My father is the first person that gave me that advice and it was apropos on Friday. When I reached the city front, there was only one other person fishing, they had just launched and were preparing to leave to fish. Wednesday I caught most of my fish in one small spot and  was planning on returning to it. When I arrived, the boat that launched before me was sitting dead on the spot.  I continued down the bank for a quarter mile in hopes of picking up a fish or two until he left. As I passed by he caught one and said it was his first. After I had passed he caught another. He was fishing with a worm or jig of some sort. I didn’t see him catch any more but he was stuck on that spot. And stuck he was, staying there from 9:00 to 3:30. I’m sure he caught more but did not load the boat.He had caught some there before. I was fishing with a DT-10 and an XD5 and had no takers. I also tried a shaky head but the wind was about 15 and hitting me directly making worm fishing difficult. I left and went for some wind protected areas but the fish were not wanting to chase a crankbait, even if it was moving slow. The gars would however. I hooked a gar that looked half as long as my boat. When it come up I could see the line in its teeth and about that time the line parted and it swam off with my bait. I held the boat in that spot until another bait could be put on hoping the XD5 would surface, but no luck. I returned to fishing down the bank, forgetting about finding the bait. In about 5 minutes I looked down and there it was. Best thing that happened all day. I had put all my eggs in one basket but I let someone beat me to it.