Ok so.... got my feet wet with a guy catching large mouth bass on his boat. Mediocre size. Ventured out myself and fished a couple of creeks pre spawn I believe. Caught at least one every time I went there. All of a sudden it dried up. As the weather warmed up, more guys showed up. Some said too much pressure. Heck I caught a 2 pounder with at least a dozen holes in it's upper lip. When the catches for me stopped, I'm like.... ???????? Other guys were still catching them for the most part. One guy in particular stopped going as far as I know, there's an app they post their catches on. He stopped. Some others go else where. ONE old guy catches ONE everyday but that's it, and a few others do at other spots. I live in NJ, which is to me a polluted state. The guy who took me on his boat took me bank fishing and constantly caught fish where I didn't, every time. ???????? I watch a guy from ND killing it, huge pike and musky, small mouth, large mouth. The guy from ND is a you tuber NDYakAngler. I made a comment on one of his vids saying I can't watch him anymore, due to h's too successful...first cast and a few later with big fish !! But I'm watching one now ! Epic Battle With a River BEAST ! The baicaster sure throws that rat far ! That muskey took him for a ride ! He said they stock them in the river he fishes. Today I went to the other side futher downstream and worked the whole bank where I parked my truck. I used various lures, swim baits, cranks, popped craws, texas worms, shakey head, rat lure without a bill but has rotating paddling rear feet. He talks about an adrenaline rush. What's that ? I never got one even with my eight point buck I got 16 years ago.