Thread: What do you do?

Originally Posted by KnightShadow10

When in a tournament, and you have caught your limit....what do you different to try and catch bigger fish to up your weight? Cull your catch...

A full limit or a tourney limit?

In a tourney, I measure my fish. When I get 8-10 in the boat, I cull. Don't keep more than I'll weigh in plus a few spares. Easier to keep them alive that way. Sometimes I'll have a few more if they are cookie cutters. Then I start separating front and rear live wells.

Example--
Depending on the lake, my front live well may have 12 1/2 to 14" fish. The rear over 14's. When or if I get 7 or more over 14, I chunk all the fish in the front live well over, and move the 14 1/4's to 15's up front. I HOPE I can refill the rear live well with 7 fish that are over 15. Some lakes that is unrealistic, but that's how we work it. On some lakes, the length might move down an inch or more but it's the same process.