How To Properly Prepare For Your First Inshore Fishing Tournament [PODCAST]

It’s tournament time!

Have you ever participated in an inshore fishing tournament before?

If not, have you always wanted to, but been a little too intimidated to enter your first tourney?

If so, then this blog and Fish Strong podcast is for you.

After coming off a 2-week podcast hiatus due to some travel backed up to almost a full week of a fishing tournament, we are back in the Fish Strong Podcast studio!

And we couldn’t think of a more relevant topic than to cover exactly how to properly prepare for an inshore fishing tournament.

Many weekend warrior anglers have asked about this in our private Salt Strong Facebook group, so we figured this was an ideal time to answer it since we were fresh off an inshore tourney.

Click the play button below to listen to the podcast right here on this page, or click either button to listen via iTunes or Stitcher.

Enjoy.

Here are some of the main topics we cover in this podcast regarding how to prepare for your first inshore fishing tournament.

• Scouting your areas
• Equipment: Check line, reels, rod eyes, bring extra spool/line, lures, hooks, leader, spotlight
• Safety: Life Jackets, Whistle, Kill Switch, Nav lights
• Know your competitors
• Know the rules of the tournament (and double check them if it is your first time fishing in the tournament)

• Check gas
• Check boat oil
• Reels
• Knots
• Leaders
• Lures & Live bait
• Boat lights
• Aka, have everything ready to go!

• Set multiple alarms
• Check the weather (know which direction clouds are moving so you can know when to seek shelter from lightning storms)
• Have a PLAN!
• Never give up. One fish can change it all.
• Stay consistent and go with that you know works

• Get to know other anglers
• Share tips/tactics

Make sure to listen to the full podcast as we cover pretty much everything you could want to know about preparing for your first fishing tournament.

Finally, get out there and enter a tournament!

There are countless inshore fishing tournaments all over the state of Florida (and other states). Just do a Google search and look for any inshore tournaments in your area.

Fish On!

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