Will make you a more successful tournament angler?

1. Understanding habits and patterns of bass
2. Reading and interpreting electronics
3. Skillful lure & equipment selection and presentation
4. Versatility in multiple fishing techniques
5. Experience and Confidence
6. Other

Choose only 1 & explain why it is most important.

#4


Versatility is key to being able to catch fish in any situation. Deep to Shallow, if you don't have the know how on techniques, then you might as well be fishing blindfolded and handcuffed.

#1 rest will follow

#1 Hard to catch them if you can't find them.

#5.....because confidence and experience are the result of the rest of the choices.

1 and 4.

Would having a cool jersey qualify as "other"?

#5 is the most in my opinion

All the above.

All of the above are important, for sure.

But, a 60 year old man commands most of these and builds on them over the years . . . but would struggle to win a large tournament. Yes, I know Rick Clunn won a big one last year. Jack Nicklaus won his last golfing major at age 46. In both cases, rave reviews followed as they were statistical outliers, the best in their respective sports at one time.

My "other" would be age-related athleticism. It peaks and then diminishes over time. That 1 thousandth of a second difference in reaction time is a killer; so is only making 90% as many casts as that 30 year old on the next boat.

Our brains, too. Most mathematicians make any significant contributions very early on in their careers. Think Einstein here.

Brad

I could beat Einstein's [censored] in a fishing tournament, even in his prime.

Add "larger" right before bass in #1.

You should add having an open mind and not being hard headed to the list

Couldn't agree more. KVD comes to mind.

Exactly this, without confidence you can't do the rest.