A lot of guys are out there looking for new spots and techniques as well. The pro shows them exactly where and what
I was Jason Christie's camera boat on last day last year. He was in contention ton win and ended up5th I think. There were maybe 25 total spectator boats at launch for all the Top 10 and I think we had 2 boats come and watch him fish but neither stayed lonfer than 10-15 minutes. Reality from what I saw is that none of the pros fished any super secret water or spots. They fished community spots but did so more effectively. I did not see Christie or any other pro on a spot I had not fished or knew about.
You can go back and pull up the posts on here from Fork that week prior and hear how tough the bite was. Guys were saying there was no deep bite. The TTBC came to town and start throwing soft swimbaits out deep and break weight records. They just maximized what they had to work with is all.