The perils of pre-fishing January 15, 2017 Bassmaster.com

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Seigo Saito

I’m not going to pre-fish anything this year. Here’s why…

It was either Woody Hayes (Ohio State Buckeyes) or Darrell Royal (Texas Longhorns) who famously observed, “Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.” That pretty much sums up my thinking about pre-fishing a month or more out from a tournament.

The first thing that can go bad is that you go fishing and catch them. That sounds like a good thing, right? Not really. Fishing professionally is about winning tournaments or at least placing high so you make some points and earn a check. It’s not about catching fish in practice.