Hey, goofy question!

[joedog]

Most everyone has experienced the fish striking boat side, right?
Why does this happen? It actually happens quite often.
Musky folks figure- eight on every cast. (often wondered why bass fishermen don't)
Swimbait folks, especially big swimbaits, say one of the keys to sucsess is long casts. Yet they also say that a large persentage of bites come within 6ft of the boat, even though they just threw it like 50 yards .

Do you think this is due to the bait changing speed or cadence?

So what do you think the answer is?
Maybe you don't believe it happens enough to really even care?
But I see it time and time again while watching fishing shows, especially tournaments.