What do you consider a good fishing trip?

[Brighamfish]

I think a lot of people have a hard time getting "out of the rut" when it comes to old habits. I took a friend out bow fishing at Willard for the first time a few years back. He had plenty of experience shooting his bow at stationary objects and hunting. For the life of him he could not adjust for the refraction in the water when shooting fish. I told him for about three hours "you need to aim under the fish" to which he would reply "I am" but every shot he took went high. He just could not get himself to point that arrow where the fish "wasn't". After an afternoon of watching me shoot 20+ carp and him getting skunked he thought it was a pretty crappy day. I did all I could to coach him but . . . horses and water.

Myself I think any day spent outdoors where no one gets hurt and your truck motor or tranny doesn't give out is a pretty good day. Even on the bad days you learn something if you are paying attention.
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