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Originally Posted by Goose
I respectfully disagree. Most people are content either just getting a bite or just getting decent/quality fish but a lot of them are not willing nor do they have the determination to target big fish consistently. When they realize they just spent X amount on gas & time the 'excusitis' automatically kicks in and they tell themselves ' I should have went to x place at least I would have got a #20 or #30'. I know for a fact that some guys catch a lot more fish then others#50's included but the fish and the fisherman go under the radar. Bigfish...yeah 15 or 20 are recorded but a lot more are caught and them guys are doing something different. I've always believed some people just learn from their mistakes and move on while others don't, not just with fishing but with everything. People are habitual, they pound the same spots over and over while others think outside the box and eventually find what they're looking for.
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I think some of what you say is true. In all the time I spent in the surf I never caught a 50 and never was in the company (except for Bill last year in the boats) of someone who landed a 50.
Did I fish the right places? You bet. I fished the Back when it was Striper heaven. I fished the Block in the 80s when big fish were there. I fish Napatree in the 70s and 80s when big fish were there. I never saw a 50 taken. Right places. Right tides. Right conditions. No 50.
I had nights on the Back when we had 10 or 12 high 40s between 3 of us. I fished the Block in the 80s when we had a lot of 40s up to 49. No 50s
It all comes down to luck hooking the fish. Now, it takes skill to land the fish and fight the good fight. But no one can tell me that they caught a 50 because they didn't want to hook the 48 swimming next to it. That's my only point. You don't know which fish will take the bait.