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There's a saying about that a very few fishos catch most of the fish. How do you rate yourself? Are you one of the few or one of the many? Curiosity about this and related matters have kept me entertained for many years. Clearly it depends whether one enquires of one of the few or one of the many whether or not the fishing is any good at any time. Unfortunately, it appears to be true, that this small band of skilled fishos seem to catch fish even when most are not. So what is it that they do to keep coming home with the bacon? Or are these so-called skills rather over-rated. After all, most captured snapper are caught by commercial long-liners. And how much skill does that take? Bait presentation, time of day, and attention to the manner in which the captured fish are retrieved are hardly the outstanding features of long-lining. When all is said and done, for the long-liner, the fish just catches itself. Recreational fishos who have noticed the success of long-lining can emulate the technique with their own small set lines or by one of the beach-based techniques using kontikis, kites or other strategies to get their string of baits well off-shore. And from what Iú“e observed, small long-lines and beach sets do bring home the bacon more often than not. So what is the real skill in fishing? What do those few successful fishos do that others don't? In my view, the primary skill of a successful fisho is the amount of time they spend with a line in the water. In this manner, they start to emulate the success pattern of a commercial operator, who has many thousands of hooks in the water for many hours of the day and of the night. Commercial fishos do consider bait presentation to some degree, but efficiency of line setting and a bait that has some resilience is of greater moment. Apart from these considerations, another feature of both successful recreational and commercial fishos is the amount of time devoted to ferreting out their quarry's favoured haunts. Not much point in dangling a line in a desert. So if your fishing has been disappointing of late, first find some fish, and second, be prepared to fish until they get hungry. Some nice fresh berley and nice juicy bait, coinciding with either sunrise or sunset could just incline them towards feeding. Tight lines!
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