What does it feel like, to plug all night...with little success?
How many of ya's got the stamina to plug all night?....
To go out there when you think you have a fair shot at at least getting something....:learn:
You plug and plug, changing your offerings, changing presentation....even changing sizes, types (Top, Middle, or Bottom of the water column depending on where you think the fish are that night.....:huh:
You have had some success as a surfcaster, gotten into some blitzes and done well on bass and blues.
You figure you have tricked the fish, and it's no big deal to trick them at night, right?
Sometimes....
When there are fish around...yes you can score a few...and be happy...:)
What if you are a little more advanced than that..you know how to catch fish if they are there, know what offerings they're likely to hit, pay attention to the bait available, pay attention to the tides, current, wind patterns, etc....
And you carefully try to put this all together and go out and plug at night....because of your advanced knowledge..don't you think you should at least luck into a fish or 2?....
I do.....
And I do many of the things above...I know how to catch fish, when they are there....but even the best among us, even guys like Finchaser, the Old Farts Fishing Club, Surfwalker, Clamchucker, and a lot of the older, vereran anglers....how many times should they go out at night before getting a fish? They should be catching fish hand over fist, shouldn't they?
Well, what if they give it their best, and despite these efforts, get blanked?
What do they do? They adjust, or fish when bait is around...but still, they remember when surf fishing at night was about going out, plugging with an offering that matched the forage, and picking up a dozen fish or so...and you could do this in only a few hours of fishing, not a marathon 71 hour run....:kooky: