Brian Ingersoll
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I've got a regional coming up this week on Kentucky Lake. I'm looking for revenge after the last one there. I had the bites, but because of some bad rod/line/lure combinations and lack of attention/bad hooksets, I wasn't able to put them in the boat. The lost fish cost me making the final day cut and I ended up barely getting a check.
I went this weekend to practice and froze my rear off. My first official decision for the tournament was to bring gloves, facemask, and more warm clothes, that morning run will get downright cold. I have a good primary pattern for big fish if the wind stays down and have 2 backup patterns, one I have a lot of confidence in that the wind can't hurt. I started practice with about 25 rods scattered around my boat and ended up with one primary and one secondary bait for each pattern and a wildcard topwater (because you never know-it is the fall). I'm going to spend the next couple days matching baits and fresh lines to the proper rods - because I'm not going to make the same mistakes I made before.
I'm also not practicing this week, but before anyone says anything, I had to go back to work. I was only able to take off enough time for the tournament. I would have liked to have one more day to expand on one of my patterns, but I feel I know the lake well enough that I can improvise if need be.
If I can figure out how to do it, I'll update from my cellphone each evening.
I went this weekend to practice and froze my rear off. My first official decision for the tournament was to bring gloves, facemask, and more warm clothes, that morning run will get downright cold. I have a good primary pattern for big fish if the wind stays down and have 2 backup patterns, one I have a lot of confidence in that the wind can't hurt. I started practice with about 25 rods scattered around my boat and ended up with one primary and one secondary bait for each pattern and a wildcard topwater (because you never know-it is the fall). I'm going to spend the next couple days matching baits and fresh lines to the proper rods - because I'm not going to make the same mistakes I made before.
I'm also not practicing this week, but before anyone says anything, I had to go back to work. I was only able to take off enough time for the tournament. I would have liked to have one more day to expand on one of my patterns, but I feel I know the lake well enough that I can improvise if need be.
If I can figure out how to do it, I'll update from my cellphone each evening.