Casting - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

schoolie monster · 03-26-2002, 10:47 AM

Plum, not at all, you are in the right place to ask questions... this is the right place to learn and I'm not offended and no one else should be offended by your asking...

I was giving you serious advice... 95% of my post was intended to help. John is 100% right. If you come in with huge expectations and trying to do too much, you'll likely give it up as a bad idea. In the computer field we have a saying when troubleshooting... KISS... keep it simple stupid.

I know these things because in the last few years I've done alot of totally new things. Its all fresh in my mind.

I started a totally new career from scratch.
I started saltwater fishing 60-80 times a year.
I am a first time house owner.
I am a first time father.

I've done all this at once and this is alot to manage. Things get crazy, but I try to keep things simple.

I think the same goes for getting started in fishing or anything else for that matter. Keep things simple. Its daunting to step onto a beach and look out a huge ocean and try and catch fish... If you have 2 dozen lures in the bag, what do you throw? where do you start?

I say, start with maybe 3 or 4 proven things. Example... my first year I fished alot for schoolies (still do). I focused on two main lures. Plastic shads for fishing the water column, poppers on top. For large, I fished almost exclusively eels, some chunk bait. That's it. I had great days, I had days were I struggled alot. But I spent my time fishing, not guessing what to try.

What do people catch 80% (I'm big on %'s today) of their fish on? That's not hard to find out. Focus on those few things. Take as many variables out of the equation as possible. Don't try to learn everything at once.

The "horse-dung" comment was meant only to say that we are fairly good at recognizing BS from prior experience. And when someone asks for help about tying knots and casting one minute and is ready to tie flies the next... I'm just shooting straight with you, it sounds like BS. I'm not trying to push you away from the board or from fishing.

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