im 20 years old and working for my dad as of now, looking into going back to school. i have a goal and thats to become a pro someday somehow. im looking for a job that has some time off more than the average 40 hour work week. i know theres tons of options. what do some of yall do or opinions if yall could go back into time. thanks.

oh and im not good enough to start guiding yet either.

i would chase a degree that will put you in a very high salary career first.

man if ur serious u really need to fish against people that is really good...not like a bass club but like maybe media bass or the budlight trail or rita cox trail..

if the central opens are close im goin to fish them but im definetly fishing the bfl's next year on rayburn and TB.

I agree! No reason to become a pro unless you can hold your own against local talent!

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I would go back to school and get a degree,find a good job and then let the fishing fall in place.If I was 20 again.Its tough out there, find a stable job,fishing is very expensive starting out,so yo need a good job first. I hope you do well,good luck

Firefighter

First off try to make as much money as you can.

Own your own business! or work for family!

Salemen have alot of free time.

Don't have kids for awhile.

Try not to get married! LOL!

Best of luck!

First thing. Stay single or marry a rich women you can stand to be apart from.

All good advice .... but seriously .... get your degree, start making friendships within the business, always be professional, step up your sales ability, fish as many different types of water as you can, keep logs, etc. etc.

I would get a degree, get a job. Start fishing local stuff, and then move on to fishing the BFL, Opens, FLW American, etc. When you start proving yourself there, you can make the decision to try for more. Make sure you save as much as possible. And don't get married.

be a firefighter.

Join the military. Save all the money you can over the four year period. You get thirty days off a year so use that time to fish some of the BASS Opens and FLW Stren Series as a co-angler, just to get a feel of it while saving most of your money. Once your service is up you will be 24 and still young for a professional angler. Use the money saved to fish the Opens as a boater and hopefully end up in the money a few times, then eventually qualify for the Elite Series. Just my two cents.

i am 24 and want the same thing, what i do is fish everything i can afford to, do any work that pays, and try to learn spmething everytime i fish, i have fished the BFL for the last couple years won 2 of them have i think 7 top 10's and will be going to the BFL All American in a couple weeks, i plan to fish the American Fishing Series on the boater side next year and fish the FLW Tour on the co-angler side. I highly suggest fishing every local tourny you can and fish the BFL next year. I think that once you draw checks in most the events you fish then you are ready for the next level up and so on, but i would start at the local level. I have been fortunate enough to draw a check in all but 2 local events i have fished and that is out of probably 40 or a couple more