Bass Bites

MWBA anglers who win checks in our Tournaments are expected to submit an account of their day, for inclusion in that Tournament’s Bass Bites, a simple summary of winning ways. The best accounts answer who fished, what they caught, where they fished, when they caught their fish and why they fished. Details are important, because they become instruction manuals for future tournaments on that water. This is another way that MWBA members help other anglers improve their skills.

Some anglers are reluctant to share details about their success. But the truth is that no matter how someone succeeded, anyone who strictly follows their lead will find that they must adapt their fishing to the conditions prevalent on that day. No two days of fishing are ever identical. Detailed information is helpful, but only in the hands of an angler who makes good decisions about applying it. The difference between winning and “losing” in bass fishing is almost always about who made better decisions, not who had the best script to follow.

Bass Bites is not limited to accounts from money winners. Other anglers also have good information to share, e.g. what worked and what didn’t work for them.

Bass Bites accounts are due to the Secretary no later than the Wednesday following the Tournament. There’s no need to submit a polished, publishable account. Just get the information down. All the information. The Secretary relishes opportunities to wield a red keyboard according to Strunk and White (1959 et seq.) and a plethora of Style Manuals, hopefully without changing what the writer intended to convey.

After being emailed to the Membership, each Bass Bites is pooled with the other documents for that Tournament (i.e. Facts Sheet, Pairings List and Results & Payouts) and posted to the website in a Google Drive Folder that the public can read. The Link to that page is in the Heading above.