The flood gates are opened... don't worry about the keeper, it'll come. Sometimes it just takes that first fish, whether its the first fish of the day, first of the year.
I can't prove it scientifically, there just seems to be a "stank" on a hook or lure till you get a fish on it
Seriously, you just need that fish to have the confidence. Even when I get into a school and the fish are breakin' and until I get the first hit, I'm wondering if I should throw something else. But as soon as the hit comes, I relax and fish.