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| NO I'm not talking about having an affinity to spotted or barred skies.....
Was thinking of this last weekend when I was beating my head against a wall trying to do ONE pattern that I JUST KNEW was the key....4 hours later I tried what I saw someone else doing, and stumbled on a 31"er. Not big, but was still a fish, and A fish is better than no fish. Was thinking "why did I stick to my theory so long before changing???". I know one of my weaknesses (that prevents me from catching more fish) is I stick to the same old patterns too long...others are: I won't throw hair, rarely do I troll, and I never downsize.
What are things you KNOW are weaknesses in your fishing?
Slamr
*my first self-improvement post!!! |
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| I no longer troll very much for any long period of time. It is a proven technique that I have gotten a way from. Used to make 'em bite with speed but I believed then as I do now that high "speed trolling" is very hard on the fish. |
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| Mines gotta be that I never keep a bait on for very long. I'll normally throw a lure for about 10 minutes then switch up because I lose confidence quickly. However, lately I've been doing much better! |
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| Thats a very easy question to anwser as I only have one. [:p]
And that would be jigging, but I have no patience so I believe it will be one forever with me unless every other method stops working for 2 weeks straight. [:0] |
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| Fishing the same bodies of water over and over and not branching out to other lakes. Which is why I'm taking 2 weeks of vacation this fall and taking my first muskie trip to MN.
Beav |
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| Mine are not going to the better lakes sooner, not fishing with a bait long enough, not trolling first and not fishing shallow enough when I should be. |
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| I seem to be drawn to fishing structure that I can see. Rock bars, islands, weedbeds, wood and docks. Although, I am working on it and I have gotten to the point where I will fish a boatlength or two out from the beds now.
I know I need to start trolling too.
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| "twitching"
I have so much confidence in it and love to do it, but often get caught in a rut and do it to long when the fish are chasing after somthing else. |
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| I find that often I fish too quickly. Even when I throttle back to what I consider slow(which isn't too bad) I still find that to be too fast for the conditions at times. This also prevents me from doing well with jigs and plastics. Too tedious and time consuming, when I could be moving along to fresh water. When I force myself into that mode, I don't do badly, though. There is reinforcement there, but the pace just drives me wild.................
/mike |
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| Not zooming from "splash to slash"....the old adage that tells one not to leave fish to find fish is a hard one to break, depending on the species. If I know fish are in an area, then I try to stay put...w/ skis I must learn to come back after a follow instead of spooking the fish by spending the day w/ it![:sun:] |
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| I am a sucker for lures. I have more of the same lure in every color than its worth. After I manage to throw each lure only 1 cast and say this lure is "carp" I always go back to the ole #1!
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| I tend to get in a rut where I the same spots with the same baits for a week after the pattern ended. Do a much better job of locating patterns on new lakes because I do not have a predetermined opinion about any of the areas on the lake. On the old faithfuls I tend to become a mindless zombie going from spot A to spot B to spot C etc. |
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| My, problem, is the lake I normally fish SUCKS. And I refuse to fish the lakes around Waukesha do to boat traffic.
Jim |
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| Hey, Jim..............
try fishing the Fox Chain south of the border on a weekend once and I can guarantee that you'll never cry about any lake in Waukesha county again.[;)]
/mike |
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| My weekness is that I cant find a muskie that will rip out 300 yards of line in less then 10 seconds and take you 30 minutes to get in.[;)] But a Salmon can![:bigsmile:]
This year...not much time on the water, but my wife and daughter are happy to have daddy home again instead of guiding. |
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| all I will say is pewaukee lake is ridiculous on weekends.
I will never fish in Illinois for reasons I will not list.
Jim |
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| I won't troll. I'd rather blank. I also tend to use the same lure for what some would say is a long time. I don't believe a pattern can be determined in 30 minutes. Maybe not in 30 hours either [;)]
Brian |
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| Oh yea, I can't work a glide bait to save my life either. |
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| My weakness is that I live in the Cincinnati area, which really doesnt have any quality musky fishing around. Although Brookville and Cowan have a few, its like finding a needle in the Haystack, and Ceasars Creek Lake is still a couple years away from being productive. The closest lake with a sizeable population is Cave and its 2 hrs. Most lakes are 3 or more hours away. I wish I lived in Minnesota!!! The good thing though about my lakes is when everyone is frozen in, Im out catching fish [:bigsmile:] |
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| my weakness is JIGGING!!!!!!!! hate to to jig, no patience, too much concentrating, and it feels like i'm BASS fishing! AAACCCKKKK!!!! let' see if steve worral can help me this july...
steve |
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| Mine is finding work to do instead of hitting the water when I have a couple hours.I live less than 20 minutes from dozens of great Muskie lakes, and find the older I get, the less I like fishing Muskies alone. For some reason, the back seat being occupied is as important as whether the fish are going. I need to get back in the saddle on my own some more!![:0] |
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