Go where no man has gone before!!!

Not really but you will understand.

In tournaments, almost EVERYONE has a giant boat, with a giant motor! They want to get up and run as fast and as far as they can to get away from people. Unfortunately, I don't have that option. I carry half the amount of fuel as my competitors. I have to watch the wind, the waves, and the weather. I have to know what it is going to do 8 hours from now. I have to know how far I can go, how much time I have to fish, and how much time I have to get back. Oftentimes, many of these guys overlook the best spots to fish because, in their minds, they found the best spot 50 miles away.

2016 Alpena- A storm is rolling in, my partner and I know we have to stay close to the harbor. We caught all of our fish within 100 yards of the channel bouy! Cool under pressure award was less than 1 gallon of gas away.
2016 Sault Ste. Marie- The average team was traveling 36 miles one way to catch fish. I caught the most fish on day two of the tournament less than 4 miles from the starting location. Cool under pressure pays the bills when you don't spend a ton in gas to get there.
2017- Houghton Lake... I could have rowed to our best spot
2017- Alpena, I had three big fish in the boat before our sister team had rods in the water

In 2014 I was asked by a friend of mines father in law to fish a tournament. A BASS tournament. For the record, I have NEVER in my life targeted bass. I thought (if I can catch these stupid things without trying, how hard can it be). He had a $1000 boat. AS the 70k to 90k boats took off, I noticed on his $30 dollar fish finder that fish were stacked all over the place by the launch. His $50 dollar trolling motor didn't work. We caught a limit of fish within 400 yards of the dock! He had never finished in the top 10. We finished 3rd including the biggest fish. In fact, the top three boats all total in price.... Less than $4000 dollars. Funny to see all those bright shiny boats spending tons of gas for a boat ride to far reaches of the lake to NOT catch fish!