Getting "schooled".

[RIROCKHOUND]

Some nights you catch
Some nights you don't catch
Some nights everyone catches,
Some nights nobody catches
Some nights you gaff your partner fish and he takes over your place in the club standings.. then said fish comes untied from said anglers leash and you have to atomic drop into a hole to pin the fish to the rocks before it can swim away....

And NIB; your right.. I ALWAYS contemplate/question when I'm not catching...

I have learned from everyone I have fished with, PIemma, JoeP, E/M, Nebe, GooseFish, and everyone else not from the site/internet.. hopefully they learned a bit from me too...

Toby, what drives me is me, fishing clubs and contests are fun but but drives me is that somewhere, someone is catching fish that I could be catching.. and it's just what I love to do... I'm happy fluking, trolling tuna, catching sea bass, scupping, sharking etc.. its all good... Bass at night from the surf and Blackfish in a boat just happen to be better than the rest... what my buddy on the rock next to me catches doesnt drive me to beat them, just to catch my own fish!

[tlapinski]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

... somewhere, someone is catching fish that I could be catching.. and it's just what I love to do...

Maybe he's bringing you down, I say ditch him!

Done and done!

As had been said, never stop learning! I learned several items the other morning fishing the spot with the "new guy". The only really bad fishing triops are those in which I do not learn anything. I wish I could say I put him on what was always my "best rock", but the whole area has treated me well. To be honest, the spot he caught on may have been the one spot I have never taken fish from.