When you start outfishing someone in the boat the faster they fish. I see it all the time and have caught myself being guilty of it at times. The further behind someone gets the faster they will fish. It's the wrong thing to do usually, but I think it is human nature to pick up the pace.

Anyone else experienced this?

I used to do this all the time. Now, I just shut up, concentrate, fish my confidence baits and usually do well. It's hard to be disciplined when the guy in the front (or back) is smackin em and your just getting aggrevated.

I just quit fishing with other people in my boat...hahaha.

Have you also ever noticed how much money we spend on a stupid green little fishy ? ;D

I don't fish competetively to begin with even if someone is in the boat. I'm out to enjoy the time with them and if they start outfishing me, so be it.

Now if they start 'counting' the fish, I've been known to put on a sure fire bait to catch numbers to even the count. Be it a Roostertail, finesse worm, etc....

Its all about the psychcology(sp?) of trying to play"catch up" when were not in the lead. For some reason I think our brain is trained that when you are trying to catch up,as in running,you must speed up to be even.

Wow.  No I had not, but I imagine that I do.  Something to watch out for. 

Not really, but I can see people doing it.

I'm just out there enjoying my time on the water

According to those I've fished with in the past, I used to suddenly get quite and start really concentrating.  Not really fishing faster but working harder to catch fish. 

I've gotten over that.  You have good days and you have not so good.  Besides, it's always fun if somebody in the boat is on them. 

Been there, done that.

I got over it by trying to duplicate what the other guy was doing.  And its never a bad idea to simply ask what they are doing differently, as sometimes the change is very subtle.

I find myself doing that sometimes tho I agree it's the wrong technique.  Not trying to top my fishing partner, but more so trying to prove that I'm just not dead weight in the boat.  And if he does think I'm dead weight, he's swimming back to the ramp.  ;D

Honestly I never do that. I only speed up my retrieves when I am either talking to someone or distracted by an outside presence.

if someone outfishes me, I fish slower. i feel like I need to pick up all the fish they are missing. 

No, but I have this urge to throw them out of the boat. 

Does not play well with others...It seems "others" have a problem with losing! 

I'm not scared to watch somebody who is catching to see what they are doing differently than i am.

I'm not a very competitively person for the most part.So i really don't care who's catching more than i am,but I'm not shy to ask how they doing it and what might they be doing differently.

Fishing's all about fun for me..even if it's somebody else doing most of the catching.

I used to be like that but I've grown to simply enjoy my time on the water.