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When I was your age my father fished the B.A.S.S. tour and did well. Now days there is so much information and you can learn alot from the anglers here but....
Most of the pro's will make videos and give you good tips but keep their best techiques and secrets to themself. If you want to become a pro you have to try all the tricks you read about or see in videos and be a very intelligent fisherman. You have to remember what techniques work well in different parts of the country and the exact weather conditions as well as water clarity and wind speed, water temp, time of year, etc....
It becomes a daunting task and is a JOB. Once you choose the path to become a PRO fisherman you no longer are fishing for sport or fun you are fishing for a living and it really is a JOB.
Be prepared to be on the road most of the year. There isn't much time for family or friends because you are on the lake everyday becoming an expert at catching fish.
Remember all conditions everytime you catch fish down to the smallest detail for a specific region of the country as well what I mentioned above and be able to use YOUR EXPERIENCES to catch fish.
Even thought you will learn alot from other anglers, the top Pro's rely on their natural instinct and learned experience to catch fish consistantly and often times their technique on a particular lake during a tournament might seem nuts to other anglers, but it's that experience and (secret knowledge they have acquired) that give them the #1 spot in the tournament.
My dad won several tournaments in B.A.S.S. and made a living at it for almost 8 years back in the late 70's when the purse wasn't that impressive.
So if you have the talent and are willing to put in the day to day hard work that it takes to become a pro you have as much of a chance as anyone else.
Just remember you will be giving up the "FUN" aspect of fishing and taking on a JOB. When you go pro its not funny when you lose a 5lb bass because your livelyhood depends on it...
Good luck and if you pursue this as a career my best of wishes too you.
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Fish your local bass club tournaments till you're a consistant winner.
Start guiding, that will give you lots of time on the water and fishing experience. Spending money, and enhance your reputation.
Submit fishing reports to local papers and radio stations. (and fishing forms in your area) POST PICTURES
You'll be doing this reporting for free to get your name out there.
Fish a few money tournaments in your area to see how you stack up against the pros.
Does that sound like lots of work?
It is, but if you set your mind to it...... Good luck, go for it.
Aloha,
Stan
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ro" angler. I am fishing tournaments starting in early June every Tuesday and Thursday through early Sept. to get my name out there.