All rights reserved. You'll start seeing them more often in upcoming months. It's way before sunrise and their long days are just beginning. They'll freeze to death early, then get sunburned before the day is over. All in pursuit of a few fish they will toss back into the water anyway.
Tournament fishermen are a special breed.
For many tournament anglers, times are changing. For these fishermen, tournaments have become less of a macho thing and more of a family thing. Their partners these days may not be an equally grizzled man needing sleep and a shave, but rather a wife or a child. Today, those tournament trails are loaded with good fishermen. Anyone entering those tournaments today looking for easy money will likely go home with an empty billfold.