Welcome to the home page for Pro Pointer: Don't try to figure out an entire body of water on a first visit. Take small pieces that you can learn. Trust your instincts. Years fishing professionally: Since 2001 Record Catches: 24 pounds Lake Sebago, Maine Tournament Preparation: Study maps and eliminate as much water as possible prior to arrival. Then put all you have into practice. Take what you learned and enjoy the tournament. Getting Started: Competed in some local pro-ams and practiced in my own boat. Was blessed to draw some great pros who were willing to "try my stuff." More often than not it worked out and I drew confidence from those experiences. Favorite fishing spot: Lake Champlain, VT Favorite lure(s): Jerkbaits and plastics What is the best part of fishing? Being wrapped in the cockpit of my Ranger and my Mercury OptiMax wide open as I take in a sunrise on a lake that is calm as glass while the anticipation builds of what the day will bring. Best fish story: I was fishing with my team partner and my son on Lake Winnipesaukee in NH. My son was 4 at the time and we were working a rock/weed mix for smallmouths. My son had become quite frustrated at all the snags he was catching. It must have been on the 15 or 16th one I heard DDDAAAAADDD. I looked back and the look on his face told the story as he was wrestling "literally" with his rod and reel. As his first ever smallmouth took to the air my partner and I burst into laughter thinking originally that Matty had been hung upon a rock. That day was my best double ever. Matty hooked the smallmouth...and the smallmouth hooked Matty. What advice do you have for people who want to fish professionally? That depends upon what you hope to achieve from fishing professionally. But whatever you hope to achieve from this sport one thing is for certain. You need an almost superhuman level of commitment and support base to be working toward those same goals. That holds true from time on the water and ability to fish or relationships with sponsors. What is your opinion about the future of professional tournament fishing? All tournament fishermen from the club level to the national circuits have a responsibility as all are ambassadors of the sport. Every one of us have some talent that can be used to help change the social norms of how tournament fishing is viewed. For some it may be interacting with people and others it may be organizational skills. I think where tournament fishing goes rests on tournament fishermen. I'm optimistic about the future. Where am I located? Greenville, PA.
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