Are the fisherman in your area generally talented?

True jTexas I was born and raised in Arlington and miss the fishing in that area. My grandmother still lives off Park Row.. moved to Jacksonville FL at 15 and found it a bit harder to catch FL b due to the wacky weather there compared to Texas but was able to figure them out after 2 years of trial and error. I spent many summers at Lake Tawakoni with family and my uncle Calvin taking me up the road a bit to Lake Fork which has some champion b fisherman. Here in western NC I get crazy looks for carrying 5 rods to fish ponds and electric only lakes. Then they see me catching fish and constantly on the move and come talk to me to see what I'm doing. I dont share all my secrets with them as I would with you guys but I tell them fist off I want to catch fish not a buzz so the beer stays home until I am finished and to keep moving defining my style as offensive fishing. Defensive fishing you find a spot in the shade put bait on a hook and bobber toss it out and drink hoping you get bit. I think more than some of us here "hunt" b than fish for them. I want everybody to catch fish but when I see guys doing crazy stuff I dont correct them, that is on their learning curve. So I have actually seen young guys beat up on some trout here and that has caused me to try my hand and of course when I go trout fishing I look like a dummy.