K.I.S.S.

[zbass]

I believe the K.I.S.S. philosophy works on consistantly catching fish but when tournament fishing it doesn't. When tourny fishing your targeting a certain fish not numbers but weight. F B L's post proves it.

MM hit it on the head.

Let me state that I'm refering to tournaments.

I tried the K.I.S.S. method this past year. Reduced my selections by half or more. It didn't turn out to well. My year sucked. I can't totally blame it on the K.I.S.S. system, but it contributed. I may have done better with other selections or more to chose from.

Next year won't be that way. I'm not even gonna have room for my partners stuff. :-? He will ask what do i need to bring and the answer will be terminal tackle and poles. Period

I can see where this applies to fishing a certain lake all the time. There is a lake my wife and I went to a lot in the begining and we thru about the same stuff and caught every fish that wims there.

[Paul Roberts]

No it is not the inexperienced angler's mind set is to learn every lure/technique ever invented while the seasoned angler's mind set is to learn how fish points, humps, shore lines, grass, timber or rock excreta with a simple selection of lure/techniques.

That's key right there, or half of it. The other half is conditions: sky, water, and sometimes other things like angling pressure.

There are dozens of anglers on this site that are just as proficient at locating and catching numbers of bass as well as numbers of large bass but they for what ever reason choose not to participate openly in discussions the way I do. They instead send me PMs or emails cheering me on and feeding me information while staying in the shadows; I on the other hand relish confrontational discussions.

Not sure what's confrontational here. Am I being / appearing confrontational?? Enough that anyone feels they have to choose sides and cheer someone on?

[Catt]

No Paul it's just some older anglers are tired of confrontations with anglers whose only experience is what they read by someone promoting a product not from actual on the water experience; I on the other hand do not shy away from confrontational discussions.

[BARON49_Northern NY]

Maybe the KISS method works and if I actually thought about it more it probably does.  However, it is people who like to tinker, try, and mess with new ideas that keep fishing from getting too boring.  I mean if you went out each time with the same jig or worm to the same holes and caught the same fish all the time what fun would that be?

After many years fishing on several Bass tournament circuits I finally retired and now find checking out new lures, lines, tackle, etc a lot of fun.  I fish waters from NY to Florida every year and find that fishing the same old thing does not always work.  Personally I find it challenging to find and catch fish when others are not.  Especially going behind other fishermen and catching the ones they missed.

Call me warped.....

[Branuss04]

Maybe the KISS method works and if I actually thought about it more it probably does. However, it is people who like to tinker, try, and mess with new ideas that keep fishing from getting too boring. I mean if you went out each time with the same jig or worm to the same holes and caught the same fish all the time what fun would that be?

I totally agree with you.  I enjoy the challenge of fishing.... thats why I do it.  I'm sure if I were to throw the same lures all the time, I would get bored quick.  But I do think there is fine line of simplicity and overthinking.  

[Catt]

What new is there?

You can throw top water, spinner baits, crank baits, or plastics & jigs; there are new variations to old lures & techniques but in reality it's all the same ole game.