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Clogston has it right IMO, being a good surfcaster is knowing the when and the where. How do the "sharpies" know this? In my opinion, it's tons of time on the water and having that knack for being able to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Of course, you need to know HOW to entice fish to bite and that's a lot of skill in itself as well, but that is a much faster learning curve if you ask me, especially if we're talking eels (plugs maybe not). Also, I think the sharpies are so damn good at learning how to entice and land big fish because they have had a lot of experience in dealing with big fish because of their skills of finding them.
Botton line, knowing when and where is more imporantant in the long run.
think of it this way, if you caught a 50 with a charter captain, who took you to the spot at the right time, but you presented the plug/eel/bait and enticed the fish and fought and landed the fish, would you still feel like YOU earned that 50? I sure as hell wouldn't....
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