Mixed Bag Tournament Strategies
If you are blessed enough to fish on a river, reservoir or lake that has both Largemouth (LM) and Smallmouth (SM) present, and you also…
Category: Tournament Fishing
Tournament Day Adjustments
It’s easy to go with what worked last year, last week or the day before. Problem is, that rarely works out again as it did…
The Day Before
Sometimes you aren't able to practice or "prefish" at all. Sometimes you can practice the day before a tournament. Without looking at how misguided ei…
Classic Lessons
If you are a bass fisherman, then this should be one of the most important weeks of the year. It’s the Bassmaster Classic week. Competition…
Why Your Prefish was Great but Your Derby Day Sucked!
Do you typically "win" prefish? But nobody, including your wife or girlfriend or worse yet, your tournament partner believe that you are really "on th…
National Championship? – Final Episode
I had been fortunate that fate had allowed me to be exposed from an early age to bass fishing. Both my grandfather and my father…
National Championship? – Part 6
Tournament Day 2 I could see there wasn’t going to be any way to predict what kind of weight would be needed in this deal. …
National Championship? – Part 5
Confidence is supposed to be an anglers best friend. But what happens when your best friend is nowhere in sight? When you've convinced yourself that…
National Championship? – Part 4
Practice Day 3 With only one day of practice left, I decided to find more of the “good stuff” that I had discovered the day…
A National Championship?
A first-hand account of what and what not to do when fishing a big tournament on a lake you've never seen before.
Improving Your Tournament Process
Tournament bass fishing, like any other competition, is all about the process. Here is an introduction on what is involved with a bass tournament pro…
The Eye in the Sky Doesn’t Lie
Having spent the last 25 years or so coaching athletes, one of the biggest changes and challenges has been the increased use of video. It…