Had many a good one over the years. And a few not so good. Great video Bruce.

Good story

If thats the worst of it, you got off light Lol!

That's good,I was a co for many years,I had a tournament boat and fished up front in a few every year,I perfected being a co,it started getting harder around 2010,pro's started getting cocky,they started asking a lot,I had a two DQED, nothing I wanted to do,but my safety is everything ŵhen with a stranger,breaking rules,just no room for it,I did it to accomplish something,not be injured,it only got worse,my last tournament was the beginning of ffs,I didn't fish much that day,I hope some kind of resolution will bring the sport back.

Had a boater that had a security system in his vehicle luckily he told me where the switch was located. Another boater didn’t know what the trim was for we porpoised on day like a dolphin. Can’t forget the cop from Chicago he didn’t charge his trolling motor batteries.had a guy who liked to run in the fog.

I was a non boater one time. The boater asked if I could back his boat in no problem. He had a motor home still no problem then I noticed he unplugged the trailer lights it pitch black on a multiple ramp. I’m doing fine all of a sudden I heard people yelling your going off to the side of the ramp .I quickly realized that I was in the middle . You never know what to expect when backing in . I’ve seen a few boaters with unusual towing rigs and boats also.

More folks need to spend a little time in a tractor as youngsters

It's funny. When I was just starting out as a co angler I used to pack a 3 course lunch. Now as a boater, I don't even eat and 8 hours go by like 1.

Man i miss those FLW days on Ky lake

it amazes me how many folks have a hard time backing up a trailer, seen a lot of damage to fenders ect. the googans are all over!!!...lol

The ole ball & chain! Awesome video sir!

ha ha... that's funny.!

enjoyed your story did you place in this tournament? thank you for sharing

Haha totally way expecting was worse. I remember at first I was scared to back guys trailers down. But I was honest upfront if they had a cap I wasn’t confident I learned the bad way with the tailgate down 😂😂 or if I got lucky I could see the tip of the trailer looking back I was good.

Had a guy show up at the ramp at the last minute as well. We get in the boat and he starts unwrapping new reels and rods etc.. and pulls out line and starts lining up.. We got to the first spot and he realizes he had left his gear at home. He didnt blink, he found an old circle hook on my deck and tied it on , rummaged threw the various ripped up plastics on the floor in my messy boat and used a bic lighter to repair them. He wacky hooked a 6 in zoom lizard and we started down a shoreline of concrete L shaped docks. He preceded to catch 17lbs 5 fish limit and lunker of the day he was the first guy to ever beat me from the back of my boat. For a decade after that my club members would bust my chops about that day.

That is too funny!

Very interesting story ! Really enjoyed.

Had to be stressful for Tony but he put himself there

Great story but sometimes the Co-angler draws the knuckle head Pro but this is not one of those stories . I was fishing the FLW National Guard. tournaments as a Am angler years ago and drew this guy I couldn't find after the draw for pairing . When I finally found him (he was late) he seemed really despondent told me I had got the worst draw of the tournament and tells me he arrived to prefish his boat motor blew up first thing so took his boat home and borrowed a friend's boat . Then while driving back over his personal truck broke down and he had to borrow a truck to pull the borrowed boat . Apparently while driving over on the way to pretournament meeting and draw after missing any opportunity to prefish the borrowed truck had also broke down but it would be fixed in time according to the mechanic he took it to. He explained he knew the lake well but got in no pre-fishing and hadn't been to the lake in a couple of years but he had an idea where there could be some fish . After listening to he story I told him" I think you have used up all of your bad luck so your luck is going to change" . I assured him it was statistically impossible to keep having more bad luck after all that he's been through . It was funny because he seemed to cheer up after I told him this . We fished the day without issue and after day one he was in 12th place on the Pro side and I was in 8th place on the Am side . I was so relieved my pep talk actually worked .

