't have a tag.
Congrats on the win speed.
shimmy reply :
What an awesome accomplishment! I got a feeling though that the new boat will not see a lot of spinnerbaits being tossed from it...
WRB reply :
No ticket no laundry, got to enter to get the invite, then you got to go complete...Wayne did and proved he can win and did! My hats to you Wayne, congratulations you won!
Tom
braduhl reply :
Everyone should enter. WHY? Your fishing anyway!
Wayne congrats, frame that lure with the photo, magazine, trophy and check my friend. Can't wait to do this again next year. I am still pumped, I know you are as well! Congrats again, let me know if you need anything!
BRAD UHL
BASSIN
BBWC
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
There is really no reason to not enter.
Seriously, you don't need a big boat to qualify. I've been fishing out of a jon boat forever. I met more than a few guys last week that qualified fishing in ponds off the bank. The experience I got last week and the feeling of competition over the 8 months the qualifying tournament was going on is immeasurable. Couple that with the fact it only cost $25?!?! Are you kidding me?!?!
The fact that ANYONE can win is amazing. I don't even fish tournaments; this one was just done on a whim with a "why not?" thrown in for good measure. When Brad says "You're fishing anyway!" trust me, he's got a point. The magazine subscription alone is worth the $25.
I can't wait to see what next year has in store. It's gonna be another wild ride.....
.ghoti. reply :
Way to go buddy. I can now put you on the list of famous people I've shared a meal with.
CWB reply :
Way to go Speed!
long island basser reply :
Way to go, that's great !
I've got to enter next year, like you said your fishing anyway.
I would have represented NY with the 7.6 lb I caught in July. Oh well, next year.
everythingthatswims reply :
Introducing the latest and greatest in bass fishing..... "Wayne's Irony Spinnerbait"
Congratulations ! I can't wait to see what cool swimbaits you start catching them with now since you have a little more money for toys.
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
Oddly enough, my screen name (that I've had forever) was born from a spinnerbait. I used to be pretty good with one, guess it's like riding a bike lol
A-Jay reply :
On 11/6/2015 at 10:17 AM, SPEEDBEAD. said:Oddly enough, my screen name (that I've had forever) was born from a spinnerbait. I used to be pretty good with one, guess it's like riding a bike lol
Clearly for you anyway.
A-Jay
Topwaterspook reply :
I just saw this ,Wayne. CONGRATULATIONS !!!!
whitwolf reply :
On 11/8/2015 at 5:05 AM, Topwaterspook said:I just saw this ,Wayne. CONGRATULATIONS !!!!
I just saw It myself, well done and a hearty congratulations Wayne!
On another note with regards to Wayne. He(like many others on this site) has always been forthright when answering any questions I have. I know for a fact after the conversations we've had about location I've been a much better fisherman.
fish devil reply :
Congrats man. Great day for you.
travis23 reply :
Awesome story dude!! I got excited just reading it!! Thanks for sharing!!
Alpster reply :
Way to go Wayne! That's my boy! Taught him everything he knows.
The Bass Bus has now housed Royalty!
fishinfiend reply :
well done, sir!!!
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
Thanks for the kind words fellas.
I really, REALLY suggest you sign up for next year's BBWC. There were quite a few states with surprising weights that qualified and heck, I don't think Virginia even had anyone there!
toni63 reply :
That's awesome man, congratulations.
I did try to enter it with a few weeks to go after seeing the weight in my state and realizing it was not out of the realm of possibility to land something a little bigger. Unfortunately the website was down with 3 weeks to go, never came back online that I saw even after checking regularly for a week or more and then I was never able to find an alternative way to enter. So I just gave up on it.
I might think about entering next year but will do it early instead of waiting. Lesson learned.
Rick Howard reply :
Congrats!
Paul Roberts reply :
Whoa! VERY cool. Congrats, Wayne.
Mumbly reply :
Huge congrats!!
blckshirt98 reply :
Grats man, also SWEET HOODIE, Low Down Customs is badass!
tander reply :
Congrats, thanks for telling the story.
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
On 11/23/2015 at 11:15 AM, blckshirt98 said:Grats man, also SWEET HOODIE, Low Down Customs is badass!
Ben is a good dude. I really dig the swimbait sticks he puts out there.
Siebert Outdoors reply :
Wow! Congrats Wayne.
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