Fishing with Confidence

[freebie]

tube n worm, that is confidence fishing.....lol....had to throw it in there Bubba, I'm confident in my boat skills(artificial and chunk/live), but not on artificial from shore(plenty of fish on chunk0, had luck on Storm shads last spring, but nothing else really

[GonnaCatchABig1]

Originally Posted by freebie

tube n worm, that is confidence fishing.....lol....had to throw it in there Bubba, I'm confident in my boat skills(artificial and chunk/live), but not on artificial from shore(plenty of fish on chunk0, had luck on Storm shads last spring, but nothing else really

stay away from us this year. and you will produce.

that's fishing with confidence.. fishing far far far away from tom and i. you can be rest assured the fish are not where we are.

atleast not where we are at the same time.. when we separate there seems to be fish.

[chris L]

I dont fish with him . I heard some bad things once about him and I decided I dont need to associate with people like that

[The Iceman 6]

Fishing with confidence is like being in the zone. You just know something is going to happen, you feel it, you will it, and it does...

[shadow]

for me it is fishing a spot that I know well enough to know what,where and when to cast.If I'am not catching fish I don't question if it's something I'am doing.I know theres no fish around even thou I always have a hard time aceppting it

[HESH2]

fishing a spot or area you know,hitting tide,wind just right and you make the cast you want to make you can almost see the fish waiting to hit.alot of times it happens other times the skunk.peace and quite when your in the zone-thats what fishing is like for me.

[FishermanTim]

Knowing your quarry, and knowing that you, your gear and your tackle are all up to the task.
Sure, getting fish on every cast sounds like fun, but if that were the case, we'd all be doing something else because fishing would have lost it's thrill.
My biggest thrills have come from fishing the canal after a couple of hours tossing Sluggos and Storms amidst a number of others, and when they leave (due to lack of action) I know the fish will be back.
(And they ALWAYS come back!)

[CANAL RAT]

it means to me never giving up and having great patience and also enjoying the whole experince fish or not. i use the same ideaology with my hunting.

[NIB]

I have a few things I have put together over the yrs.When the time is right.First and foremost, I am sure my gear is up to the task...I fish like a dog on point, every cast.Total concentration.This is hard to do.It'll wear most out after a few casts some slightly longer.I'm talking holding a 11' rod like u know the next hit is gonna punish you..I have landed quality fish of 35 lbs or better on the first cast.It's not luck. Another quality fish took me 7 hrs of casting to figure the timing out.Thank God I had the drive of a younger surfcaster at the time..
There's lots to be said about spending time on the water.U stumble upon things.It is how u get the confidence.If I held Ur hand an told you this is when it's gonna happen.You might last a while.But u'll tire after some time.Hey, there not always there.Thats part of the mystery..U have to build Ur own confidence.Then hopefully after a while u can build Ur own success and u can use your time more wisely..I still fish the whole tide an the turn to keep em honest.In doing that this fall run I learned a few new things.Things That put me into quality fish while most where complaining about how poor it was..Thats the great part of the sport.U never know everything but if u put the time in the fish will help ya.I happen to enjoy the sport immensely whether I catch or not.I guess I'm lucky that way.I once heard a great line from a prominent LI surfcaster.If I wanted to fish 4 hrs I would have got on a 1/2 day boat.
To sum it up fishing with confidence to me is.Having faith in my methods to the point where I'm thinkin the next cast might connect me to the fish of a lifetime.