how many 3 to 6 pound bass can you catch if they are swimming around your feet and bumping in your boots? If you are doing "figure eights " with your rod in the water with a bucktail/ Eventually ,you'll say i rather use my skill to catch one fish instead of mindless bailing
Now ,if you are a guide, this brings a big grin to your face:btu:

The skill comes in trying to pull a 20# fish from the mix of small ones. Is it not true that there are typically bigger fish on the edges or slightly away from the surface action? I for one am always trying to outdo the yahoos, who are yanking out the schoolies using storm shads, by tossing tossing a bigger lure around the fray or dragging/bouncing a smaller one a good ways away from the mayhem.

Now, if I could only locate a blitz up here on the N. Shore.... :spin:

I enjoy the certainty of a blitz.

It is even more enjoyable to catch a fish in a quiet location you found on your own. Especially when trying a new technique. For example, this year I caught my first striper on a pencil popper. Before I caught the striper, I never thought a fish would hit anything on the surface. Now I prefer the pencil popper over anything else.

there's not much in life i enjoy more than taking out my nephews/neice out for a little "mindless bailing". i'm just saying there isn't alot of surface feeds going on in my neck of the woods compared to years past.