Beginner's Tips: The Importance of Confidence

[Pete_G]

I think some of it depends on your definition of confidence.

Certain anglers just get "in the zone" easily because they are confident and consequently do damage. "In the zone" or confident (probably different meangings, maybe) but the result is the same, more fish caught.

I think you can really see it in jigging situations. Two guys only 10 feet apart fishing the same lure and one is catching and the other isn't. Both are fishing exactly the same depth with the same lure and jigging the lure in a similar manner. Yet one is constantly tight to a fish and the other is scratching his head as to why.

If I had to point to anything that breeds confidence it's time on the water and the results that almost always begin to come from it. Once again, it almost grows exponentially.

[cchobot]

[quote=Pete_G;7334]
It's tough to come up with an actual mathematical equation but the more time spent on the water the more your results from it grow exponentially.quote]

But if I WERE to come up w/ a ruff mathematical equation...

...Say the guy who spends every day out on the water is fishing 2-3x as much as joe average. Let's say all that experience is adding up to him being 2-3x as effective as poor joe when fishing the same spots/conditions. Only he isn't fishing the same spots under the same conditions because he's found better spots or times to fish those spots and he spends all his time fishing his most promising options (again multiply by 2-3).

Now for the formula... (They always told me basic algebra would come in handy)

If y = Joe Average's Success Then

y x 2 (twice as much time) x 2 (twice as productive spots) x 2 (twice as productive methods) = Sharpie's Success

or depending on just how good the Sharpie is (or if Joe really is below average)

y x 3 (3 times as much time) x 3 (3 times as productive situations) x 3 (3 times as productive methods) = Super Sharpie's Success

Plug in the numbers and it's scary... Say Joe Average has a bad week w/ just 1 fish... The Sharpie would have anywhere from 8 - 27 fish in the same week... And if it was a "good" week?!?

These highly scientific equations prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that I have waaaaay too much time on my hands