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Question : How can I make a little money fishing
tournaments?
Answer : Spend a lot !
By Steve Horvath,
DVO Contributor
Let’s take a look at a common thought in bass fishing. It usually starts
like this. A fisherman learns to catch fish, sometimes a lot of fish. He
out fishes most of his buddies on most days except for one. He befriends
the one he has difficulty out fishing, and they come up with the bright
idea that they can make some money bass fishing. Yes, the tournament bug
has bitten.
The first thing that happens is that the circa 1989 bass boat with faded
gel coat just won’t make it at the bass tournaments, so our hero makes a
purchase. He buys a 20' fiberglass glitter covered rocket with 225
horses. Coupled with a tandem axle trailer he proudly drags his new rig
home dreaming of the fortune he will win. The logo hat and free shirt he
received quickly calm the anxiety of the $375.00 per month payment he
has now incurred. Our hero arrives at home where he is greeted by his
less than impressed wife who just found out she is carrying quadruplets.
She is not impressed with the glitter rocket that matches her eyes. (At
least he tried.)
Saturday morning arrives with a call from his buddy. Bass Pro is having
a sale. The 2 ½ hour ride from Levittown is filled with anticipation.
Our duo arrive at Bass Pro as a sales associate spots them and hands
them each a cart. With feet not even touching the ground they mow
through the isles with shopping lists of Japanese Jerkbaits, Balsa
Cranks and 600lbs of soft plastics. After a quick pass through the hook
section they now have enough hooks to give acupuncture to the town of
Croydon. Today’s purchase runs each $750.00 which is surely enough to
get them some “Bass Cash”. His purchase is made quick and easy with his
new Bass Pro credit card.
Nightly phone calls are made between the partners and their buddies
pouring over info for the new bodies of water they are about to fish.
Stories of huge bass and full livewells fill their dreams as they try to
sleep that night. Tomorrow they embark on the journey of a lifetime.
The alarm rings at 2am and our hero leaps from the bed already dressed
for the trip. In 20 minutes he parks in front of his buddies house where
he makes the bad decision to lay on the horn, hard. The entire
neighborhood has now awoken to wish the pair a fond fair well. Shouts
and hand gestures fill the air as the pair burn rubber through Kenwood.
Arriving at their destination they stay for 2 days of practice where
they discover the bite is on the same watermelon red flake Senko they
fish on their home lake. They fish the tournament weighing in 8 bass for
12lbs and finish 23rd. The winning boat had 23lbs and it took 15lbs to
get a check. Realizing they missed by 3lbs only serves to set the hook
of addiction deeper into the pair.
While driving home our hero starts to compute the cost of going fishing
Boat payment per tournament @ 6 tournaments per year
$750.00
Truck fuel up and back 10mpg @ 400miles @ $3.75 per gallon
$150.00
Boat fuel 25Gal per day at $3.75 per gallon
$281.25
Motel room for 3 nights @ $100.00 per night
$300.00
Food for 3 days at $40.00 per person
$240.00
Tackle from Bass Pro
$125.00
Incidentals (license, outboard oil, etc)
$150.00
Entry Fee
$200.00
Total cost to fish this tournament
$2016.25
I hope my wife doesn’t figure this one out, he thinks to himself as he
dreams about the next tournament. After all, they were so close.
Read Part 2 by Clicking Here
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