Bass fishing 90% mental and tournaments

[CCbass]

I say this because I had always wanted to fish tournaments but never had a big enough boat. I would fish the same lake the same time as a tournament, wieght my fish an watch there wiegh in, I always had enough to win or be in the top five. So I joined a club, when I got a boat big enough I could, first 5 outings 12th, 16th,20th, ect. I fell apart, fishing like I just was on the lake for a day but suddely second guessing everything. I soon realized I had confident spots and so,so spots, I spent those first tournaments going to all my spots through the day. I soon realized if I focus on my confident spots and rotate thru them all day my confidence rose, I knew fish were there. From that point on and my only tournaments to this day (16 total) 1st thru 3rd in 11 straight. I had the knowledge, I had the skill, I just lacked the mental confidence to believe when the pressure was on.