KVD and the Toyota Guys

[Champ188]

30 minutes ago, Hammer time said:

They did bo, my buddy flipped docks intire 8 hours of tournament. For only 8 bites. Didn't get first bite till 12:30

That takes confidence and commitment, tuff for me to commit all day especially without a bite till noon.

As you stated bo fish eat in cycles and sometimes you gotta stick with it until they feed!

That's the nature of the fall dock bite ... it's not a fast and furious deal by any means. But when you keep your junk (jig, spoon, whatever you're flipping) way back in the dark corners all day long, you will usually get 6-10 quality bites in the course of a tournament day. If you get them in the boat, you'll be in the check line.

[Bill Babler]

There biting in a cycle up the White River right now.  Around the Clock

[merc1997 Bo]

4 hours ago, Hammer time said:

They did bo, my buddy flipped docks intire 8 hours of tournament. For only 8 bites. Didn't get first bite till 12:30

That takes confidence and commitment, tuff for me to commit all day especially without a bite till noon.

As you stated bo fish eat in cycles and sometimes you gotta stick with it until they feed!

when tournament fishing, I have always had the mind set to fish for whatever the limit is, in quality bites.  I really like those guys commitment and confidence to stay with it.  it paid off!

bo

[Champ188]

Just a waste of money to go out there and fish for little ones. Not long before I started fishing tournaments in the 80s, the limit in most derbies was 10. Then it dropped to 7, where it stayed for quite a few years, and now the norm is down to 5 fish. I personally saw the entire landscape of tournament fishing change with the drop from 7 to 5 fish. You had to really start fishing for better fish.

So again, it's a waste of good money to go out and just fish for all the bites you can get. You only need five, so as Bo says, fish like you mean it.