From the time I caught my first big largemouth bass at 6 years old, I’ve always thought I was a great fisherman. No one could skip a wacky rig under a dock or work a jerkbait quite like I could. My confidence inflated further when I won my first youth bass tournament and caught more and more bass over 5 pounds. As I got older, I became deadly with drop shots as well. Jigs, spinnerbaits and spooks followed.