what happened to the "art" of striped bass fishing??

[bobber]

I've had a few "beverages".... so bear with me


who remembers when striper fishing was special? when there was some mystery and suspense involved? guys took the time to make their own plugs and flys and crept out onto a rock and actually had chance to connect with a decent fish?

now its baits and boats and plotting the locations of fish from internet reports.....

Larry Dahlberg talks about the "stages of fishing" when a person first just wants to catch a fish; then wants to catch a lot of fish: then catch a really big fish;
and lastly, they want to catch them THE WAY THEY WANT TO CATCH THEM. that's the part I miss. being able to go out and cast plugs or flys off a rocky point and catch a few fish. the mystery is gone the art of striper fishing seems to have gone away as the population has declined

anyone else miss the "mystery'?