First Bass Tournament

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Hello guys, I'm about to fish in my first tournament on April 1st. I know several of you fella's are old hats at this sort of thing, so I'm wondering, what words of wisdom could you offer a fledgling bass angler? What do I need to stock my tackle box with? How many rods do I need? How do I catch fish to fill out my limit? How do I put a lunker in my livewell? It seems like as the inevitable tournament inches closer, I forget how to fish more and more.

Any of you folks fishing Eastern Ohio have any words of wisdom for me? I know our Bass season is still closed here in PA so our first couple of tournaments (I have between 11 and 14 this year) are going to be in Eastern Ohio. All I know right now is that the first one is going to be in Eastern Ohio, on an unlimited HP lake, and it's NOT Lake Erie (that's further down the tournament trail). The location will be unveiled at the meeting on the 14th, so I'll come back and check with you guys after the meeting.