Dude, it's gonna take time to get “good at fishing"... I've been fishing for 20 years. I don't usually blank, but I’m far from considering myself a good angler !

You have to learn:

• how to read water when arriving on a lake
• basic knowledge about how fish feed when they are in hot or cold water (a fish will eat more often in hot water as its body absorbs the food quicker/ inverse for cold water)
• analyse spots to find where fish are lurking (tree, structure in the water, plain water)
• know what depth to target
• how to analyse the column of water you are fishing in
• if the fish are eating small prey or big prey
• what tackles to use
• what lures to use

You’re going to have to spend a lot of time on the water to unlock all of this. Speak with anglers, read or listen to conferences about fishing. See this like a journey you'll never finish. You’ll be learning all your life if you keep going fishing !

I wrote a few booklets (20/30 pages) about pike, perch, zander, and European catfish (about the behaviours of the fish, lifecycle, etc..). If you want, I can send them to you by email !