Just wanted to know what every ones thoughts were on a really bad tourney day. When your practice goes great all your ducks are in a row, and tourney day it all falls apart. Had 3 like that last year and went back to basics when all else failed. The last few hours just kept moving, covering water with my partner with a spinnerbait and a jig worm. Any thoughts on it?

I think we've all been there before. You come into the day pumped up because you know what the fish are doing and then you realize someone forgot to tell the fish to do it. Typically when this happens I will stick around the areas that I feel the fish should be and really slow down and work the place with lures that I have alot of confidence in.

  If that fails, I'll start looking else where with baits that cover multiple depths. I like a jig for this. I like to start where the fish should be most active. I like to move to current, windy areas, stained water, shade, anything that will work in my favor and puts fish shallower. I'll run around pitching to everything I see at a fast clip. normally I can catch a few and finish a limit. Sometimes I get on a nice pattern and do well. but htats my simple plan for recovering a day

Mottfia

Some days are diamonds, some days are stones, & some days you're better off not leaving home.

I just roll with em 

Hindsight is tough too.  Catching a 4lber on the last spot you fish with minutes to go and than wondering if you could have caught 4 more just like it had you fished the spot longer.