I be dog ❤

I enjoyed being a co angler. Got to meet some of the best fishermen around. I once drew out a pro in a BASS open event several years ago. At the boat ramp, that morning, I noticed the pro looked uneasy. I helped get the boat in, parked the truck and got in his boat at the docks. We slowly idled out in the harbor to wait for blast off. The pro quietly leaned over and said, “ I have never fished a bass tournament before. If you can help me any, I would appreciate it.” I thought he was kidding. I laughed, then found out my pro had watched bass tournaments on television and thought, how hard could it be. So the pro, bought a boat and some tackle, and entered the bass tournament. The pro had fished all week with no bites. Needless to say, We both zero’d this day except for a couple aggressive pike hitting our chatterbaits.

Great story Bruce, always enjoy hearing them

Bruce.. I think we have all met Tony or will at some point.. Great story!

For the record, that is not a rattle trap, maybe a red eye shad ? However, rattle trap is one of my go to lures any time of year. I typically throw a chrome/black

Man, I used to HATE that thing, but it is a crazy good tool without a doubt!

Some older stuff I still use are a spinnerbait, buzzbait, and tube jigs. They work in my river. I try the new stuff also though. I try to be proficient in all techniques. I'll try anything to see if it works. Sometimes just them seeing something different can trigger a bite. I even try to order different color soft plastics that aren't in my local shops in hope its something they dont see every day! Whatever can give you an edge on the water is always helpful! 😂

Excellent video Bruce, always appreciate you sharing your knowledge

👏👏👏👏 love it! I live in east Tennessee.

Thank you for the info

Yessir, I sacked up a lot of tournament weight this year on bluffs. 4 out of 6 Cedar City events to be exact. They do live there year round

great tips thanks

Great video Bruce

Great tips! I've had good luck throwing rattle traps. Also, shad looking swimbaits. Just cast em around the bait balls.

Nice

yep, love the reaction innovation sweet beaver trailers! It’s probably my main trailer these days!

One combo I've had good luck with, in the area you've been fishing lately, is a 3/8 black/blue jig, with a green pumpkin/chart tip trailer. I'm guessing it resembles a bluegill. But they tend to like it up there, bigger fish especially

Great video I love a jig in my option to learn a jig take that jig out and leave every thing else at home and always remember green pumpkin will get you something but black and blue is tried and true lol but i throw that jig any and everywhere

I prefer a 6.3-6.8 for everything I do. I own a couple 7.1 and the only thing I'll use those for is topwaters. That's just my preference

I call BS

I saw your GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE this morninon channel 5. Good job!!

I'm in the process of making a video about this myself and gathering information. I was looking to see what others have posted about this and came across your video. Well done sir.

The only tournaments that will be allowed on TV will be no FFS tournaments. Watch. The fans have spoken.

No fisherman with half a brain would feed this beast info with the exception of all these self proclaimed KZbin Pro's that are out to make a buck. If this did happen everybody would be fishing exactly the same way in the same part of the lake. lol What a dumpster fire.

Sickening shit

When you cook it down and drain the fat off, you aren’t fishing against other men and women, it’ll be AI vs AI and not so much the fishermen and their tactics and experience anymore. Thx for sharing and by the way I just found you here on KZbin. 🙏👍

This is absolutely not a big deal for tournament anglers. All these models will tell you is the same thing experience tells a professional angler. When and what to cast etc. with the amount of data these companies will collect it will be interesting to see what new patterns they find. It will be interesting to see how they deal with marking fish catches though. I forget to take pictures of most of the fish I catch even though I use them for reference later on.

I learned more in 2020 than any other year. Fished 7 days a week for 3 months, minimum 4 hour trips, with two a days on Saturday and Sunday. That whole post spawn-early fall I never got off of them on Old Hickory. Not to mention since then, they follow the same patterns every year.

It won't be called fishing it will be called collecting.

You don’t have to use it and just enjoy your best version of pure fishing enjoyment 😎

first time ive seen this gonna rig up a rod