Tennessee FLW Tour pro Andy Morgan's in the midst of the best run of his career, evidenced by his huge climb in the BassFan World Rankings presented by Tru-Tungsten. He started the year ranked 15th, but is now up to 4th in the world and only BASS pros Steve Kennedy, Skeet Reese and Kevin VanDam are ranked higher.
About his fishing overall the past 2 years, Morgan noted: "I'm fishing better than I ever have. I guess I've gotten a lot more versatile the last 2 or 3 years. I've done a lot of the things that normally I wouldn't have done. I played a little more conservative at times, and I've fished a spinning rod more than I ever have."
But one of the biggest factors in his fishing, he added, was that 50th place on the FLW Tour has paid $10,000 for the past several years. "Sometimes when you know you're not on anything, you do some off-the-wall stuff to catch 10 or 11 pounds (and make a check). You can tell when you have a shot to win, but sometimes 10 or 11 pounds is a great day for you. You play it a little conservative, get a pretty good payday, and go to the next tournament."
About his current position in the Rankings, he said: "I'm definitely tickled to be in the Top 10. But I don't look at stats a whole lot – they can (influence you) to make bad decisions. So I try not to get involved in that."
