I feel your pain brother. I had stopped pre fishing past lunch the day before a tournament before I quit fishing them. Was the time of day the same? I caught 3 fish over 2 pounds one Friday before a Talquin tournament on one ledge. I came back tourney morning and only 1.25 fish. After weigh in my partners wife wanted to catch some so we checked that same ledge about the same time of day and wham! We weighed our best 7 that night and wound have won by over 2 pounds. I have story after story from catching fish the day before a tourney. I caught a 2 pound 14 ounce crappie at Pickwick on Friday before a Regional one time, watched them give a Ranger Cherokee boat to the big fish winner on Saturday for a 2.4 something fish. Not to mention the lake was dropped overnight so fast there were dead fish on banks. It's just the tournament monster sometimes.