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Old 05-01-2006, 07:27 PM   #11
rizzo
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Havnt been around much lately but have a couple thoughts about this. To get 30# and 40# fish you have to play the game probability.

-Putting in the time is important, but it has to be in the right place as well. Finding the right water will increase your odds as well as what you use for lures/bait.
-Yes, people do catch big fish on plugs, but big fish will come much more frequent on bait.
-Large bass spend 99% of their time on the bottom- forget about dannys, bombers and surface lures.
-Theres always someone to argue, "in the past we caught large fish on a particular lure" This is true but I guarantee that the guy who is not posting on this board that fished back in the day caught 100 times the amount of big fish on eels or other bait. Eels ruled back then from the surf, same as they do now.
-Forget teasers- yea I know, guys do catch large on them, but your probability is pretty low. If a 60 pounder is eating sea robins and flounder, why would it chase after a 2" piece of bucktail?
-Large fish do come in close to shore in numbers, but the probability is very low... if they come in large numbers we all would be catching them all the time.
-Most fisherman exagerate them amount of large fish they catch.
-Most fisherman exagerate the number of true trophy fish that break them off.
-There are very small windows of oppurtunity, but numbers of large fish move through during these windows. When you find a window at any time of the season its better to fish that window for as long as its open rather than fish every weekend no matter what the conditions are.
-The best fisherman hunt alone. Another good fisherman fishing near you can cut down your odds.
-Try to limit yourself to to amount of water you cover in a year, and think logically about.
-Trophy hunting is a misearble experience as far as catching goes because 99% of the time you're not going to catch a 40#er. Most go many, many years before they get a 40. The smart ones/sharpies learn how to make this happen more frequent.
-Once you have things working toward your advantage, there is no reason to change. There are many ways to get the job done, whether its with a lamiglass, allstar, vanstall or mitchell 300. Pluses and minuses to each.
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