luck or lack of skills?

[JackK]

Originally Posted by piemma

Let's see. 3/4 of the planet is covered in water and you want to know if it's luck when you throw your plug in the water and catch a fish? OF COURSE IT"S LUCK!!!

I think it takes skill and knowledge to catch fish of any species, any size. But that's easy to get through practice.

I think to catch BIG fish you need a healthy amount of luck, and couple that with a lot of patience/perseverance... Getting up rather than hitting the snooze button at 2:00 AM, pulling those all-nighters around the new moon, scheduling vacations around breaking tides... The more times you put yourself into positions to succeed the better your chances will be. Worst thing you can do is to get discouraged.