My Theory For Beginning Fisherman

[Fun4Me]

Your theory is fine, and to a certain extent I agree with it, the problem seems to be that you can't take any criticism regarding differing opinions, that there may be more than one way to catch fish, or that some beginners don't really care how into it they are.

 

The golf guy that takes a cooler full of beer, some beat up sticks, hacks around the course, looses 20 balls, and shoots a 125, might be just as happy as the guy who has the best clubs money can buy, has taken lesson after lesson, wouldn't think of drinking for fear it might hurt his game, and puts his head down to grind for a 91.

[J Francho]

Paul, actually does know everything!

[Paul Roberts]

Yeesh. Now I'm sorry I posted. Shoulda let this one die.

Please be very careful. The veterans will accuse you of being a know it all.
Funny, in going back over this post which I have not read in a while. Most people agreed with what I said. All except 2 really. One of them I blocked. No brainer. He was a sidekick looking to provoke. The other is a member with authority.
And after reading everything, I feel like a shmuc for backing dowm.
I stand by everything I wrote. It was just taken out of context.
I also feel the moderators job is to diffuse situations, not light the fuse.
Popcorn time Watch, I'll get banned

Ah, the veterans already know I'm a know-it-all.

 

Since you mention it, I don't think your OP was taken out of context. You set up the context. It didn't really say a whole lot more than pay attention/don't cast randomly. There were more "I"'s than information in that post. What's a beginning angler to do with that? Just saying you know it all doesn't make you a know-it-all -even a know-somethin'. Don't get yourself banned; give -even a little- instead.

[LuckyGia]

Sorry I am perfect. Greatness is just my way.

[K_Mac]

You may be a great fisherman or not; on the internet you can be anything you want to be. Your people skills could use some work though.

[J Francho]

I like turtles.

[ClackerBuzz]

I used to subscribe to this theory until I spent more time on the water.  then i'd fill up on humble pie day after day.  trying to cast with purpose is almost purposeless until you have experienced eye's.  and even then it's still hard  

 

the bigger key is to catch a bass and then stop what you're doing for a few moments/minutes to analyze the who/what/where/when/why/how that bass was there.  what variables made that location desirable?  

depth, shade, current, weeds, retrieve etc? finding out those clues help you make future casts that day and hopefully many day's to come.

[Ratherbfishing]

I suspect its a matter of tone more than message...I can see how someone might read your first post as:

 

"I outfish everybody.  I know more about where the fish are and what they want and I give it to them.  I'm focused.  Nobody who fishes with me is nearly as focused.  But, I'm a gentleman and don't want to hurt their feelings more than they already are by being embarrassed at my skills.  If only everybody would think like me, they'd catch more fish."

 

Obviously this is GREATLY exaggerated, but perhaps you can see why some have may bristled more than embraced your message.

I, also, bristled at the original posting and thought about making a comment to that effect but then I reconsidered.  Still, it seems I'm not alone.

[scaleface]

I've out fished beginning fishermen close to 100 per cent of the time . Thats no surprise . LOL . I do have a few buddies that know how to fish and they can very well lay it on me .One friend of mine had never bass fished in his life but make no mistake , hes an angler . He grew up a river rat and just plain knows how to fish. He picked up one of my baitcasters for the first time and was doing a decent job of casting right off the bat .

 

Another thing beginning fishermen struggle with is lure selection . I wish they could all read   old Bassmaster magazines  with Rick Clunn interviews. They were the most informative articles  ,in my opinion , that Bassmaster ever published  He preached that a tackle box is like a tool box and the lures are tools . Try to select the right tool for the job at hand .  Learn the lures and even if the wrong lures are selected and they will be , we all go through it  , this conscious decision  of trying to pick the correct lure for the condition at hand is the quickest way to learn .

[BassThumb]

Go often, and pay attention to detail. Put in the hours and good experiences will come, often at unexpected times.

[Further North]

Some guy on the back of my deck casts out the "wrong side" into open water.

I roll my eyes, it's directly post spawn.... We're on a strongly defined

weed line - those early stands of milfoil that hold fish when they scatter

from the shallows. Dude catches a fish. A good one. OK, woopty-doo you

say. Me too. Dude catches four more. I caught a dozen or so, grinding out

my finesse pattern - wacky jig, 4" worm, weed line, move super slow. This

guy caught a limit in twice as many casts, in nothing water. They're all

big - lucky this is a team format tournament, lol. Thanks co-angler! When

I ask why, he says he happened to see bait balls on the console DI unit as

we came off plane. I wasn't looking at that, and was more focused on

quietly slipping into my pattern that was already working well. Now, this

guy was new, and I had been explaining how to read the DI. I think his

actual words were, "I was curious if a bass would go out there for that

bait, if it was bait that I even saw."

I've caught some of my best fish on "the wrong side of the boat".  Every now and then, I turn around and chuck whatever I'm tossing out to the deep side...let it sink a bit and bring it back...this works sometime, sometimes not...but most often if it does, the fish is bigger than I'm catching along shore.