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Jay and I are back from our Bassmaster Team Championship - Kentucky Lake beat down, all bruised and lumped up, like we went 4 rounds with Conor McGregor... 

I wrote about the our lessons learned on Hogue's website (click here.)  All in all we learned lots about the flaws in our approach to events.  Hopefully this lesson sticks a bit, but who knows. 

While we were gone, we received tons of support from our buddies back home (even Bess), and that's greatly appreciated (even if we didn't respond too quickly.)  We really appreciate the support, and in the end the condolences!!! 

Couple take-a-ways from our last month of fishing that I didn't put in the Game Over blog.

1.)  Make sure you're having fun.  We realized we took the event a bit too serious (in bed early, no beer, no horsing around... etc.)  For those of you who know Jay and I, that's not normal, and I think it might have killed some of our creativity on the water.  It's not like we were fishing for gas money home.

2.)  Minn-Kota Ultrex is a game changer.  If you aren't on a waiting list for one, call Chris Ferry at Limit Out.  He's got some on order.  If BASS doesn't ban that trolling motor, I will be surprised.  It's that good.  If you think it's too expensive, sell your power poles.

3.)  6th Sense Crush 50x Square bill is an awesome bait.  I'm not sponsored by any of this stuff, so take it with a grain of salt.  That thing was getting bites when nothing else would.

4.)  I have a Fortrex for sale cheap. 

5.)  Duck Season is God's gift to those who bomb late season tournaments.  Those poor feathered creatures are going to help ease the pain a bit.  I would have taken a shotgun to Tennessee so we could hunt our way back through the Dakotas, but I was afraid Jay would have gotten us DQ'd shooting Asian Carp during the tournament.

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Good read Boom, thanks for attaching the article about the winners too, always like reading about the good and the bad

Jake,

Clearly not how you wanted it to go, but thank you for the excellent example of how sportsmanship is supposed to work.

Its a lesson I took with me after the first humbling tournament I ever fished, watching giant bags of fish come in for two days and getting skunked and not helping my partner one bit.

The lesson.. there is always something you can learn regardless of how bad the but whuppin was, that you can and should use in the future.

Sports metaphor coming... Watching Cam Newtons interview last night after the Hawks opened up that can, he still has not learned sportsmanship..... No one wants to lose.  How you handle it like Trout above, is the key. Do you learn something... anything.... or is it poor pitiful me.  The mind set is a tremendous value to the angler, batter, or QB, to learn an get better or sit and wallow in personal pity.

Let's make one thing perfectly clear- you clowns would never last 4 rounds with McGregor...

Don't make me post the kangaroo video Mike. 

Do it!
 
Jake Boomer said:

Don't make me post the kangaroo video Mike. 

Jake,

Thank you very much for taking the time to write this post and the GOA article sharing your story and learnings.  You are a phenomenal writer, balancing the cerebral insight and valuable epiphanies with the clever humor and fun (spot-on) analogies.  As result, I always learn a great deal from your content while being thoroughly entertained.

Congrats to you and Jason on an awesome season.  My money is on the next nasty Bert Blyleven curveball getting deposited into the upper deck.    

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