I took some nasty weather to show me about not running I was fishing a tournament earlier in the year out of mid barkley, and wind picked up something awful about the time of take-off. Instead of running to Ky (as I had planned and 90% of the rest of the fishermen did) I decided to go down to a small bay that was sheltered from the wind. I fished that bay all day slow and methodical and culled about 15 fish. I was the only one with a limit that day, and had two over 6. After thinking about it I knew if the weather had been better I would have fished several spots, and not had near the luck of really concentrating on one. Now in tournaments I rarely will fish more than 3 spots in a day, and will give each one at least an hour, especially a ledge holding some baitfish.

Now when it is jerk bait season I will hit a ton of spots, and may not fish half of them. I just cruise a series of about 10-15 points and only fish the ones holding baitfish. I will hit some of them 3 or 4 times a day (Dave taught me that trick earlier this year, and it works for spring smallies).