how to become a pro fisherman

Fishing is a sport and hobby, that a lot of people all over the world are extremely interested in and passionate about, for good reasons. Because of the increasing popularity, more and more people wants to know how they can become a pro fisherman, because why wouldn't you want to make a living off your favorite sport and hobby? In this article, we will fish deep into the nuts and bolts of how you can become a pro fisherman.

What You Need to Know Before Pursing Your Dream of Becoming a Pro Fisherman

As with everything in life, what we give is what we get. I personally see everything as input and output in life. Everything is like a seed, and what we keep investing our time and effort into, will in time grow bigger and stronger. The same principles are valid of course, when it comes to fishing and becoming a pro fisherman.

Figure 1 – What's it like to pursue mastery – Figure from Seth Godin's book "The Dip". Must read!

This means that it requires a ton of effort, energy and time on your end, to become a pro fisherman, it's totally up to you, whether or not you want to achieve it. I am 100% sure that you can achieve your goal of becoming a pro fisherman, if that's what you really want to do, as long as you have the drive and ambition, you're good to go.

10.000 Hours

Maybe you've heard of the bestselling author "Malcolm Gladwell" who's very known for the "10.000 hour rule", which is all about, what you put 10.000 hours into, you will master and become an expert in.

So keep that in mind, the more hours you get, the closer you get to becoming a pro fisherman, and before you know of it, you are already there!

I can highly recommend his book "Outliers" if you want to know more about how to attain success.

The Complete Guide – All You Need to Do to Become a Pro Fisherman!

You Have To Have 110% Passion For Fishing

When pursuing the goal of becoming a pro fisherman, you have to be 110% passionate and sometimes even more than that, to really achieve your goal. There's a lot of competition out there, especially because fishing is a hobby and sport that's so enjoyed by people all over the world, so a lot of people wants to become a pro fisherman.

Although, I am sure that you can achieve your goal of becoming a pro fisherman, if you can keep your passion up, most of the time.

The people who get tired and lazy at some point, about achieving this goal, are the ones who are going to fail and never reach their goal. That's not gonna be you! I believe in you.

Surround Yourself With Pro Fishermen and Experts

The very known personal development guy and motivational speaker, "Jim Rohn" says, that: "You're the average of the five people you spend most time with". That's so true in my experience as well.

If you keep surrounding yourself with naysayers, people who aren't really interested in fishing and achieving big things in life, it's probably not gonna work out for you, because you're the average of the five people you hang out with the most.

Make sure you get in contact with and start hanging out and fishing with a lot of pro fishermen and experts in your field. Using Instagram to DM big people in your specific fishing niche, might be a good start! Else just go where they go, and learn from them, this is going to be one of the biggest and most important things to do, when you're on your journey to becoming a pro fisherman.

Check this resource out for some good info as well.

Practice, Practice, Practice

Yes, this is where you really start to become better and start to move closer towards your dream of becoming a pro fisherman. You can surround yourself with the experts and pro fishermen and have 110% passion, but if you aren't practicing, it's not really gonna work out, right?

Practice as many times as you can per week, try new spots, new techniques, new equipment, do what nobody else does, put in those extra hours. If you keep doing this, you are going to become an expert and a pro fisherman, before you even know of it.

Everybody keeps talking about all those dreams they have, but how many of them are actually practicing what they preach? Not many right? I'm sure you know of a few who has a ton of ideas and dreams, but never practice and take action towards it, that's not gonna be you!

Be Disciplined About Your Goal

You have to be extremely disciplined and determined about your goal, if you really want to make this happen. It's not enough to just dream about it and keep the current schedule you have. You have to sacrifice, and invest the time you're spending on other things right now, and invest that time into fishing, that you love so much.

This one video here is really motivating, about becoming a pro fisherman!

In other words, it has to become your life, and you have to consume this until you become a pro fisherman. You should consider getting a pro fisherman as your coach, that can you help get into the position much faster, than if you had to do it all yourself. This comes back to surrounding yourself with the right people, but I can't stress it enough, how important that is.

Get The Right Equipment

Yes of course, this is very important if you want to become a pro. You have to train and practice with highly advanced equipment, that you'll also use when you're a pro fisherman. So what are the pros training with? Get some of that equipment, try it out and see how it fits your style of fishing.

There's no need for you to be just like the other pro fisherman, you should get your own unique style. What I mean by that, is that you should test out the gear they use, to get a feeling for what they're fishing with, but maybe if you're fishing with something completely different and you got your own technique, try mixing it all together, and you'll get one unique and very professional technique in the end.

Final Thoughts

So before you even start walking the path and journey of becoming a pro fisherman, it's very important that you reflect upon how honest your goal is, are you driven, ambitious and passionate enough, to stick through this, even when it's really hard and you feel like it's not going anywhere?

If you still feel a fire in your stomach, after reading this small guide or how to become a pro fisherman, just go for it, it's definitely the right thing for you!

I hope this article sparked something inside of you, if you feel like I missed something or if you got any feedback at all, please let me know!

Good luck on your journey, I believe in you!

Andy // OutdoorSoldiers.com