Oh man.

Not a bite for the tournament but my co-angler caught a 5 pounder, which is good of course. I haven’t been able to buy a bite for weeks. It’s very discouraging.

Brian Latimer Also, here’s a more general question.

When breaking down a body of water and considering where to fish in a tournament, does the speed or size of your boat factory in your approach?

Yes sir BFL. Do you have time to walk through it?

How far are you from Columbia? I’m gonna be there in two weeks.

Much to wife's chagrin she gets the "hot wash" or debrief from my tournament experiences. Recently she has been my #1 cheerleader. It's been tough.  I definitely had some lesson learned from this weekend's exploits. Which is an excellent question for discussion IMHO.  When you guys (The PROs) have tough practice and less than good tournament how do you stay confident for the next? It feels different when it's your dream, to have tough setbacks.

Wells guys and gals I had to change my status to voter in order to get off the waitlist and be able to compete in the tournament so wish me luck please. Thank you.

Yes, thank you.  I think I’m just going to switch to boater.

In my defense I was practicing for a tournament on a new body of water.

This sounds great but I imagine I'm too cheap to afford your stuff, but this sounds great.

The lakes in the Raleigh NC area are blown out their banks and muddy.  It does however make for some newish waters to fish. I was able to push way up in a feeder creek that would normally be a no go on the boat.  There also so seem to be a good number of bait balls in the muddy water.