Combo Info For Your Success?

[Squirmin Wormin]

For those of us that started fishing ,or those of us who've been into it for some time now , I was curious about how you think you learn your fishing tactics,strategy,patterns,etc.. from .

I thought about this just now, and asked myself how i learned most of the ways,tactics,pattern's,etc.. that i fish with come from and use today . And having asked that i'd have to say it's probably 50% hands on ,25% reading or forums like this , and the other 25% being shown, tv fishing shows , or someone showing me. all about fishing.

So how do you breakdown your information you get or use today for your fishing success?

[Catch and Grease]

You can read and watch videos all you want but you ain't gonna get better at fishing unless you go fish.

[nascar2428]

You can read and watch videos all you want but you ain't gonna get better at fishing unless you go fish.

I agree 100%

[TBO]

Reading and advice from forums like this and just getting out their and throwing what i had and learned  so basicly 35% reading and 65% just going out and doing it

[geo g]

I agree with many of the things that have been said.  I do think you can gain information from reading,  TV and videos, but you have to spend time on the water to master the knowledge you have gained.  I fish 5 days week for a few hours a day.  I have learned a lot from fishing with others, over the last 40 years.  I have learned things and techniques to use, and many things not to do, all from observing.   I will try a new technique, and experiment with the new one, until I find what works for me.  It takes time, but just being out there makes it all worth while.  You can learn something every trip if you keep your mind and eyes open, and keep your all world ego in check.   Spend time on the water, and you will become a better catcher. 

[Raul]

I learned to fish on my own, so from what I know less than 5% is from what I read a long time ago. You can read all you want, see all the videos you like, but you still have to practice, and practice don't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.

[iabass8]

75% hands on

24% fishing with somebody more experienced

1% youtube/forums for new ideas

[Justin Mott]

Most of the new stuff that I learn is from doing a lot of reading. I chunk the information that doesn't suit my style or method on fishing. I keep the information that I can be beneficial to what I do. Then when I think its the right time to break out the new technique, I go all out. I have no trouble taking a box of one type of baits and going fishing all day to do one technique. In my head, it will be all for the better.

 

Oddly enough, my best big fish technique was learned through just luck. Pure luck.

 

I feel like there is so much information out there that you have to choose information based off of your own knowledge. I don't believe that I can comfortably go from techniques that are run and gun techniques to finesse slow techniques so I try to focus my learning around the style that I'm comfortable with. Such as reaction type techniques or techniques that require some type of constantly movement or action from me.

 

Justin Mott

[SirSnookalot]

The basics from my dad for freshwater fishing, Wight Cooke for fly fishing and couple of SW guides for inshore fishing.  Much of what I do is based on observation and common sense.

[tatertester]

I find this subject interesting as it seems that many of us have learned in different ways. Many years ago[50's] I started bass fishing when a friend and I decided to go out and only had one lure, a floating rapala #11. We would throw the rapalas around any kind of cover , wait , then twitch them. We caught many bass that way, but, soon determined that after 9 am or so the bite dwindled noticably.Then I heard about plastic worms, and had an awakening after a learning curve trying to fish them properly.......Many lures and techniques since it's no wonder I have 12 or so rods all rigged with different baits at all times.