Ever feel like a bad angler?

[Ratherbfishing]

Not unless I'm around certain fishermen.  I have fished with a very nice fellow who is modest and a decent sort BUT whenever we go out together, it's like I simply have never fished before at all and, worse yet (for me), he catches like mad.  We ice fish.  We are huddled in the same shack with holes drilled just a few feet apart (at most) and for all intense and purposes, we have the same baits on, line weight, etc.  But his ice rod will go "doink" constantly while mine sits dormant.  The other day he promised he can put me on some fish.  WRONG!  He put himself on some fish while I zeroed out.  Zilch!  Nada!  It would be one thing if I stubbornly persisted in doing whatever I wanted to do but I tried everything I could to replicate his baits, technique, etc.  Didn't matter.  He caught, I didn't.  To the tune of 9 crappie and 1 bass to my zero.  It's occurred so often now I am unsure I want to go back with him anymore.  Call it sour grapes but If I'm gonna suck as a fisherman, I want to do it ALONE.

[Jigfishn10]

Don't sweat it @Tim Hu, you're gonna have days like that. then you go out an catch your PB like I did.

See!? My personal best smallest fish! Made me feel good about myself. ?

[dodgeguy]

On 1/23/2021 at 1:26 AM, throttleplate said:

bad angler no, though i do say out loud to myself on occasion what an idiot i am.

I have a wife for that !!!

6 hours ago, Ratherbfishing said:

Not unless I'm around certain fishermen.  I have fished with a very nice fellow who is modest and a decent sort BUT whenever we go out together, it's like I simply have never fished before at all and, worse yet (for me), he catches like mad.  We ice fish.  We are huddled in the same shack with holes drilled just a few feet apart (at most) and for all intense and purposes, we have the same baits on, line weight, etc.  But his ice rod will go "doink" constantly while mine sits dormant.  The other day he promised he can put me on some fish.  WRONG!  He put himself on some fish while I zeroed out.  Zilch!  Nada!  It would be one thing if I stubbornly persisted in doing whatever I wanted to do but I tried everything I could to replicate his baits, technique, etc.  Didn't matter.  He caught, I didn't.  To the tune of 9 crappie and 1 bass to my zero.  It's occurred so often now I am unsure I want to go back with him anymore.  Call it sour grapes but If I'm gonna suck as a fisherman, I want to do it ALONE.

Do you have gasoline smell on your hands or tobacco ?

16 hours ago, skekoam said:

I think sometimes of why I get skunked so much.  My issue is I hate slow fines techniques like drop shot and ned rig.  I've caught maybe 2 fish on the drop shot and 0 on the ned although anglers I speak to swear by them. 

I suck at drop shot but Ned rig rules. It's better than catching nothing.