Ryan, when I spent that weekend at Nunley, I learned a ton from you about how to fish fast. I had never really power fished before and then all the sudden, I'm catching 5lber after 5lber. But, do you remember when the power fishing bite died, and you weren't sure what to do, and I caught the 7 and the 5 on a finesse worm?
That taught me something, and I hope you can use it to learn something too. There are times when a rattletrap will smoke a worm, but then there are times when those fish will only take a soft plastic. You know this from the past few months at Varner. There was a time when traps were crushing the big fish, but then, it was worms with light weights.
If I were you, I would have my confidence power fishing lure rigged and my confidence slow bait rigged. That's what I do at all my tournaments. I have extra rods rigged, but I really only use 2 rods all day, and usually at the end of the day it's narrowed down to one.
If your throwing your confidence bait, you will catch fish. Be positive at all times and know that you are just as good as anybody else. When I'm fishing, I am always repeating my favorite fishing saying that is featured on this site. It is what I base my entire day around.
"The most succesful anglers are chronically optimistic. They believe every cast will bring a strike."
So keep it simple, be confident, and just go out and FISH
