While covering take-off this morning on Day 1 of the Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain, I noticed that Bryan Schmitt had zero rods on his deck.
Now typically most of the anglers are rigging their rods before take-off; and they usually have at least 6 rods on deck. So I asked Bryan what was up with the clear deck; and he said, “well I have a superstition, that if I pull my rods before I get to my first spot, I don’t catch anything.”
At the St. Lawrence tournament last week he said that he put the rods on his deck before take-off and he didn’t do so good.
I will be expecting a big bag today from Bryan. Learn more about Schmitt’s path to the elites.