Like many others here, if I do end up getting skunked, I make sure I learned SOMETHING on that trip. The other day after about 4 hours of fishing I had gotten 3 solid bites, but no fish. I had distinctively felt the now familiar 'tap tap tap' on my rod, but was unable to set the hook! I came home determined to figure out WHY, and after a lot of research on this site I learned that I may have been feeling smaller fish going for my worm, or needed to set the hook in between the first two taps before that big bass spits it out! As long as I'm learning out there, I'm loving it!