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Show WORLD OUTDOORS DESPITE the fact that practically prac-tically everyone refers to "fisherman's luck," there Is really real-ly no such thing. This, of course, Is one man's opinion, subject to all sorts of discussion dis-cussion and refutation. Luck in fishing? You can be lucky by having hav-ing a good day for it the right kind of weather and temperature, good stream or tide conditions. But it isn't luck that fills the stringer or creel. Far too many luck-type fellows have sat in the wrong end of the boat or fished on the wrong side of the pier and brought in nothing while Ole Buddy Bud-dy Joe loaded them in from the other side. Luck? Not at all. Joe is doing everything right; right tackle, right hook, right bait, fished at the right depth. He has the combination and the skill to make it pay M. Successful fishing Is a matter of skill and knowledge and the bigger big-ger the body of water the more Important it Is to know when, where, and how to fish. The angler who fishes strange waters can Increase In-crease his chances of catching fish by hiring a qualified and experienced ex-perienced local guide. Big water guides are experts at their business busi-ness and can almost guarantee a good catch of fish under any conditions condi-tions If the angler fishes when and where and how they tell him. Luck In fishing? Maybe you can be lucky enough to be at the right place, at the right time, with the right equipment and bait, and then be lucky enough to catch your limit of fish. But, as pure luck, this sort of thing happens once in a fishing lifetime. If you are to catch fish regularly, you can't depend de-pend on chance. You must develop devel-op your fishing skill and knowledge; knowl-edge; you must know your lake or stream and the habits of the fish that live there. And these things come only with experience and study and observation. |