Youth.....Gotta Love It

Posted by ken on October 31, 2016

Well, I didn't call it. However in my defense I didn't know the whole story. The whole story is the reason Sheldon Collings from Grove Ok, hasn't won much to date it...well, he's only 18 years old! Kudos to the young man, who I hear form my Oklahoma contingent say is a really good kid. Hearing varying stories but my understanding is he is solely focused on being a pro angler and has a great support system in his mom and dad. I will admit a bit of snobbery here, we practiced around each other at the Grand Costa event this year and I remember chuckling to myself that here was a guy in a 17 or 18 foot boot, with a 150 hp motor, wrapped. So couple lessons for the old guy here, (1) the fish have no idea what you are fishing out of, (2) he has a way nicer boat than I did at 18, (3) apparently I can be kind of a butthead in my thinking sometimes! Also big cajones in that he was locking down to fish below the lake. Anyone will tell you up there if you lock down you are takinga a HUGE risk of getting stuck down there and not making the weighin. I talked to a couple of more seasoned guys that found great fishing down the river but feared just that, so way to go, risk taker, I like it, I envy it! First big win for him and my sense now is, could be more to come....great, more tough  competition in the Costa series, exactly what I need! Also shout out to Melvin Dunn who made a great charge the last day with a 16-0 sack, I believe second biggest of the tournament the final day. A BFL Cowboy division guy headed to the All American.