there are many things that factor in the capture of a "50"
Big fish, realy big fish tend to gather in certain locations along the coast, those locations historicly give up the largest fish, fishing those "spots" raises the odds..
You need to have a large enough survivor ratio of a year class to support enough "50's" to give you a shot....
you need to fish for large fish... big fish require alot of calories and are lazy, truth is, most anglers dont use large enough bait to put themselves in posistion to tempt a large fish, most, not all, are more concerned about getting "skunked" than truely hunting down a trophy, yes every once in awlie some boob fishing a tiny slice of herring latches on to and lands a monster.... thats fishing, but using outsized baits increase your odds...
And of coarse there's the age old addage of "putting in your time" again, it's all about the odds.....
you must always be ready, that one time you dont re-tie your leader or sharpen that dull hook could be your one shot in life..
lastly, it does require alot of luck, sometimes, it's just not meant to be, I know alot of damn good fisherman that have never, and will never get a "50", it's not because they did anything wrong, it just wasnt in the stars....
