01-30-2023, 07:12 PM
I like to fish the hole that EyLayo has just vacated after watching him hauling them in! Seriously, I've watched as people have had good success near me and moved over there after they departed. I'm also not shy about asking people how they are doing and what they are having success with. Brett, joatmon, nearly always outfishes me. He must change rigs about 10 times more often than I do. You'd think I'd learn. Oh, and on Brett's point about persistence: a lot of people leave after the morning bite drops off. I try to stay as long as I reasonably can. Had some great afternoon and evening bites. And hiking off the ice in the peace and beauty of a winter sunset is solace to the soul.
The older I get the more I would rather be considered a good man than a good fisherman.