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here should I start? When should I
leave? I wonder if they will bite this
bait? Sound familiar? It’s okay, we all
go through these series of questions every time we are on the water. Being able to
answer these questions and organize these exact
thoughts, through instinct and through the process
of elimination, has taken years for me. Hopefully a
few of these tips can help you out the next time you
find that you’re talking to yourself.
It’s first thing in the morning and I look no different than any other fisherman on the lake, quietly sneaking up to a spot by way of trolling motor. Typically in my boat, the only sounds that can be heard are the constant turns of my reel handle and the occasional pulse of the trolling motor, but in my
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head it’s a different story. The volume of the noise from thoughts running through my head remind me of a classroom full of crazy kids with a thousand different questions being asked and a million different conversations going on. Somewhere through all that chaos, I have to be able to make key decisions that will determine the outcome of my day.
Where should I start? Should I go for the limit or go to the spot where I saw the big fish? Depending on various factors such as conditions or time of year this tournament is taking place, you have to ask yourself what will be more beneficial to your success. If scratching out a limit will get you up in the top 10, I think the answer is obvious. Go for the
limit and don’t think twice about it, and
then go for a giant. Now
if this tournament is
taking place during
the pre spawn
or the spawn,
you have to ask
yourself: what
is a 15lb limit
going do for me
if the previous
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