Super User king fisher Posted June 6, 2023 Super User Share Posted June 6, 2023 Don't compare your success to others. Every body has skunk days. The most important thing is to make sure you are having fun. Over time you will become a more skilled angler, enjoy yourself while you are learning, and before you know it, other anglers will be wondering how you do it. If it wasn't for slow days, there would be no good days. Have fun and try to learn something from both. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggin Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share Posted June 6, 2023 2 hours ago, king fisher said: Don't compare your success to others. Every body has skunk days. The most important thing is to make sure you are having fun. Over time you will become a more skilled angler, enjoy yourself while you are learning, and before you know it, other anglers will be wondering how you do it. If it wasn't for slow days, there would be no good days. Have fun and try to learn something from both. I’m not having fun catching nothing or even no bites at all with any lure or set up, and l tried a bunch. The only success they have with mediocre fish and move from creek to lake and back to the same old places and are only concerned about catching whatever they catch. Biggest challenge for me is living in an area that’s limited. I have to travel at least a half an hour to 45 minutes or an hour, but even then it’s questionable. I have a lake that’s pretty huge l went to yesterday and saw grass along the bank, it looks promising but ?♂️. I need a kayak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttleplate Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 4 hours ago, gimruis said: He's fishing across the border in MN! He has been to all the dams in and around fergus falls minn which controll the ottertail river. Thats how I discovered all the dams in fergus falls was first from his smallmouth videos. Then i googled dams on the ottertail in fergus falls area and found a tourist brouchere about all the great canoeing and fishing on the ottertail river trail. I went to google maps and took the gps cordinates of all the dams and the gps did the rest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggin Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share Posted June 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, throttleplate said: He has been to all the dams in and around fergus falls minn which controll the ottertail river. Thats how I discovered all the dams in fergus falls was first from his smallmouth videos. Then i googled dams on the ottertail in fergus falls area and found a tourist brouchere about all the great canoeing and fishing on the ottertail river trail. I went to google maps and took the gps cordinates of all the dams and the gps did the rest. And ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttleplate Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 1 minute ago, biggin said: And ? And then i went fishing to the same areas, fished his landmarks and caught fish from the bank and wading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggin Posted June 8, 2023 Author Share Posted June 8, 2023 I think I've been trying to hard..... I watched a vid of a guy gently twitching his rod. Maybe it depends on the type of lure and weight of lure dpends on how you work it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susky River Rat Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 On 6/6/2023 at 12:52 PM, biggin said: He will mention if he didn't, and to catch a huge musky for the day at the first cast, would be enough for me ! Don’t ever trust guys who post musky videos ?? Most are guides or have a direct connection to them. It’s also probably their 4-5th day fishing for them that week and have a pattern on them. Your average weekend warrior fisherman isn’t crushing them constantly. Don’t compare yourself to these guys. Watch informational videos. Cut the brands out they are promoting and just use the techniques. Sure the look what I caught videos are entertaining but, not practical. The boat ramp talk is simply that. Listen to the guy who says they didn’t catch any. Chances are he did and doesn’t want the cat out of the bag. At the very least you can comb through his area instead of pound it. Listen to the guy who down plays his fishing. The ones who come right out and give you a fishing report and how big/ many aren’t the ones to bother with. Take three ways to fish and learn them till you catch fish. The sprinkle in more so you can expand in different situations if need be. I have fished NJ a little bit and I can say I enjoyed it there my priorities have just changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggin Posted June 10, 2023 Author Share Posted June 10, 2023 The guy lives in the area and knows where they are, that's not practical ❔ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susky River Rat Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 39 minutes ago, biggin said: The guy lives in the area and knows where they are, that's not practical ❔ What’s not practical? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggin Posted June 10, 2023 Author Share Posted June 10, 2023 6 hours ago, Darnold335 said: What’s not practical? Your response Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susky River Rat Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 30 minutes ago, biggin said: Your response Which part of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggin Posted June 10, 2023 Author Share Posted June 10, 2023 All of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susky River Rat Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 2 hours ago, biggin said: All of it Ok good luck then buddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggin Posted June 11, 2023 Author Share Posted June 11, 2023 18 hours ago, Darnold335 said: Take three ways to fish and learn them till you catch fish Like pitching into cover ? 18 hours ago, Darnold335 said: The sprinkle in more so you can expand in different situations if need be. Not following The videos l watched he doesn’t mention what body of water most of the time and if he does he doesn’t mention where exactly he’s positioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggin Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 Last one of his vids he mentioned 3 hours no bites… skunk days ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Swamp Girl Posted June 20, 2023 Super User Share Posted June 20, 2023 @Darnold335, I think your post is great. Those videos can fool me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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