Guaranteed 50lber?

[The Dad Fisherman]

I like to try a lot of different places....its part of what I enjoy about fishing. I'm always moving around (a Little harder thanx to the gas prices). If a place was going to cough up a 50 I'd probably swing by it a few extra time a season but I couldn't fish it every night....I like variety.


...and I love the Canal, Going to spend quite a few nights there this year.

[SeaWolf]

interesting subject. i hear what you're asking, krispy.

personally, i fish many spots that are known for "giving up" a 50 or having a solid chance at getting that 50. do i fish them, yup. will i fish only one of those spots every night in a given month if i knew that one night it would "give up" a 50? probably not. i will fish the spots where i feel they are just as good to give up that 50, maybe more so at spot "b" or "c" than this spot "a" we might be ficticiously referring to. maybe on that given tide, wind, moon, month, current condions, or whatever, the other spot(s) might be a better percentage for that queen. i won't wait to be "lucky", but put experience in my favor of being where that 50, or large in general, will be.

two more points... 1.) any night i can just get out to fish is a bonus over the last year or so. sometimes i dont care that much about what particular spot i am at, but that i know i have a good chance of having something pulling in stripes on the other end.

2.) many can simply fish one spot and as DZ said, that spot will most likely have "it's day". but, the person that understands how to read a fishing area and understands the current conditions (tide, wind, patterns, etc.) put themselves in the "spot" that might best yield that 50.

[Saltheart]

Fish , wherever and whenever you can. Be sure to enjoy yourself. Let fate worry about the 50's!

[jim sylvester]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

Fish , wherever and whenever you can. Be sure to enjoy yourself. Let fate worry about the 50's!

I agree with saltheart... fish whenever you can...
to put all your eggs in one basket i would say no..there are places that will produce 50's consistently but there are also other spots where you could have a 200+ pound night easily

[Rockport24]

interesting responses here, I have to agree with you guys that would rather have consistent, good fish, rather than that one 50. After all, 50 IS just a number and that is not what it is all about. I have been having a ball just catching the 14 inch schoolies lately, all I really ask if for a couple of keepers here and there to feed my face!
The famous Thoreau quote applies here: "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after"

[riarcher]

Lots more to fishing than catching that lunker.
Some of my best times fishing were days I got skunked.
So my answer wouldbe no.
While I do fish to catch fish, I fish to enjoy first. Sometimes its the company, surroundings, solitude, relaxation, weather, or just to watch some others having a good time. All depends on mood.
There is something about watching some tourist's kid that is seeing the Atlantic for the first time,,,,, and then catching their first ever schoolie that makes fishing good.
Or an oldtimers stories of times gone by when you could fish anywhere and sell your catch for enough to subsidise a fishing vacation that is good.
Even having a "know-it-all" telling you how they would do something (and realise they were really messed up) that can make me enjoy a good grin.
To fish 1 spot for 10 yrs. as a priority, and possibly miss some of this? Naw, not my idea of why I fish.
To each their own though.

[bluzjamer]

Only 50 I ever got was the 50 lbs. I gained after I quit smokin!