I believe it is important for you to learn all that you can, especially the
studies on structure, bass migration, their feeding habits, weather, etc.,
and how they all relate in your spare time. For all this information is
valuable so that you can see how it all plays out on the waters you fish.

Tournament fishing is all about playing percentages and probabilities.
There is running and gunning like Warren suggested, but even he uses all the
information he has learned over the years to run and gun on the highest
probability areas, depth zones, etc., for the water and conditions he is
facing.

Warren forgets that all this is second nature to him now. He analyzes the
situation in a fraction of a second where newbies and intermediate anglers
may have to study the situation for a much longer period of time. But that
is when you realize you are good. When you fish and it is all second
nature. You stop trying to remember what you need to do when you are faced
with a certain condition, and you just automatically read the situation and
react with what appears to be no thought. When in reality, decades of data,
ten of thousands of on-the-water practice and experience are instantly
recalled, the situation recognized, and the action need is determined and
employed.

Trust me, someday all this will become as natural to you as flipping a lure.



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Craig Baugher
Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN!