the ice breaker tournament is happening on the 27th of this month.  was wondering if anyone on this forum was fishing it????

I will be there.  The wife and I fish it.  If I remember correctly they have two of them.  I'm not sure of the date tho.

cool i was hoping i would get a reply to this thread,   the first tourney is held on the 27th of this month, the next one is for the club only.  how well have you done in these tourneys?   i've fished small family tournaments but not an actual, this will be my first, i think i'll do pretty well though...

Both the ice breakers are open tournaments hosted by the Weekend Bassers club.  This is the first year I will be fishing this but I have fished Motts quite a bit and my wife fishes there even more.  Weboth do pretty wee there.  There's no shad there so the shad looking lures/baits are out.  Bluegill type baits and plastic worms are what we have had the best luck on.  Ice Breakers 2 is on March 12th.

I am going to be there with my Dad. I never have had much luck there though. Haven't fished it much either...Hope the weather is nice

I used to fish them. A Silver Buddy or similar blade bait was the top producer.

Hi Wayne, any reason why you stopped? Just Curious

feb 27th? i m ust think about it i only have my canoe for use right now my boats outta commission for a couple more weeks. whats entry fees and stuff, i live not far from maybe 10 mins.

Hi Wayne, any reason why you stopped? Just Curious

I only fished those when I was asked to be someone's partner. I really don't care for tournament fishing even though I have 50+ awards for doing it.

Just FYI, the tournament is on the 26th (Sunday) this year. Last year was the 27th. The entry fee is 35 per team and it starts at 730. So you have to be there before that to get registered.

this is from fredericksburg.com

Feb. 26: Weekend Bassers Ice Breaker tournament at Motts Reservoir. Benefits annual Kids Fishing Derby. 7:30 a.m.–3 p.m. $35 entry per team. Second Ice Breaker on March 10. For details, call Ray Thomas 898-7542 or Dickie Musselman at 785-8087.

^{Ok , I went I saw, I got skunked!!! Got one nibble on a deep diving suspending crank. Tried silver buddies, jig and pig, hard jerk baits, shaky heads, even tried a wacky for a bit. Sunday just confirmed my dislike of that lake.}

Isn't there supposed to be a pretty healthy population of Northern Pike in Motts? I've considered driving up there to fish for them (Roanoke to F'burg is about 3.5 - 4 hrs!)

I couldn't tell ya, I do Know the State record cam from there. here is what it says at the VDGIF website.

Motts had the third highest catch rate of large bass of 19 district reservoirs sampled over the past few years. There are northern pike too! The current state record weighed 31 lbs. 4 oz. came out of Motts Run. Motts has an excellent white perch population, with fish up to a pound not uncommon. Anglers should fish for white perch in early spring, using bloodworms. Motts Run can be a difficult lake to fish. It was scraped clean of structure when formed and is steep-sided and deep. Anglers have to search out the underwater islands and beaver lodges.