Each tournament features a Co-Angler Division that allows new anglers to learn without the expense of owning a boat or the stress of operating another persons boat. You can start as a co-angler and as your confidence builds, move up to the Boater Division. Remember that it take years of planning and training before you are ready to move to the next level, like the EverStart Series. And professional angling is not for everybody. It is hard work.
Anglers spend long hours on the road and hard days on the water.
After the tournament day is done professional anglers must run the business of marketing themselves, conducting seminars and working for sponsors. If you've already had success on the Red Man Tournament Trail, have the skills to compete both on and off the water and are ready to commit to a career change, then maybe it is time to move up to the EverStart Series or the Wal-Mart FLW Tour. Many anglers, like Walker and Bolton, made similar moves with great success. Terry Bolton suggests fishing local tournaments to build your skill and confidence before attempting high stakes competition. About 15 years ago, a young Michigan angler took an interest in tournament bass fishing.