Practice for Big Ones

I was wondering about ways to practice landing bigger bass. Its not always
possible to go out and find big fish to practice on. Would it be worth it
from a tournament anglers perspective to take trip to some place like El
Salto to get the practice fighting and landing big fish so that when they do
hook into one in a tournament there hands would have the skills to put the
fish in the boat.

I know I have lost several bigger fish in the last year in tournaments.
Fish that would definitely made a difference in my final standings.

I posted this idea last night on my forums, and one suggestions was to
practice on carp. That isn't a bad idea, but carp definitely fight
differently than bass.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com