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Basically for me the tournament was all about one technique...punching. Basically for me if I wasn't punching some kind of weeds I wasn't catching fish. The technique produced higher than average catches of fish. I lost 2 fish in 3 days which isn't too bad but both would've probably got me in the top 10. I punched hydrilla and some mats of periwinkle. I used a 1.5 tru tungsten sinker and a skirt I made that I like to call the Donkey Punch. I matched my skirts with the beavers I was using. There were a few other rigging tricks that Charlie did not mention in that article that were imperative for better hook ups.
I made a couple wrong decisions during the tourney if one of those would've been different the standings would have been different. Its just how a tournament goes if you made every right decision you would win every time, almost. The Delta is a complex waterway, you really have to pay attention to details such as types of cover how thick how sparse, the time of the tide from all the way out to all the way in. Then the current which changes due to the height of the tide that is coming in or going out. You can't control any of these variables you just have to adapt to them as you go. Once you get a good pattern going at the delta you can run that same pattern all over the delta and catch fish it is truely unbelievable.
Also want to thank Tag for going down with me in prepractice to come up with pattern I used during the tournament. He is an awesome angler and helped fill in important details to a succesfull pattern.
Mistakes I made plenty, quite a few of course, mostly it was timing mistakes, as far as wrong place wrong time, also not knowing what places had better quantities of fish. I guess mis-reading the signs. Thinking that a few areas were better than they actually were. The delta is complex and during practice the tides were exact opposite as the tournament so I did not get to see those tide swings and currents so I guess my mistake was not knowing enough. I don't see losing fish as a mistake that kind of stuff happens. There were alot of littler mistakes that would take all day to uncover, but like you Steve that is how I learn. Knowing more executing better is the name of the game.
Steve Hastings said:Ron,
Nice of you to share your experiences and credits. Would you care to reveal what you think you did wrong. I always learn more from my mistakes or the mistakes of others. I remember watching my younger brother touch a hot iron as a kid.... Knew I didn't need to do that.
Steve
Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:Basically for me the tournament was all about one technique...punching. Basically for me if I wasn't punching some kind of weeds I wasn't catching fish. The technique produced higher than average catches of fish. I lost 2 fish in 3 days which isn't too bad but both would've probably got me in the top 10. I punched hydrilla and some mats of periwinkle. I used a 1.5 tru tungsten sinker and a skirt I made that I like to call the Donkey Punch. I matched my skirts with the beavers I was using. There were a few other rigging tricks that Charlie did not mention in that article that were imperative for better hook ups.
I made a couple wrong decisions during the tourney if one of those would've been different the standings would have been different. Its just how a tournament goes if you made every right decision you would win every time, almost. The Delta is a complex waterway, you really have to pay attention to details such as types of cover how thick how sparse, the time of the tide from all the way out to all the way in. Then the current which changes due to the height of the tide that is coming in or going out. You can't control any of these variables you just have to adapt to them as you go. Once you get a good pattern going at the delta you can run that same pattern all over the delta and catch fish it is truely unbelievable.
Also want to thank Tag for going down with me in prepractice to come up with pattern I used during the tournament. He is an awesome angler and helped fill in important details to a succesfull pattern.
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AARON373V said:I think you're on a whole other level because you realise when you are making mistakes. Thats something that most guys, including myslef, sometimes don't understand. Great write up Ron
Paying attention to the details of not only what works, but also what went wrong are clearly what separates the successful tournament angler from the casual angler.
Writing down notes in a log can easily be the best way to improve your angling from year to year. To be even more to the point, give some thought to what you think you should have done differently, and write that down in your log. Correct me if I'm wrong, Ron, but I would bet you thought about what you should have done, and what "mistakes" you made, all the way home on your 12 hour drive, and even once you got home and discussed your experience with others. I dwell on this myself after every fishing trip, not just tournaments. Then I document it in my FishNLog software.
Now since Ron is young and has a great memory, and I am getting old and have CRS sometimes, many think you don't need to document your mistakes because you are sure you will remember them. This is a big mistake, although you probably won't realize it. Sure, Ron will remember the specifics of what went wrong, but next year he will find that if he didn't write down the details he will not have picked up on all the clues he could have which would shorten next year's learning curve. I made the same mistake when I was young. I could remember every strike and what I was using. What I failed to realize was some of the other details that I didn't think about at the time. Like what the water temperature was during the active bite? Or was the sun shining and casting shadows during the hot bite and not when the bite was slow? What effect did current speed have, or current direction? Was the bite improving each day or diminishing? Did I test different color patterns and did they make a difference?
So in summary, one lesson I learned through my Army training that has really improved my fishing was to dedicate time after fishing to think of all the things I failed to think about in the heat of the fishing battle, and then writing down what I should do the next time. Reviewing my notes prior to an event always helps me develop a game plan to test during practice for the next event.
Ron will continue to be a stronger force as his time on these California waters continues, and his analytical mind will always make him feared by his competition.
ciao,
Marc
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AARON373V said:I think you're on a whole other level because you realise when you are making mistakes. Thats something that most guys, including myslef, sometimes don't understand. Great write up Ron
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