I just finished up day one of my club's last tourney. I weighed in 18.7 which should put me somewhere in the middle of the pack. Tomorrow I'm looking to bag in the neighborhood of 20lb. which should put me in the top 10 hopefully.
To get to the subject of this thread; after weigh-in I was approached by a long time fellow competitor and asked flat out what was I using. I don't have a problem with sharing knowledge, competition or not. I replied that all but one of my fish was caught on a Mann's 1-minus just off the bottom in 18-20ft. where the sandgrass wasn't very high. Before I could explain how I accomplished that feat, he started trash talking in front of a bunch of the guys loud enough that it drew a bit of a crowd. Personally, it didn't make a d**n bit of difference to me if he believed me or not.
In most of the tourneys I've participated in over the years, there are guys that will give false info in an attempt to mislead fellow competitors. I have never been one and at my worst, I just don't share until after the event. For some reason, I feel I owe this guy an appology. Not because he felt I was BS ing him, but because he misunderstood my intentions.
The guy really isn't a jerk, but he was in the running and only weighed two fish today. Guess I'll wait until morning and tell him the whole story, or should I just kick his tail with another good sack tomorrow and leave the set-up on my deck?