Is It Impossible?

[brgbassmaster]

Depends on the club. Me and my buddy fished out of a 14ft jon boat for 2 seasons. Had a nice front deck a small 7 horse motor and a 45lb thrust bow mounted trolling motor and a cooler with a pump made into a live well. I still remember the first tourney showing up with that camoflauged beast and everyone looking at us 16 yr old kids lol. Did pretty well to finished 9th overall in the standings with 50 teams. They had respect after the first couple tourneys. Now 9 yrs later had a real bass boat fished bigger tourneys and since sold that moved to Guam and am fishing saltwater. Ready to be back in the states in a yr so i can get back on the freshwater.

[Ratherbfishing]

Heavy high horsepower boats will get you from point A to point B faster and and are generally a more stable platform for fishing in the wind.  But no amount of money or equipment will, in and of itself, catch fish for you.  Besides, as already mentioned, lighter, shallower draft boats have certain advantages, too. 

[Fishes in trees]

Many tournament circuits have a minimum length limit.  I believe in Walmart BFL it is 17'.  Maybe a club in your neighborhood has a shorter length limit, maybe not, I don't know.

 

I think that you would really be handicapping yourself, trying to fish even a club tournament out of that little boat.  In a tournament, time management is important and the ability to go from point A to point B in a reasonable amount of time is important.  Tournaments don't always happen on perfect days, that 10' boat you've is approaching being dangerous in a 10 MPH wind.  I don't see you going anywhere when there is more than a 6" chop on the water, and that happens frequently.

 

If I were you, I'd start as a co-angler, even at the club level rather than fish out of that boat.  (I went over to the boat forum and found the picture of your boat.  The way the seats were mounted, at the extreme ends of the boat, just doesn't look safe to me.  Any kind of a live well would make it even less safe.)  JMO

[5 Dollar Fishing Game]

I'm leaving it as is with no live well. As for the seats, they are perfect. They hold two people fine even with one standing. Safety is no issue with it. I have been in it myself and walked to both seats. Level as can be. Turns great and is pretty fast. Just using it for fun and getting a bass boat to tourney in one day. I've seen other John boats with seats set up like mine on the local lakes too. I talked to some folks and they said they loved the extra room they have in the middle of the boat.