There are levels to fishing, just like in any other sport. The mental and physical stress a professional angler endures is beyond anything most of us have experienced in a season of fishing. You would have to absolutely love the sport, eat, sleep and dream fishing. It seems like every fishermans dream is to become a pro fisherman, when in reality, it's very long gruesome season and the average person would completely break down. The long days on the water practicing, researching and studying unfamiliar bodies of water. Not to mention the travel and all the stress that comes with that.
Of course I love fishing, would love to give competition fishing a shot. But am I that less than 1% of fisherman that can hack it, doubtful. So like most people out there I play my cards and see how they fall.