I'll tell you one thing that has helped me. Forget all about all the Junior Bassmaster accomplishments you have, and go do something now. Like fishing BFL's, Stren's, Weekend Series ect. ect. Granted they look good on a resume, but as soon as your out of it, you need to go out and fish the big boy stuff and get things rolling.
For example, to expand on what Mr. Grande said and to give an example. We have acctually fished against each other if you fished Norman in 2004. (Thats funny ;D, small world). We both have been to a couple of Junior World Championships, and "dominated" the Junior stuff. So how do you make your resume look better than mine if we have the same success? And how do you make it more appealing than the hundreds of other guys who have fished Junior World Championships?
Hopefully I have got you thinking......