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[grab the net]

How much sleep do you get or don't get the night before a tournament. I think I average about 45 minutes more now that I have been fishing these things for about 14 years.

[Buzzer]

I go to bed early and can't fall asleep and wake up before my alarm after years of tournaments. I get more excited as years go by.

[CrawlerKing]

Lets see....take two excedrin pms at 10:00 p.m...set the alarm for 4:30 a.m...lights out at 10:30 after watching the news....call the front desk at 11:00 for a 4:30 wakeup call just in case the alarm doesn't work...turn on the weather channel at 11:38 to recheck the forecast...12:00 hear a noise outside and check to see if anyone is "messing" with the boat...12:30 remember that I didn't plug in my onboard charger, go outside only to find out that I did plug it in...turn on TV and see that The Shawshank Redemption is on and you just have to watch the last 45 minutes....1:30 turn off the TV....1:38 fishing buddies next door return from the bar....1:58 decide to check the latest update on the weather channel hoping the cold front truly isn't here...2:20 remember that you left your cab light on in your truck when you checked on the battery charger....2:38 check the weather channel again and decide that you need to change your game plan for tomorrow...2:40 to 3:00 study the lake map to decide where you will be able to finesse a couple of tight lipped eyes into biting...3:10 realize that you should be using 8 ft. snells instead of 4 ft. retie until 3:35....recheck the weather channel at 3:48...finally fall asleep at 3:59....wake up at 4:14 and can't fall back asleep because you are afraid you might over sleep.....so lets see.....15 minutes does seem to be about right!!!!!!

[bassman186]

CrawlerKing;

Boy if that ain't the truth! Except its about 10min of sleep.

Matt

[IrishZit]

I fished my first tournament this past summer and was HOOKED! I can't sleep before any of my major fishing trips, but this was different. It was a very exciting experience. I will fish the whole RCL League curcuit next year as a co-angler. I can't imagine what the pro's go through when they have to make all those decisions. I never expect to get good sleep on a fishing trip.

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Not the Swedish Pimple, but rather the....

[grab the net]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one going through that ritual each time. Anticipation is have the fun.