About this episode

Jacob Ell discusses the importance of making good decisions under pressure while fishing.

Jacob Ell joins the JMO Podcast for episode 421. He is a professional tournament angler that is currently in the top ten for Angler Of The Year on the National Walleye Tour. After two events so far, to be sitting in the top ten AOY he has made some difficult decisions in big moments. Decisions full of uncomfortable pressure and uncertainty. Most anglers fall into the trap of fishing memories and waypoints because we are avoiding the anxiety of trying something new which in reality is what we all need to do more of if we want to get better at finding and catching big fish. Montana Gov Cup - https://www.montanagovcup.com Summit Fishing Equipment - https://summitfishingequipment.com PROMO CODE: “summit10” for 10% off Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/the_jmopodcast/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JMOFishingPodcast Website - https://jmopodcast.com

People in this episode

Host: Jason Mitchell

Guest: Jacob Ell

Topics covered

• fishing
• decision making
• tournament angling
• pressure
• improvement

Keywords

• fishing decisions
• tournament angler
• Angler Of The Year
• Walleye
• pressure
• improvement

Sponsors

Summit Fishing Equipment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Walleye Tour, Montana Gov Cup

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