Don't get stuck on one lure

[NCYankee]

Two quick stories that taught (or re-taught) me a valuable lesson.

The last time I went fishing (today), I spent about an hour fishing a tiki stick slowly near a laydown that was equal distance between a shallow cove and a drop off to deeper water. Nothing. I switched to a rattlin' Rapala in crawdad and landed a 4lber on the third cast.

A week ago I spent an hour fishing a pond with a plastic lizard that was almost identical in color pattern to some salamanders I saw in the pond. I bought the lizards specifically to match the salamanders. Later that day, I did some research and found out the salamanders are red-spotted newts. They're toxic. They're poisonous to fish. To say the least, I caught nothing.

I hate this saying, but..."Let the fish tell you what they want."

Have you ever heard that insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result each time?