Do You Sleep Well The Night Before A "T"?

[fishfordollars]

I rarely do.Not just before tournaments either, it can be any night before going out on the water. Up all hours of the night. My wife thinks I'm nuts.

I may have to find a support group for this disease if that's what it is. LOL.

Is it me or do ya'll have this problem?

Jack

[Matt Kremers]

I can never fall asleep. Always thinking through what I have tied on for the morning. What the first lure I throw will be. I usually only end up getting a couple hours of sleep.

[DINK WHISPERER]

I can never fall asleep. Always thinking through what I have tied on for the morning. What the first lure I throw will be. I usually only end up getting a couple hours of sleep.

Describes me perfectly, if not that the kids will make sure i don't sleep!

[Hammer 4]

I rarley get more than a couple hrs of sleep before an outing. It's like being a kid on Christmas eve.. ;D

[5bass]

I have no problem sleeping. I try to get my plan together a day or so beforehand just so I'm not stressed out and anxious right before a tournament.

There have been times that I've not got much sleep the night before but it's because I didnt have all my ducks in a row like I should have.

[Crestliner2008]

When that adrenaline starts a pumpin' there's little option for much sleep the night before any fishing trip for me!

[K_Mac]

I don't fish tourneys, but I rarely get much sleep before a fishing trip. It doesn't matter how well prepared I am, I can't stop the voices in my head... ;D The exceptions are the local lakes that I know well and expectations are not that high.

[angler1]

I have a hard time sleeping too, I am second guessing my stradigies and what I have tied on for the morning. It probably doesn't help that I try to get to sleep early the night before either.

[Fishes in trees]

No, but I always figured that it more to do with being away from home, different bed, changed schedule etc than it did with the tournament.  I never considered it a preparation or anticipation issue.

[b.Lee]

I fished my first tournament a few weeks ago it was weird I slept, but my mind was still pretty active and subconsciously waiting for the alarm clock to go off so I didn't sleep through it it. 

[Sam]

Yes.

No problem.

I can go to sleep just about anywhere and before anything. 

[brushhoggin]

thats funny. yes my fishing buddy and i call this the christmas eve night sleeping disorder. you know, the same thing that happens to kids before christmas morning.(just saw hammers post)except its a little different. i'll eventually drift away thinking about fishing and will be startled awake by a topwater hit. beginning the process of falling asleep all over again. i've even accidentally uppercut my lady in the ribs settin the hook on a bass in my dreams...and the couch doesn't make any of this easier

[mjhutch1116]

I never sleep well before a tournament, I always lay awake thinking about the game plan, what I have tied on, what I will tie on if what I already have on doesn't work.  Water conditions, and everything else I can possibly think about.

Matt

[Jig Man]

I don't sleep well before any fishing tournament or not.

I once fished 34 days straight while on an extended vacation.  I thought I was gonna die before I got home and had a good night's sleep.

[dead eye]

Lucky to get 3 or 4 hrs befor any tourney, I fish the tourney in my minds eye, several times in the night.

[Catt]

I sleep fairly good just not long

[burleytog]

I don't sleep at night.

Sucks being a vampire.

[slonezp]

4 fingers of scotch usualy knocks me out. Seriously though the first couple of tourneys I fish every year I have trouble sleeping. As the season goes on it gets easier. I think it's because my expectations become more realistic as the season progresses. 

[Radical Conservative]

thats funny. yes my fishing buddy and i call this the christmas eve night sleeping disorder. you know, the same thing that happens to kids before christmas morning.(just saw hammers post)except its a little different. i'll eventually drift away thinking about fishing and will be startled awake by a topwater hit. beginning the process of falling asleep all over again. i've even accidentally uppercut my lady in the ribs settin the hook on a bass in my dreams...and the couch doesn't make any of this easier

That's just funny right there. I don't see how anyone can sleep. I can remember many times where I find myself out of bed, and walkin' around the boat and/or sittin' in the truck at 1 or 2 in the morning just waiting to leave. I just get to dang excited.

[rowyourboat]

i do the same thing man. Its like visions of worms and jigs dance in my mind haha

[NJBass12]

I have a tough time falling asleep as well.  The worse part is when I finally do fall asleep I end up waking up every 15 minutes and checking the clock.  I get the worse night of sleep.  I'm usually running on adrenaline during the tournament.  Sure makes the ride home tough.

[ProCrafter]

If my pre-fishing made me confident of several winning patterns then yes I have a real hard time sleeping....seems like I want to just stay awake with that "Cheshire Cat" grin so everyone knew i had it in the bag......now if I choked on day one the sleep is easy the next night as the "Cheshire Cat" got squashed in the road trying to find the ramp!!

[FD.]

I've been up around 5 everyday for the last twenty years because of my job.  On tournament mornings I'm lucky if I'm still asleep at 3.  Most of the time I'm the first boat to launch but then I catch a nap in the boat while everyone else is rushing to get launched in the crowd. 

[dink]

sometimes narcolepsy can be a blessing in disguise.

[simplejoe]

I don't sleep before a T, Some of them I gotta drive 2-3 hours so I leave my house at 2 in the morning. I tried going to sleep at 6 in the evening and getting up a 2, but that didn't happen. I would fall asleep at 6 and get up at 9 and be up. What I do now is go to sleep at 8 get up at 12, leave and get to the lake early and fall back asleep for a little while. This works most of the time but not always.