"the most importent thing" make friends who have planes..lobster boats and comm. fish for bass...they'll tell you when the schools of fish are close enough to shore when your shore fishing.Then hit those spots at nite.
I agree with "putting in your time". Another important thing I did learn the hard way as I was starting out is that daybreak is much earlier than sunrise , after missing the bite a couple of days in a row .
Breathe in, breathe out, everything else is gravy. Patience and Pay attention.
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine