Skills and Strengths?

[TnRiver46]

22 hours ago, Jaderose said:

Frogging would be my strongest skill.  I am VERY accurate with my casts and just have a feel for where the fish are and how to haul them out.  Doesn't hurt that I LOVE it and really just do everything else until I can do some froggin.  I'm getting better with spinnerbaits and have lipless cranks dialed in.  I'm decent with my T-rig game.  Where I need work is on my cranking,and finesse.  Where I have NO skill is with jigs.  I Have ZERO confidence in jigs.  I know they catch fish and I have a whole box full of quality jigs but  just no confidence n them.  My Ned rig game is nonexistent, too.

You will absolutely love it once you start catching fish on jigs. All you have to do is keep throwing them and you will start catching. I know how hard that is though, I make myself throw a spinnerbait all the time and still don't have much confidence with it 

[Hawkeye21]

My strengths would be with spinner baits, crank baits, chatter baits, frogs and wacky rigs.

 

What I really need to work on are jigs, the Ned rig and some other finesse techniques.

[clh121787]

Casting with both hands. 

[scaleface]

My weakness is casting . I am not even close to the pros . Overhand I rock , pitching I'm OK but those little fore-hand loop cast they make look  so easy ,  I dont do that if pinpoint  accuracy is needed and I never have figured out how to backhand a cast .

[RoweBoatRVA]

A good skill of mine would be pitching. Nothing feelings as good as that perfect on target pitch and your lure enters the water with zero splash. That and retrieving lures from trees. Not even my own. I have a skill of leaving a lake with more tackle than I brought.

[Hawkeye21]

I've always been very good at getting knots out, especially rat nests.  It has to be one monster rat nest in my reel for me to have to cut it out.

[Ratherbfishing]

Nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills...  I'm training to become a cage fighter.

[JLWoodman]

I have a handful of best skills!  My number 1 is complaining to the employees at our local Gander Mountain that they sell mostly lures and colors of forage that we don't even have around here.  And that they never have the gear I'm looking for.  My number 2 is ordering from Tackle Warehouse, I'm a pro at that!  

My honest strengths are finesse and top water fishing, but it seems most people are good at those.  

What I am working on this coming season the most will be ledge and deep water fishing.  Also crankbaits in medium and deep water.  The other thing I want to work on is finding bass without electronics, just by sight and an updated topo map.  Reason for the last one is I have older electronics and don't want to spend the money to update, and I think it will make me a better fisherman. 

[Paul Roberts]

On 1/10/2017 at 3:29 PM, Bunnielab said:

The only thing I am especially good at is being willing to suffer ticks, thorns, sore feet and ruined clothing getting to places that most other people don't fish at.  Even living in a super built up area, I swear I never see other fishermen more than a half mile from parking spots.  I have started carrying a small pair of pruning clippers and they are becoming as indispensable as my rod on some outings.  I am going to catch a fine from DNR some day over it, but so long as I only cut invasive plants/fast growing thorns I will claim the moral high ground.  

 

Now if I can get better at catching once I get there, then I will be onto something.  

LOL, I'm with you there. My brother used to say, "Never follow Paul in the woods. You'll come home all scratched up at days end and have no idea why."

 

On 1/8/2017 at 5:42 PM, ww2farmer said:

This is just my opinion, but my biggest strength is catching fish in used water. 

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I like to pick off the active, catchable fish and keep putting along.

Might seem like a direct contradiction here. But it's not. It says a lot about another strength -the ability to read water and dissect a spot. A lot of anglers run and gun right past a lot of biters. Doesn't mean you have to sit and soak, instead it means you have to know what you're looking at. I think that's been touted as one of KVD's strengths (Zona I think talked about this) -his ability to dissect a spot and be on "biters". Add versatility and you've got... KVD.

 

I too have a slow boat, a very slow boat -a float tube. So I better know where I'm at and how to make best use of it, or I'm in for a "slow" day in another way. For me, it's about understanding conditions & circumstances, what they mean to the fish, being versatile, and packing smart.

[Darren.]

I think my strengths on the water would be:

 

1) Patience (fishing slow)

2) Wacky rigging

3) Drop Shotting

4) Soft plastics, in general

 

Skills:

1) Skipping (spinning gear, yet to master, and likely

never will, skipping with casting gear, though I can, I

don't prefer it)

2) Kayak control (trolling motor sure helps  )

3) DIY stuff with the yak, though I wish I had machining 

skills.

 

Weaknesses:

Power fishing...

Cranking

Spinnerbaits

Jerkbaits

etc....

Done all the above, caught on most, just ain't stuff I

enjoy so much, hence don't spend much time at.

 

[RB 77]

Well, my greatest strength can also be my greatest weakness depending if I'm clicking or not, but I feel its my ability to pattern fish. When the fish are on the chew, it seems like anyone can catch fish. Where I feel my greatest strength lies is during those super finicky bites breaking down feeding patterns, identifying fish holding structure, figuring out what they actually bite on, etc. As far a just a plain old technique is concerned, with out a doubt, draggin' a worm. Preferably a scenario that calls for the good ol' T-Rig!