Clint i commend you on posting the way you do....youll help a lot of people catch fish...and you can obviously catch em yourself...

Southern i just reread my post and realized i sounded rather jerkish....i wasn't aiming to be....and i apologize....but i was that boat sitting over there last night....we all fish because we love it....cashing a check in a tournament is nice and all but the thrill of walking to the scales with a big bag is what does it for me.....i fish for the thrill of setting the hook and the sow not even budging....i fish to be out on the water and get away from the real world for awhile....i fish because it's my favorite thing to do....or maybe second favorite....but 90% of the guys on the lake fish for the same reason you do...just because we fish tournaments doesn't make us any different....trust me if you fish the tournaments i do you're not doing it to get rich...you're doing it for the competition....