04-25-2018, 01:42 AM
I have friends who invite me to fish Flaming Gorge by boat. We have always done well over the past few years.
Where I haven't done well wasn't that. Generally, I haven't done well when I sleep late in a comfortable house in Manila, have a big breakfast and spend social time with friends and put the fishing as secondary. I'll make the excuse that "the fish will still be wet" when I get around to fishing by afternoon. Then by evening, it's great restaurant dinners and socializing with friends. What's with the fish that they can't understand that and bite at a more convenient time for me!
I suppose I'll do very well when I combine camping right where I'll fish to start early in the morning to accommodate the fish liking early breakfast. When I'm not a guest in a nice house with great company, eating late dinners and watching late movies with them, I'll likely fish with a better schedule for catching fish particularly when I take some vacation time and have caught up on sleep.
Other times I haven't done well is when I'm stubborn to continue fishing a shore that's unproductive by trying different lures and different combinations of rods and in general experimenting with new equipment without those pesky fish interfering. That's useful for fishing, too.
I did that at Sheep Creek when the water was too murky from runoff. I was stubborn to try to see if the fish needed a lure to make some noise or disturbance and if different techniques might get the fish to notice when visibility was very poor. That's one place where casting out a Deeper to view sonar on my tablet would be nice to know if I'm just not getting it right or the fish just aren't there, but I haven't bought one yet.
Besides, I used that opportunity to try out a lot of my new equipment and be more ready in picking favorite rods for lure weights to be prepared for when the fishing is good rather than running around trying different spots.
But, I eventually did move to Swim Beach and the water was very clear there and I caught trout on worms and a bobber after oddly lures weren't working when before the same lures caught fish at the marina by the side of the boat ramp. What's with those fish changing their mind on what they want!
I don't just want to be able to catch fish in some conditions. If that's all the challenge I wanted, then I would just keep going to where I've caught fish before and fish the same way as what worked.
But, I enjoy the challenges of new, so I continue learning new things and techniques for other conditions.
Friends often ask me what are my favorite places to fish and I tell them, but I also tell them that I'm much more likely to go to new places rather than favorite places. I have a season pass to Utah State Parks. I want to see the ones where I haven't been before I go back to the ones I've enjoyed most.
I keep changing and experimenting on my own. That's the nature of experimenting. Some things work and some don't, but that's how you find out.
I'm not new at fishing. I was deep sea fishing as a child regularly. Much later came fly fishing for a decade mostly on mountain streams. Then spinning equipment and big lures mostly in reservoirs. I started with my fly fishing pontoon boat and switched to my current preference for shore fishing. I added ice fishing for the last few seasons in a big way. Next will be surf fishing.
Whenever I switch to a new style, I accept it taking time to develop new skills. That's a fishing attraction to me and part of the sport that I enjoy.
But, where I don't want to experiment due to the much higher expense of travel and accommodations will be when I'm on vacation for surf fishing a distant coast, so for that I seek an experienced surf fishing guide. In contrast, if I were to live in a house on a coast and had the opportunity to experiment frequently, then I would eventually be fine without a professional guide. But, for my first surf fishing vacation, I don't want it to be an experiment and I very much hope to learn as much as I can from someone with a lifetime of experience doing his best to teach me all he can in a week or several weeks of surf fishing. Does anyone know a surf fishing guide?
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Where I haven't done well wasn't that. Generally, I haven't done well when I sleep late in a comfortable house in Manila, have a big breakfast and spend social time with friends and put the fishing as secondary. I'll make the excuse that "the fish will still be wet" when I get around to fishing by afternoon. Then by evening, it's great restaurant dinners and socializing with friends. What's with the fish that they can't understand that and bite at a more convenient time for me!
I suppose I'll do very well when I combine camping right where I'll fish to start early in the morning to accommodate the fish liking early breakfast. When I'm not a guest in a nice house with great company, eating late dinners and watching late movies with them, I'll likely fish with a better schedule for catching fish particularly when I take some vacation time and have caught up on sleep.
Other times I haven't done well is when I'm stubborn to continue fishing a shore that's unproductive by trying different lures and different combinations of rods and in general experimenting with new equipment without those pesky fish interfering. That's useful for fishing, too.
I did that at Sheep Creek when the water was too murky from runoff. I was stubborn to try to see if the fish needed a lure to make some noise or disturbance and if different techniques might get the fish to notice when visibility was very poor. That's one place where casting out a Deeper to view sonar on my tablet would be nice to know if I'm just not getting it right or the fish just aren't there, but I haven't bought one yet.
Besides, I used that opportunity to try out a lot of my new equipment and be more ready in picking favorite rods for lure weights to be prepared for when the fishing is good rather than running around trying different spots.
But, I eventually did move to Swim Beach and the water was very clear there and I caught trout on worms and a bobber after oddly lures weren't working when before the same lures caught fish at the marina by the side of the boat ramp. What's with those fish changing their mind on what they want!
I don't just want to be able to catch fish in some conditions. If that's all the challenge I wanted, then I would just keep going to where I've caught fish before and fish the same way as what worked.
But, I enjoy the challenges of new, so I continue learning new things and techniques for other conditions.
Friends often ask me what are my favorite places to fish and I tell them, but I also tell them that I'm much more likely to go to new places rather than favorite places. I have a season pass to Utah State Parks. I want to see the ones where I haven't been before I go back to the ones I've enjoyed most.
I keep changing and experimenting on my own. That's the nature of experimenting. Some things work and some don't, but that's how you find out.
I'm not new at fishing. I was deep sea fishing as a child regularly. Much later came fly fishing for a decade mostly on mountain streams. Then spinning equipment and big lures mostly in reservoirs. I started with my fly fishing pontoon boat and switched to my current preference for shore fishing. I added ice fishing for the last few seasons in a big way. Next will be surf fishing.
Whenever I switch to a new style, I accept it taking time to develop new skills. That's a fishing attraction to me and part of the sport that I enjoy.
But, where I don't want to experiment due to the much higher expense of travel and accommodations will be when I'm on vacation for surf fishing a distant coast, so for that I seek an experienced surf fishing guide. In contrast, if I were to live in a house on a coast and had the opportunity to experiment frequently, then I would eventually be fine without a professional guide. But, for my first surf fishing vacation, I don't want it to be an experiment and I very much hope to learn as much as I can from someone with a lifetime of experience doing his best to teach me all he can in a week or several weeks of surf fishing. Does anyone know a surf fishing guide?
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