Back problems when fishing.

[NOVA Angler]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm 30 years old and my problems with my back started about 9 years ago. I played a lot of golf in college and that when I first noticed it. When I got out of college I started working out. I lost over 30lbs and the back problems disappeared. I stopped working out about a year and a half ago and the problems soon reappeared. I've gained back about 10lbs but I'm still pretty thin.

My back felt much better throughout my fishing tournament on Sunday. I mostly fish team tournaments out of my buddies boat so he runs the trolling motor and uses the leaning post. We both fish out of the front of the boat since I flip most of the time. I stretched the night before and the morning of the tournament. I took an Aleve two hours into the tournament. I still had a little soreness at the end of the day, but nothing like the pain I had in the previous tournament. I agree that I need to seek the advice of a doctor. I guess I've just put it off since it doesn't bother me on a daily basis.

As for the tournament, we finished in tenth place out of 62 teams with 17.57 lbs. I caught a 5 lb. fish flipping with 30 minutes left that put us in the money. There's nothing like setting the hook on a good flipping fish and just holding on. It's quite the rush. I'm the tall guy in the attached picture.