Perhaps it isn’t that fishing is complicated but rather that fishing is as broad as the lake, pond, river, or sea that you are fishing in. Which fish are you targeting? Every body of water can contains tens, hundreds, thousands, or more species of fish. The anglers success will be determined by what species they are targeting and how well they know that species. For any given fish species the fisherman should know where the particular species of interest lives, what they eat, what depth of the water they frequent, and how to locate them in the morning and at night, and the best way to attract them.
Species sizes will vary drastically depending on location. This may be partially due to genes but it is mostly due to weather. An angler shouldn’t fish in a small pond in a northern state and assume that could get a 30 pound bass unless they know something special about that pond. Typically the largest fish of any species will thrive and be abundant where there is an abundance of food. For example, bass fishing is prime in states near the southern gulf as there is plenty of sunshine, no hard winters to lean the fish out, and a continuous abundance of large bugs, frogs, and prey for the fish most of the year round.
So to be an effective angler it is best to what you want to catch, where it lives, and what does not live where you are. Next learn how to use every piece in your tackle box and you will be on your way to ting the hook and finding a little more luck at the end of your pole.
