I feel like I’ve learned a bit the last few years about what it takes to win tournaments.  This year I made a commitment to myself to fish to win.  Previously, I’ve kind of fished to just…do well.  I’ve always wanted to win, but at the same time, just finishing in the money was satisfactory.  I’ve always just kind of fished to “save face.”  I just wanted to be consistently good.  If I got a limit every tournament, I was happy.  Sure I won a few along the way, but towards the end of last year I had to face the fact that, I wasn’t really fishing to win.  Last year I started realizing that I wasn’t as happy anymore with simply getting 2nds and 3rds.   [Read more…]

This has been both an incredibly frustrating and incredibly rewarding summer on Lake Austin.  One trip I’ll go out, find a big school of bass, and start putting a beating on ’em.  The very next day, I’ll go out only to find that the school had moved, and I’ll catch 1 or 2 keepers and that’s it.  That can be incredibly frustrating when the previous trip you put a dozen or more keepers in the boat. In last week’s TTZ Wednesday Nighter, I fished with John Ward (aka: austinjohn), and finished in the money in 3rd place after we had put some good fish in the boat on a spot that John had shown me. [Read more…]

It’s been an interesting few months this summer.  Once school let out for the summer, I spent the first month just relaxing not really doing much but working and fishing.  It was nice, but since then I’ve had a really hard time settling into any kind of groove or routine in my life.  Hence the lack of activity on both my website and Facebook fan page.  In the summer, we typically see a drop in tournament activity with the exception of small club tournaments and short weeknight tournaments.  I’ve fished a few here and there, but haven’t taken them very seriously.   [Read more…]