you just need to find someone you mesh with for the situation, training doesn't work.

when I backseat I try to adapt 100% to the boater, that might just be my coangling background. I just consider them the captain and if they ask for suggestions I will offer it if valid.

when I'm boater and fun fishing I will take the lead and offer my plan as a suggestion and then be open minded during the day. I only have a problem when the backseater starts acting like a boater and they don't take suggestions. This is recent problem I had buddy with good bass experience and his boat long before I had mine, we got along great with him boating. Well now when he backseats me I can't stand it, he's not flexible, complete [censored], I just don't think he has any clue manners fishing from back of boat.

when I'm boater team tournaments I try to go about it 50-50 as one team. it is near impossible to train, so best just to find partner that thinks and fishes like you do.

Jim

I will never forget how we meshed at Lew putting a 28 pound whacking on them both throwing a-rigs. later in the month we have to go do exact same thing for a day!

Sounds good to me Rob! We just need another day where it's raining, lightning, and thundering........and a dead battery when we're ready to weigh in!

Jim

I got a partner that I fish some tournaments with. We done alright sometimes and zero'd others. He is hung up on warp speed fishing and running and gunning around the lake. We have had some great pre-fish days but sometimes it doesn't carry over to tourney. I tell him we need to slow way done and fish smaller areas more thorough. This will work for him about half hour then he is all over the trolling motor. Last tournament went from cloudy practice to blue skies tournament day. Before I drag this out any further, I was gonna pitch him overboard, but figured it would just get ugly from there.


Anyone out there ever pitched his partner overboard on purpose?