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Originally Posted by Canalman
The "network" you speak of doesn't exist for me... and I'm not trying cto say that I'm anywhere near a sharpie... here's the problem with that theory. Once in a while I do get some privy info, and I'm not stupid... I go. But I think the best advice is not to chase reports... and we all do it, but so Joe Babeets has been taking good fish 2 nights in a row at "phantom beach"... you go running over there on the 3rd night you have 2 strikes against you already... now maybe they'll be there again and you'll, as Billy says, Hone 'em. But I'd say if you get 20 reports like that you might find good fish twice. You're much better off to map out 6 locations that fish well on different tides/winds etc... and hit them religiously for the season. If you do your homework you're gonna catch big fish... I promise, for someone who can't stay on them night after night... it does get a little harder... but knowing when NOT to go is just as important as knowing when to go.
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Good to see you got a decent one Dave. Knowing when not to go is huge, although you need an infinite amount of knowledge to be able to arrive at that observation. My fishing trips now are all less than 5-6 hours. Figure 2 hours of driving, and 3 or 4 hours of fishing. Again, I don't and can't kill myself with real long nights, because experience tells me that it usually doesn't pay off most of the time. Find the sweet spot of the tide for the spot you are fishing, and stick with it. When I fished heavy commercial in the 90's, my partners used to laugh and quesiton why I gave up so early when we've been slamming them all night.The reason for me was that most of the damage gets done over a couple hour period of time. I feel the same now as I did then with regard to the sweet spot theory. I think in one of Daignault's books he refers to good surfcasting as a "miserly conservation of one's energy". One of the best statements I've ever heard. Hope I added something to the thread, Krispy. Be generous....
