Watching a video this morning and the guy was talking about his previous day's catch. He was targeting the biggest walleye and only wanted big ones, so he was tailoring his technique to that effect.
He ended up catching a bunch pushing 30 inches, but only caught 12 or 13 fish for the entire day, on a very productive, lightly pressured northern lake.
My question to you is, would you rather go for size or numbers?
Personally, on a day-to-day basis, I'm happy to catch a bunch of smaller ones with the chance of the odd hawg, rather than waiting all day for a few chances at a trophy. I'll donate a day to that once in a while, but it isn't as much fun as having a wrinkly-wet hand from constantly releasing 'normal' sized fish.
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One thing this section keeps reminding me is that what I do isn't fishing, it's only a small part of fishing. It's so easy to think that what I do and what I see is the 'normal' or 'right' way, but it's just a tiny part of the game. I'll see a technique or piece of gear and think "oh that's no good", as opposed to 'oh right, they are in different water bodies, with different environments, seeking different species. of course they do things differently". I'm slowly learning though. 👊
He ended up catching a bunch pushing 30 inches, but only caught 12 or 13 fish for the entire day, on a very productive, lightly pressured northern lake.
My question to you is, would you rather go for size or numbers?
Personally, on a day-to-day basis, I'm happy to catch a bunch of smaller ones with the chance of the odd hawg, rather than waiting all day for a few chances at a trophy. I'll donate a day to that once in a while, but it isn't as much fun as having a wrinkly-wet hand from constantly releasing 'normal' sized fish.
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One thing this section keeps reminding me is that what I do isn't fishing, it's only a small part of fishing. It's so easy to think that what I do and what I see is the 'normal' or 'right' way, but it's just a tiny part of the game. I'll see a technique or piece of gear and think "oh that's no good", as opposed to 'oh right, they are in different water bodies, with different environments, seeking different species. of course they do things differently". I'm slowly learning though. 👊