Tournament 4/10/10
 

Well. I had a tourney yesterday and pulled out a nice win. We caught about 30 fish, roughly half were keepers. Managed a ten and a half pound sack to win it, no one else had a full limit. No pics of the fish, I did however catch a 20 in. fish that weigh 2.37 lbs, yep, what should have been a nice solid 4 lb fish and she was all spawned out. The rest were all 16 to 18 in chunky fish. Put some cash in my wallet and I was a happy camper.

Great job man! Was it just a local club tournament or a bigger one?

Sounds like fun..

good deal man, hope the rest of your tournament season goes as well;)

Congrats Oneshot7, thats great to hear!

AWESOME ONESHOT! didn't realize youwon a tournament..I bet your learning lots of new stuff fishing with different folks..still using the Trick Worm ? [ -;

Shh.... dont let anyone know about the trick worm!! Haha jk, but yea it produced one of our keepers that day. Mostly senkos, flukes and trick worms. IM not really learning a lot of new stuff right now, I am just getting back into the rhythm of bass fishing and tournament fishing. It feels good to be back in my original type of fishing.

I know a few local fishermen that fish as a non boater for Bass Masters and they have gotten much better..they are learning tons..

Yep..I've gone back to the basics as well..I started out with 2 main baits and have [retty much gone back to those 2 main baits until I start producing fish again..

Fundamentals are key in a slump, go to what you know and you will get it back fast. The biggest thing I am re-learning is that this isnt just fun fishing, every bite has to be treated exactly the same because I can lose by 5 lbs or .05 lbs and one fish can make all of that up.

Amen oh buddy....went back to the good ole rubber worm and Rooster tail..

The only changes I made this year which has put good fish in the boat..is treat every bite like it's a 5 pounder instead of a 1 pounder..I set the hook harder but not crazy enlough to snap the line on a hook set..but every bite I visualize a 22 inch 5 pound fish and set the hook accordingly..it's been working when I get a hit..Also..7 of my 8 rods are back to mono..12 pound test.

Yep..back to the basics.