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Most anglers don’t start wealthy — I know I didn’t

by Josh Bertrand

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There is a disturbing misconception among some young bass anglers these days that in order to make it as a professional fisherman, you have to have been born rich.

I can shoot that misconception down simply telling you my own story.

I fell in love with fishing when my family lived in the Northeast. I grew up in New Hampshire, where I used to fish out of a kayak and a little aluminum boat.

My family moved to Arizona when I was 9 or 10 years old, and we started bass fishing here out of a 16-foot aluminum boat.

Notice how I haven’t mentioned the silver spoon that was in my mouth when I was born?

That’s because there wasn’t one.

We were a blue-collar family, and my dad couldn’t afford a big, fancy bass boat. I fished my first tournaments as a non-boater with other local people who had boats.

But it was something I wanted badly enough to make sacrifices.

All of the typical things teenagers were buying back in my day? I skipped those and saved my money for fishing tackle and tournament entry fees.

I made money guiding for bass half the year and as a fly fishing guide the other half of the year. I’m not a huge fan of fly fishing. But since it was so hot in Arizona, there were times when it was the only option.

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