Rate yourself as a tournament angler....

[WAWI]

Somewhere between shitty and sucks.

[contium]

1 I hate tournaments. No desire to be a good tourney fisherman. They are the opposite of why I fish. 5x3...pass

[Capw]

4, very inconsistent

[cwilt]

Probably a 6ish some days...and on others a 4ish.

[shafer22]

4

[A Wood]

I am a second place guy.... I finished in 2nd place 6 out of 7 tourneys last year and 2 out of 3 so far this year. Wtf does a guy need to do to win one????

[Mark Perry]

1 I hate tournaments. No desire to be a good tourney fisherman. They are the opposite of why I fish. 5x3...pass

Yet here you are on a thread about tournament fishing.

[188Musky]

Yet here you are on a thread about tournament fishing.

Everyone deserves a shot at the tournament stage.

[bensabamafan]

-4, would have been a -5 but they'll hit a frog a few times a year

[grout-scout]

A 7 before a wife and kid, now a 3 at best. Not enough time to keep up with the patterns when you can’t go all the time.

[1Twofish]

2.5439

[ifishinxs]

I feel I’m pretty solid. If 5 is average, then I’d say a 7-8. I’ve won a hell of a lot tournaments in my days. Have a lot I wish I had more time to work on though, but I win my fair share of derbies. Now a lot of what we have around here are 8-15 boat tournaments, but I usually win 10 or so a year. I truley expect to be in the money every tournament. I spend more time out there than most, and that’s a big part time. No substitute for Time on the water no doubt.

It really turned for me about 6-7 years ago when I just kept getting my butt handed to me by these guys fishing offshore. I just made it a point to dedicate myself out there. Wow what a learning curve it’s been. I use to think anythng over 10 feet was deep. Now if my boat is sitting in less than 20 I start to question if I blowing in on them. lol. It may not be as fun as fishing shallow, and I have some tournaments where I really stink it up, but the fish to win a tournament is offshore a lot of the time. A bigger percentage of those big girls just live out there so thats where I spend my time. That’s true on my lakes at least.

Your absolutely correct. It’s not only about the bigger fish being deep as it is that the banks get pounded Day in and day out. Fish will go deep to avoid pressure. Once you find them it’s game on.

[River-Bandit]

Last tournament if fished was 1998,, then I might have been a 4 or a 5 , won a few , lost a bunch and done half ass the rest of the time,,,,,these days I might make a 1.5

[Elvis]

Hmmm, a solid 3....maybe 4...

Roc, if you are a solid 3-4, then I must be a 1. We know you take that money down there in south Louisiana.

[billnorman1]

I think I'm about a 7 out of 10, and for my age, 75, probably a solid 9 among my living peers. I place in about 50% of my 3 club tournaments, which keeps me ahead on entry fees versus payouts. Unfortunately that doesn't factor expenses in.

[sproman]

Well..... The amount of tournaments I fished and the total of 1st place finish, that gives me an 8.5.

[BassNutt1]

You have to be good and have some luck on your side, I am good, but I have no luck, about a 7, i would say,

[Bill2e]

Welll at this time, not that good. I joined my current club to learn and get better. Met some good people and enjoy the shit out of it.

About a 3 on performance and a 10 on fun.

[96ranger492vs]

I just donate, sometimes I get lucky and have a limit. I just like to fish. I don't fish big tournaments or anything over a $50 entry fee. We mainly like to drink beer and tell fish stories about the big ones that got away.

[572 Fitter]

I started a TX trail in my subdivision,so far I'm the point leader.My 10yr old and his friends don't want none of this. I'm #1