Slump by Frank Lapinski

One of the biggest lures of bass fishing is the competitive nature of the sport. At any level, its competing against the fish on an afternoon out, your buddy on a Saturday morning or in the structured setting of a professional tournament, its competition in a pure form. This fact causes us to occasionally encounter the malady that every competitor, in every sport has to face "The Slump." Like the slumping baseball player who is a half a blink slow on a fastball, guessing wrong on the curve and when he does make solid contact hits it directly at the waiting fielder, we can fall into the same rut. We fish shallow when the fish are deep, fish docks when they want weed, and when we do hook up the line pops or the fish wraps up in the weeds, Our confidence is shot, our feel is gone and casting accuracy is non existent. Pal, you're in a full blown slump.. read more