Caught my first Pickerel today on Tar River Reservoir, using a 6 Sense white jerk bait.

He wasn't big but fun.

SUF. I'm adding my Instagram link here. HMU and I'll be sure to follow you back. Thank you BLat for helping us grow our community.

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Did a little better today almost caught a limit but most where shorts, flippin docs and throwing a jerk bait in the creeks. I definitely could hear sound bites from SUF schools in depths playing out in my head while on the water. 

It was tough today. Very windy and muddy water. So, I chose to try pushing up in some creeks.  I caught 1 dink on some flooded timber in about 6 feet of water and miss a bite.  With the muddy water it was tough to locate bait. I tried looking out in the main lake but no luck. 

I have noticed that quite a few successful tournament anglers have stories about fishing local tournaments early in their journey to the higher levels of tournaments.  I never fished a tournament on any level until this year.  I did do a lot of fishing with various family and friends growing up, but honestly a small percentage of which was bass fishing.

So, my question is this. 

Am I at a disadvantage in my pursuit to be competitive at the highest levels of bass fishing?  At my age I feel like I don't have the time to slowly build the expertise.

QQ for the SUF fam.

What's the opinion on BFS (Bait Finesse System)?